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Published on 03/06/10 at 15:00This was S/D's first foray into the stomp box market and it has been a unqualified hit. Note to fuzz/distortion/overdrive addicts. THIS IS NOT A FUZZ BOX. It's a nice little metal box with the holy trio of a knob a switch and button. Comes in a pleasing blood red color and feels like it was built to military specs for rugged, macho construction.
I've played in bands for 25 years and played for 30 years or better. Yup. I'm old!! I've recorded and toured and put an instrumental CD to #2 on the Amazon indie charts: Project Twelve(34). I currently play in two classic rock bands in western PA. My musical tastes run from Zep/NIN/The Police/Jeff Beck/TOOL/Aerosmith. I own a Gibson Les Paul Classic, Gibson Gothic Explorer, ESP K500, Fernandes LE-1, Fender Strat, couple of Yamaha electrics etc. Amps are Marshall, Fender, Gallien Krueger, Hughes and Kettner and Tech 21
Picked this up at the now defunct Music Go Round in Pittsburgh. It costed me a whole $65.00 and that's all I have to say about that.
Here's what it does and it does these things well: It provides a clean boost of anywhere from 6 to 25 db complements of a big ol chicken head knob. It also has a little dip switch that colors your tone slightly. Or not. In the (1)position, it gives a single coil a bit of a vintage humbucker sound. I use fairly high output humbuckers and use this setting when kicking up leads. For me it adds a little Billy Gibbons tasting boost/compression. The (0)position is just a boost with no coloration. The (2) setting gives a little more of a higher gain humbucking tone all of the settings are quite useful and musical as long as know what you're getting into. According to Seymour, the unit was designed with single coil players in mind. I'm not often in that group but have still found this feller to be muy useful. The unit can be operated via battery or by 9 volt adaptor. The SFX-01 has a nice bright status light so you know when it's on. Good call there! Unit is small and the jacks are well made.
What's not to like. Just know that if you have noisy pickups, or are prone to feedback issues, 25db of boost will only compound these..... in spades.
High quality all around. Could be used as a self defense weapon.
Assaults the preamp section of an amp like a mother! Colors your sound in a musical way. Good tool for live players.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
I've played in bands for 25 years and played for 30 years or better. Yup. I'm old!! I've recorded and toured and put an instrumental CD to #2 on the Amazon indie charts: Project Twelve(34). I currently play in two classic rock bands in western PA. My musical tastes run from Zep/NIN/The Police/Jeff Beck/TOOL/Aerosmith. I own a Gibson Les Paul Classic, Gibson Gothic Explorer, ESP K500, Fernandes LE-1, Fender Strat, couple of Yamaha electrics etc. Amps are Marshall, Fender, Gallien Krueger, Hughes and Kettner and Tech 21
Picked this up at the now defunct Music Go Round in Pittsburgh. It costed me a whole $65.00 and that's all I have to say about that.
Here's what it does and it does these things well: It provides a clean boost of anywhere from 6 to 25 db complements of a big ol chicken head knob. It also has a little dip switch that colors your tone slightly. Or not. In the (1)position, it gives a single coil a bit of a vintage humbucker sound. I use fairly high output humbuckers and use this setting when kicking up leads. For me it adds a little Billy Gibbons tasting boost/compression. The (0)position is just a boost with no coloration. The (2) setting gives a little more of a higher gain humbucking tone all of the settings are quite useful and musical as long as know what you're getting into. According to Seymour, the unit was designed with single coil players in mind. I'm not often in that group but have still found this feller to be muy useful. The unit can be operated via battery or by 9 volt adaptor. The SFX-01 has a nice bright status light so you know when it's on. Good call there! Unit is small and the jacks are well made.
What's not to like. Just know that if you have noisy pickups, or are prone to feedback issues, 25db of boost will only compound these..... in spades.
High quality all around. Could be used as a self defense weapon.
Assaults the preamp section of an amp like a mother! Colors your sound in a musical way. Good tool for live players.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com