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bdrecourt
Published on 01/12/10 at 02:30
Distortion pedal tube (12AX7).
Controls: Gain, Bass, Middle, Treble, ISF Level.
Connectors: Input, Output, Output emulated.
UTILIZATION
The settings are very simple, it happens very quickly to sound good.
The manual is minimal but adequate given the simplicity of this pedal.
SOUND QUALITY
The distortion is strong, warm, dynamic ... A true his lights!
From emulation (POD exactly), I was accustomed to sounds very standardized: this is really day and night, distortion, even at very high gain, fully respects the nuances of the game
With a gain set to 1 / 4 is already accessing large rock, thick overdrive.
From half of the race, we enter a very distorted metal, but not aggressive.
And 3 / 4 (I rarely go beyond), it is a treat: a beautiful grain, very musical, great sustain, the definition, dynamics ... A very nice distortion suitable for virtually all styles of metal but with a very strong personality: it is not suitable if one wants a cold and her surgery (industrial, black metal ...).
The button allows FSIs to act on the general color of sound, ranging theoretically at the Marshall Mesa Boogie. In practice, the sound seems clearer and medium with the ISF to a minimum, but rough and dug up with the ISF. For my part I rule at about 11am (almost in the center position).
The only fault I found him, the breath with the original lamp (a Sovtek 12AX7-WA), from 3 / 4 gain, I got a little too much for my taste (this why I put 9 and not 10). So I replaced with a 12AX7 Tung-Sol (23 euros from Valve's House Music in Paris), which greatly improved things a lot less wind and a slightly more accurate.
I use a Noise Gate and EQ (Boss GE7) that allow me to really get the sound I want.
I plug everything in an amp BlackStar Little Giant, including a studio session.
Emulated output is amply sufficient to model, the amp simulation is quite suitable.
OVERALL OPINION
I use this pedal on stage and in studio for a year with my groups and Innerchaos Third Eye, and I am fully satisfied. I would do this choice without hesitation, despite the absence of noise gate built which would have seemed justified.
Controls: Gain, Bass, Middle, Treble, ISF Level.
Connectors: Input, Output, Output emulated.
UTILIZATION
The settings are very simple, it happens very quickly to sound good.
The manual is minimal but adequate given the simplicity of this pedal.
SOUND QUALITY
The distortion is strong, warm, dynamic ... A true his lights!
From emulation (POD exactly), I was accustomed to sounds very standardized: this is really day and night, distortion, even at very high gain, fully respects the nuances of the game
With a gain set to 1 / 4 is already accessing large rock, thick overdrive.
From half of the race, we enter a very distorted metal, but not aggressive.
And 3 / 4 (I rarely go beyond), it is a treat: a beautiful grain, very musical, great sustain, the definition, dynamics ... A very nice distortion suitable for virtually all styles of metal but with a very strong personality: it is not suitable if one wants a cold and her surgery (industrial, black metal ...).
The button allows FSIs to act on the general color of sound, ranging theoretically at the Marshall Mesa Boogie. In practice, the sound seems clearer and medium with the ISF to a minimum, but rough and dug up with the ISF. For my part I rule at about 11am (almost in the center position).
The only fault I found him, the breath with the original lamp (a Sovtek 12AX7-WA), from 3 / 4 gain, I got a little too much for my taste (this why I put 9 and not 10). So I replaced with a 12AX7 Tung-Sol (23 euros from Valve's House Music in Paris), which greatly improved things a lot less wind and a slightly more accurate.
I use a Noise Gate and EQ (Boss GE7) that allow me to really get the sound I want.
I plug everything in an amp BlackStar Little Giant, including a studio session.
Emulated output is amply sufficient to model, the amp simulation is quite suitable.
OVERALL OPINION
I use this pedal on stage and in studio for a year with my groups and Innerchaos Third Eye, and I am fully satisfied. I would do this choice without hesitation, despite the absence of noise gate built which would have seemed justified.