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Hughes & Kettner Warp Factor

Distortion from Hughes & Kettner belonging to the Warp series

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Zlhanh Zlhanh
Published on 09/28/07 at 19:10
Everything has more or less t dja said here but I justify my rating.

-1 Gain (which affects only the gain and not the volume or not much)
-1 Volume
-1 Warp: act a little bit of color but is not really an EQUAL ...
-1 Sub: small button not essential but why not. allows for a more combos to be adapted or both rails.

it is heavy and thick which makes it convenient to use (I mean by that is far from the mini-mxr pedals of which tend to move if a pull on the jack or if it does not foot right in the middle)
it is metal (the case to say) so much stronger and I can confirm that a mine travels a lot.
it has at least the face! it is certainly not necessary but it is always a ^ ^

I put 3 because despite a lack EQUAL embraque trs badly (I explain below).

for those who want to get it to OCCAZ, know that the transformer is supplied with the pedals so the purchase rclamez it. if it is provided because the pedals does not work with batteries.

UTILIZATION

Since a appears to be the mode of TRSA dmolire the matoss by taking the tester of the month, I&#39;ll try to be a minimum goal and therefore useful for reading this critique: a hypothetical future owner .
so use ... more complicated than it seems!
Hugues you mean PDAL clear that this is not really made to be rack. it is partly true but it is in a rack that is effective. for me to use it alone, live in the amp is a standard error or it is really an effective EQUAL trs the amp in question, warp the poor do not. The Mieu is to put a pedal / multi-effects / other with EQUAL between the two and we really enjoy the pedals gives a distortion with a grain but that&#39;s it.
but as happens when it&#39;s integrated to the rack if Ms. Hughes said that this is not for? and although the adpend ... I prcise I did PPAs tried with anything else on the market but that the various tests I did allow me to say this, although remaining a case by case basis.
with:
-Compressor: food court while the signal! not compatible with but not be trs little gain.

-Another distortion / overdrive: the same or larger then standard and larsne BZZZ ... but sometimes it works! (Ok this is rare)

-An equal: no problem and so better now!

-An accumulation of distortion / amp: adpend. with an accumulation of stuff you get clean trs incredibly interesting and we gain flexibility. with a formulation that saturates most of the time is a food.
-Works perfectly with all the other effects. even a little more with the reverb.
-The noise suppressor / noise gate has to be against interest costau.

it is used in résumé Fawn trs particulire and there are many things she does not like. APRS experiment with different pedals and amp it appears that it&#39;s really case by case basis. (For example it fits perfectly with the zoom but cleans Muls dtest those of line 6 ... only testing will tell you)

live in use, be aware that only the volume button affects the volume. that is to say that if a small change in gain or warp between two piece is a do not need rergler everything else what is the problem of a lot of pedals that have this format: it vlan up the gain and the volume has tripled! (J&#39;exagre but the ide is)

I put 6 because it is difficult and sissy with other pedals and is used with other stuff to support it. but once you know its habits so good and she rvle more flexible than it seems according to what we put it there and how it fits with the warp (which alone, n &#39;brings a significant change)

SOUND QUALITY

I RPET: the pedals gives a slightly adapted grain but that&#39;s it! it&#39;s not a whole embraque pedals and has nothing to do with the flexibility of a metal zone (to take one example known). the grain is really special and TRS will not suit everyone. alone in the amp it sounds asser soft, thick with palm mute and harmonics pais rather good.
properly set in a rack adapted duly happens. although the spectrum is not equilibrated with natural trs (trs cave as his), it remains rgulier and it was not the problem of setting that does not sound good in one corner of the GREAT (like good rhythm but ultra sharp screaming or conversely good rhythm and acute soft as chvre hot)

Once the small kitchen finishes (fan of plug-and-play is not for you) the personality of the grain even more apparent, it goes a little treble and harmonic changes from a very good s good, large palms, a large-soft dynamic.
she keeps a small cot cellar, a little dirty with acute aggressive. by changing the settings of the equal, I am the black grimey trs (which has been told that your bass player is hard to follow you as it does not know what note you play ^ ^) to the neo through everything trsmlodique with a lot of alternate picking. it keeps most of the time his cot powerful / strong
putting little gain it gives a kind of crunch, which seems nice but for me its a typical overdrive this is not the right product.
trs not suited to hard rock or the heavy or the ... though? one day I saw someone use it with a micro Guid up with De Armond and a vox amp to play rock 70 &#39;... and my surprise was made trs correct! good the case is exceptional is still a metal pedals with his smooth, not heavy.
For comparison:
-More "big" a boss metal zone and heavier and less noisy
Be a little less dynamic than the Rocktron Metal Planet but more compact
-A little more dirty than the DigiTech Death Metal
Behringer-plus rsistante a plastic (not that&#39;s a laugh)
-More "raw" than a lot of accumulation
the kingdom of distortion, the warp factor is a very original personality and you can not remove it (a least not at all control his matoss or have shit in the ears). is a sound, a grain with color lgrement adaptable.
used alone in the amp it MRIT May 1st but given the sound it gives me now in retrospect, a lot of testing and how to support it in the rack is 10 (note I say it is not perfect ... but I think it&#39;s my satisfaction)

OVERALL OPINION

I have since ... 1 year or a year and a half I do not know too much. Never technical problem it is solid. I tried really a lot of things that make the distortion (various pedals and amp prampli) and I must admit that the rest in my rack. even if I only used more as a "major distortion" I do not sell as it is specially.

try, tell you only that it does not show its full potential. if you like the grain and you have a good EQUAL in the rest of the rack is a good buy especially at the level of prices is more than correct. it has its output costs in the 120euro (which is a bit expensive but not be a scam), it is quickly trs down around 80/90 euro which is a good price. OCCAZ of it sells at prices that can be incredibly low because a lot of people try it as a classic distortion (it is not) and, not finding the ultra standart format that makes sounds such as a group without the identity Whereas like shit (certainly it is black, round and drags the ground ^ ^). it lacks an EQUAL embarks ...

A difficult, temperamental but almost unique. we like or not. So yes I 9