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Published on 08/27/06 at 07:25
Edit: at the bottom samples

Overdrive monster transistor.
No boost, no overdrive here. That's heavy.
No batteries either, should have been able to put 2 (18v power supply) but the power supply comes with doing his job and is quiet (no noise added).

Pedal that of the mouth, it can be put on the table and watch it without saying "my gods, she is ugly this Boss."

UTILIZATION

General configuration well explained in the doc multilingual.
French Translation made on a translator on line, but it's very sufficient.
Finding her is much less.
The knobs are not marked (Roughly: There's a mark above the knob, but no figures around) and it is sometimes better to shoot than note its settings when you have the sound
In addition, it is far from conventional knobs and a saturation were some surprises.
For example, I want to add mediums to increase the presence of sound and bass are soaring. So a new psychology to acquire, even when we had several pedals Satus hands.

SOUND QUALITY

Let's talk about her.
This pedal is as versatile as my pair of slippers. She knows how to do the big sound, very big one or a huge point!
The gain is that it delivers titanic! Put the bottom level of a gain is to risk one's boiled but necessary, she can do it!
Personally, to achieve a sound Factorien Fear, I have to leave the gain knob between 12:00 and 14:00. Above, it gets out of hand for me.

What is extraordinary is that even a huge gain, there's no more noise than that. The sound is based on the quality of cables, electrical installation, but the pedal itself, however, has fueled the help of a transformer (included), do not add!

The Warp knob to allow more or less sound in the mix by changing mediums.
It is very important at this time of change along this knob EQ of the amp to find the sound that one seeks. It is quite possible to find a sound to be clumsy while piercing the mix! It is not necessarily from the perspective of an EQ "V rock'n 'roll of the devil", which is a plus.
The button changes the volume level and does it well. Cool!

After, just the button "Sub" is not for use with a headphone on pain of being a deaf 40 years without realizing it (yes, I did that last night, so what?). This button increases the frequencies around 90Hz and the sound allourdis considerably. Sounds with, it sounds without too is a matter of taste. If you have a low skinny design, it can complement the spectrum without tiring.

The only downside for the grain of the foot: there is none.
Long accustomed to Marshall pedals (especially the gigantissime Shred Master) or saturated channel of my Peavey RockMaster, sound as "smooth" shocks me a little. However, after several tests, this pedal can sound perfectly complement another scratch, which would have plenty of grain and EQ in "v".

OVERALL OPINION

A versatile pedal absolutely not.
We should buy that for a purpose: to have a very big sound.
It works very well on my Lag in E with SH4, but it completely on my deposit Si and Jackson EMG 81.

Since we are in the frequency extremes, finding a sound is not so simple and asked to touch the knobs and touch of the pedal, but the EQ of the amp (it took me down mediums for a more present ... Go figure).
Push the gain too high will make the slurry was adjusted carefully.

So for the Blues, it does not even deserve to be thrown to the ducks, to the Neo / nag metal given serious or not - especially in conjunction with a sound of scratching and typed EQ "V" - it is perfect! !

Some samples:

Gain: between 12:00 and 13:00
Warp: 11:00
Level: 12:00
Sub not pressed

Middle lowered on my preamp.

Feart Fact:
http://bongo666.free.fr/EMG% 2081/warp/edgecrusher.mp3

Sepultura:
http://bongo666.free.fr/EMG% 2081/warp/roots.mp3

Korn (The Wall):
http://bongo666.free.fr/EMG% 2081/warp/the-wall.mp3