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be23 « Good economic distortion »
Published on 03/25/14 at 22:20It is a distortion pedal rather typical vintage in a vein eyeing to the sound of the late 70s, ie roughly the sound of Van Halen at the time (the name of the pedal comes from the famous eruption of 1978).
The settings are spartan: a volume, gain and tone for the equalizer, to which is added a mini switch "crunch" that adds a little bite to render and burn a little better mix.
UTILIZATION
As with all pedals with some settings, the interface is very intuitive, and relatively useless manual.
SOUND QUALITY
The sound quality is really baffling. The distortion produced is very musical, very compressed and really does justice to Marshall JCM 800 years.
Plugged into an amp any serious lamps, we really approach the big sound of the late 70s / early 80s, which can tease a lot of records: one can approach the problem without his Iron Maiden, from that of 'ACDC or Guns n' roses, passing even the first Metallica or Grunge sound of the early 90s.
OVERALL OPINION
I owned an all-tube vintage mind for quite a while amp, and at the time I wanted my happiness with many distortion pedals (some of which cost 3 times the price of the MXR). The MXR Custom Badass 78 is the one that convinced me most of all, the one that seemed to sound less chemical and less "cheap" ...
I have been spent on an Orange amp for which the distortion is written in the genes, and then obviously the conclusion is obvious: NOTHING equals the natural distortion of a good tube amp.
That said, I recommend this pedal for guitarists who prefer to build their sounds from the clear sound of their amp without reservation, this is a great product, and whose price is reasonable not to spoil anything.
The settings are spartan: a volume, gain and tone for the equalizer, to which is added a mini switch "crunch" that adds a little bite to render and burn a little better mix.
UTILIZATION
As with all pedals with some settings, the interface is very intuitive, and relatively useless manual.
SOUND QUALITY
The sound quality is really baffling. The distortion produced is very musical, very compressed and really does justice to Marshall JCM 800 years.
Plugged into an amp any serious lamps, we really approach the big sound of the late 70s / early 80s, which can tease a lot of records: one can approach the problem without his Iron Maiden, from that of 'ACDC or Guns n' roses, passing even the first Metallica or Grunge sound of the early 90s.
OVERALL OPINION
I owned an all-tube vintage mind for quite a while amp, and at the time I wanted my happiness with many distortion pedals (some of which cost 3 times the price of the MXR). The MXR Custom Badass 78 is the one that convinced me most of all, the one that seemed to sound less chemical and less "cheap" ...
I have been spent on an Orange amp for which the distortion is written in the genes, and then obviously the conclusion is obvious: NOTHING equals the natural distortion of a good tube amp.
That said, I recommend this pedal for guitarists who prefer to build their sounds from the clear sound of their amp without reservation, this is a great product, and whose price is reasonable not to spoil anything.