JMB-Experience Riff Shooter

The riff shooter, is a very strong overdrive pedal that balance, we will od the very mild to the big OD task which limits distortion. A volume, a tone that the acute cutting, a drive, and which manages a voice frequency saturation. The voice tone and act together to color effect. A selector in the middle can choose between three types of OD, the lazy more light too compressed, the juicy, that her task, drool all you want.
A booster also called potato, which serves as a clean boost.
100% analog, 100% French

UTILIZATION

Simple enough, but not so obvious to the grip use. Firstly the tone that cuts treble, can be used in the opposite direction clockwise. The voice is original enough to like me used predominantly OD three knobs, like the type TS. Once you understand the principle is quite simple and very intuitive final.
No need to book, it is still plug and play.

SOUND QUALITY

Talking about her now. It is on my pedalboard recently. This is certainly a bias. In fact, if you want a straight OD, then avoid the riff accurate shooter, because it will send fat. It is dirty, looks like the Judge is muddy. Custom suits me fine for now. I wanted to have a powerful, chubby, a little garage rock that smells of beer and whiskey. Well here's the riff shooter has been there and gave me what I wanted.
I play Marshall JTM45 (I love this amp clean, crunch and falling). I use a Gisbon Les Paul and a Fender Stratocaster. Riff Shooter fits well with my two shovels, no worries at this level.
I thought the boost tended to flatten the sound, and the sound of the saturation tended to fuzzer run its course, what bothered me. I looked on the bp, thinking it was the settings of the pedal itself. In fact, there was nothing. I have a master volume installed on the back of the head, that I did not use because I am also connected to a power attenuator. It was this latter problem, I do not know why. But in any case, I cut and set the tone with the master (I lose a bit of momentum, but good), and there magic, boost works perfectly, and the pedal is like awakened . More fuzz at an end just a big fat OD sending the pie, not cooooool? on the other hand as I said it does not suit everyone, because the sound is still typed. Judge Fredd says he wanted with this pedal have a saturation in the Texan spirit, to ZZ Top. We are very far from the very right of a bb preamp for example grain or classic classic OCD.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it only for a few days, and I learn to tame the beast. I love the texture of the wild beast, that will give you an unusual sound which is a clone of a clone of a reissue. This is not a lead channel amp on this point should not delude ourselves. Besides, I think it is impossible to make a pedal sound like an amp. If you want the grain of the JCM 800 for example, you need a JCM 800. against if you want to boost your amp with an OD which sends, OD with character, with an OD that you take off the wallpaper Take the riff shooter. In addition, the booster will take a real plus to put the sauce on a lead, or a rhythmic bass at the end of a song or a chorus for example. It can be used independently and that too is cool.
Abstract shooter for the riff is typical, unusual, organic, and much of the bomb. 100% French it's always fun.

Everything has already been said in other reviews below. Pedal boutique made in France by hand. The finish is beautiful, beautiful painting and decor.

UTILIZATION

Very easy to use, there is the sound immediately, buttons fall under the main.Quelques interesting anecdotes in the manual.
Made in France Handmade quality is rare!
The fact that this pedal is made in collaboration with Judge Fredd speaks volumes about the level of demand, especially sound.

SOUND QUALITY

So then drop everything you already know about Overdrives. I had a package, TS, Zendrive, Madprof, Rat, Guv nor, OCD, Dominator, Blackstone, nothing comes close to this machine made in FRANCE
The sound is fabulous, dynamic, powerful, organic, very natural way "amp like". 3 positions offer 3 levels of saturation. Say that the position 1 already covers TS, see more ... so you can imagine the headroom, it sends severe.
The grain is dense, bug but what is there? This mix way pierces the razor blade.

Attention much thicker than a grain of TS! We are not here for fun

The videos show the disposed bestial side, but what I love about this pedal is in position 1, it comes out of OD grainy and not very busy.

The most breathtaking with this pedal is:
1. Absolute silent operation, it is believed that it does not work!
2. dynamics, playing fingers is a treat ...

OVERALL OPINION

Made in France of high quality, 3 year warranty, a pedal to keep for life.

I want to say that I do not understand the reviews below, entitled "Mouaiss". Say that OD is not used on a tube amp and it is a compressor ...? On Mars?
This pedal works wonders on a tube amp.
I forgot booster called "potato", I love the name. While it may not be 100% transparent for extremists, say 98%, but it brings a nice roundness in the midrange, frankly it's a great addition to a double pedal.

A buy eyes closed, frankly it is worth more than its price

nothing to add on the features of this pedal, everything is already said.

UTILIZATION

everything is very very clear because simple.Il Just take your time and try the different conbinaisons possibles.Si several guitars on several amps you try with different value was enough to occupy the winter evenings. The range sound is not exceptional, fredd judge says so in his specials: the pedal is well-typed and he is right. Editing sounds is easy

SOUND QUALITY

this is where I put a caveat.
I play on a great blues junior tweed gives me the surly grain overdrive low as high volume.Il is stupid (in my opinion) to add an overdrive in tube amp that does not need .... well I did it! I tested it because I wanted to actually have the opportunity to have a second channel on the junior blues: result: even with a very light overdrive
(The kind in repet master volume and two half) the riff Inrush shooter makes its minimum tasteless, worse than the original because polluted by the tone and voice. If the drive is reinforced everything becomes very rough ... not muddy ... loamy.

okay ...... I told myself that I suspected ..... I will use the boost at least clear his history booster (just) the wonderful sound of my little amp, leave the overdrive aside for the day I will not have the blues junior with me ....

and although the boost which boasts of transparency is not transparent at all at all.
rendering the sound is equivalent to that of a pickup or a treble booster so no clean boost.

So how to use this pedal meuiveilleuse?

clear sound; stupid on a tube amp
crunch: the schoolyard boost my wig
crunch +: inoperative overdrive

OVERALL OPINION

I tried one evening on a tele, strat, a 335, les paul with humbucker les paul junior and p90

I kept the strat (it's like that right now I'm strat) tortured all buttons and not really ...... it used to me.

makes it ideal if you have a transistor amp run buy
if you have a very good quality lamps: paste in a kind soul preacher compressor and it does wonders ..... no better boost in my opinion

btw, a oeverdrive ........ it is a compressor.

I am very satisfied with the range of sounds available, which range from mild crunch to a big saturation.

Specifications:
1 volume
1 tone
1 drive (gain)
1 voice (the voice fits the "color" of the sound, to the left softer to the right a more aggressive sound)
3 modes: Lazy / Horny / Juicy corresponding to different levels of saturation
1 volume for the boost
Feed in 9v

No breath using it, even with a high dose of winning!

UTILIZATION

The settings are intuitive and many but in all cases, we always get a nice sound.

I do not think I have explored all the possibilities of the beast but in any case I'm delighted, special mention knob voice, very interesting for my taste. The Lazy / Horny / Juicy settings also allow you never miss saturation and refine his gain control more subtly changing fashion.

SOUND QUALITY

Beyond extreme settings, I especially noticed that, whatever the level of saturation asked pedal has its own identity! Judge Fredd spoke, he seems to me, of "muddy" sound. Can be without going that far (I did not grow either in a corner), I would say that it has its own grain and character. Good point, knowing that it is not easy to distinguish in the existing overdrives on the market tide!

Boost side, I have only little utility, it says it does a very good job.

I use an amp Brunetti and you can feel the quality of the machine, the Riff Shooter holds the comparison with the overdrive channel of my amp! The RS has one side more "granular", particularly suitable for blues and hard derivatives, rock ...

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 1 month. Previously I was on a T-Rex Tonebug overdrive, not without having tested the TS or other OD pedals. I decided to turn to a boutique pedal, in this case the Riff Shooter because the overdrive is one of the few effects that I use, it was important for me to have an excellent record.

Clearly, we are here at a higher level. The sound is much less boilerplate than conventional overdrive settings really help sculpt his own sound, but also to approach one of your favorite artists.

As said earlier, I love the voice and the different modes that allow you to customize your own sound.

The pedal can seem at first to have a high price but this is not the case: tell yourself to deal with a handmade pedal, with its own personality, flawless design, breathless, multiple adjustments and bonus a boost. The price difference with the pedals mass produced here really negligible. It is without hesitation that I will renew this purchase.