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Nonostar « Give me back my bass »
Published on 02/03/13 at 11:57
Value For Money :
Excellent
Model "custom" from Artec.
Supposed to reproduce the classic overdrive of a tube amp vintage ...
True Bypass.
Manufacturing Box and brawny apart plastoc trapping stack.
Beware the power supply connector is reversed (center +) compared to most pedals on the market.
On paper this is a very good quality / price ratio.
UTILIZATION
Button level for output level, a Gain knob.
Preshape a knob for gain and tone before PostShape to gain after the tone.
A foot switch on / bypass.
It leaves everything to noon beginning to get an idea, then turns and ... hmm weird sound is still thin.
I try to find the "sweet spot" with the 2 tone controls, not obvious at all. There are many differences, but the grain noise produced by this pedal is not famous.
SOUND QUALITY
But where are the bass???
This is the first thing that shocked. I'm turning the tone knobs in every sense, this pedal clips low whatever happens.
Else, even putting the "Level" maximum output level is slightly lower output level directly taken from the instrument, anything, suddenly we can not even get serve as a boost. I tested with different batteries and same result ...
It generates a lot of noise, even at low gain.
To finish it off, the overdrive product is really disgusting, I do not see what song I could exploit this thing sounds provided by: skinny, sharp, dirty, noisy. A mixture with a simulation of distortion pedals early years of digital consumer and 90 FM radio that can leave between 2 stations.
OVERALL OPINION
To read the two opinions above, I wonder if my pedal is not part of another series or simply HS.
I tested out different combos and it's still unusable.
She will break the legs until the end because we must invest more in a polarity inverter for connecting AC power.
The effect is similar to the sound of a trumpet, but low output level.
I do not know what is its utility, a kind of "treble booster" or rather yucky bass filter.
Supposed to reproduce the classic overdrive of a tube amp vintage ...
True Bypass.
Manufacturing Box and brawny apart plastoc trapping stack.
Beware the power supply connector is reversed (center +) compared to most pedals on the market.
On paper this is a very good quality / price ratio.
UTILIZATION
Button level for output level, a Gain knob.
Preshape a knob for gain and tone before PostShape to gain after the tone.
A foot switch on / bypass.
It leaves everything to noon beginning to get an idea, then turns and ... hmm weird sound is still thin.
I try to find the "sweet spot" with the 2 tone controls, not obvious at all. There are many differences, but the grain noise produced by this pedal is not famous.
SOUND QUALITY
But where are the bass???
This is the first thing that shocked. I'm turning the tone knobs in every sense, this pedal clips low whatever happens.
Else, even putting the "Level" maximum output level is slightly lower output level directly taken from the instrument, anything, suddenly we can not even get serve as a boost. I tested with different batteries and same result ...
It generates a lot of noise, even at low gain.
To finish it off, the overdrive product is really disgusting, I do not see what song I could exploit this thing sounds provided by: skinny, sharp, dirty, noisy. A mixture with a simulation of distortion pedals early years of digital consumer and 90 FM radio that can leave between 2 stations.
OVERALL OPINION
To read the two opinions above, I wonder if my pedal is not part of another series or simply HS.
I tested out different combos and it's still unusable.
She will break the legs until the end because we must invest more in a polarity inverter for connecting AC power.
The effect is similar to the sound of a trumpet, but low output level.
I do not know what is its utility, a kind of "treble booster" or rather yucky bass filter.