Benrod Electro Cream Can

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- 4 settings: GAIN, VOLUME, CREAM CUT
- 1 guitar input INPUT
- 1 amp output OUTPUT
- True Bypass
- Internal Wiring with cable MOGAMI
- Powered by 9V battery (Duracell ProCell included) or AC adapter type 'BOSS®'

UTILIZATION

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SOUND QUALITY

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OVERALL OPINION

So my opinion is a bit special, because this pedal is very very well made (no doubt about it) but compared to my Mojo JTM with which I wished the couple, it was just very, very blah.
Let me explain this pedal tested alone (and especially before Mojo JTM) has all the qualities of a boutique pedal: quality cabling, switch knobs and top, true bypass, and excellent sound with setting options very interesting with the famous Cream and Cut. The tonal palette is wide enough, it will sound an almost clean to overdrive that allows you to tease an AC / DC or Aerosmith without any worry, but it is not a distortion, it's still an overdrive. It was something in the clear saturation in the sense that every note arpeggio even doing very well, no sound to mush. The "Cream" as the name suggests will add a creamy side to her, there will be bass and lower midrange a little firmer in pushing the knob to right.The "Cut" for his acts on the highs and wired backwards, I mean, the more you shoot, the more high frequencies are cut. Coupled with the Cream you get to things nice and very diverse. The volume of the pedal against disappointed me because we still have to push almost two thirds to three quarters or to have the same volume when the pedal is bypassed.
It remains, however, in an area that goes from blues to rock, AC / DC style Foo Fighters, Jack White ... But the big task that will require elsewhere. So overall very good pedal with the shop that everyone has in mind mind.
Now to comparo with Mojo JTM because the goal was to make them play together on certain sounds:
Well slap, the Mojo literally burying the Benrod. Already, the reserve volume is really consistent eten addition, JTM sounds "big", not genre heavy distortion, but really big sound even at low gain, it seems a really thrown forward with its bottom and the lower midrange as it is not permissible to give a monster magnitude signal, a fabulous grain compresses only the fifth in the last race of the drive. So it sounds airy, open, close, it takes its place in a mix. What really awesome. At the same time, the only thing you can really blame the pedals Tom (NOS in Paris), it may be the peeling paint too quickly ^^.
So my Cream Can in all this, bah when I passed it after the comparison test with the JTM, well ..... the sound seemed anemic, small, feeble, I really want more of the plug; and even by coupling it eats dynamics Mojo whether before or after the chaining, it adds a gain that will compress its there or Mojo let the sound breathe and the knob Cream Cut and make gadget blow. Because the tone of the Mojo, barely turned really is and does not pretend. I'm a bit radical but it's really the feeling that I had. And it was strange for a pedal 150 new bullets. I think she is nevertheless because the build quality is to go, and the sound itself is very good, it's just that I had better before I think; I really like the texture of my JTM, and in the end I took a 2nd Mojo that this one will, fits really well with the first.
Note that I tested these two pedals on my Laney L5T-112, so the basis of the clean sound is still downright good.

So Benrod I certainly retesterai still occasionally out of curiosity, hoping that other commodities will further convince me. In the end, I sold it.


NB: sorry for this review pretty special, but I was forced to give my opinion also on a 2nd pedal to illuster weaknesses of Benrod. So we have a little 2 reviews in one.

Overdrive distortion, true bypass, made in France.

UTILIZATION

Very simple.
4 buttons, 1 switch.
FYI: I play the Apache or shadows Ray Vaughan eg in clean sound like fender or vox, and cat, steve vai, or black sabbath on the type mesa overdrive. Try it, it is rather funny, especially when you see the face of the people who look at the pedal and scratches his head when you play cowboy from hell hahaha!

SOUND QUALITY

Here's my take, watch it stings.
A D, do not compare to a tube screamer as sure it has nothing to see, it is a distortion, with one grain at a vox in my opinion. Vintage with a vintage guitar but not that much with a modern guitar.
Or three quarters of the test, and another video on the net are doing with simple strat bobinage.Alors do not trust.
The sound of Judge Fredd, I have never found the no longer with the unit ....
The sav BENROD does not exist, in case of failure, you Sort this out. C's lived. Thank you very much.
Pedal a real true bypass! Ptin c is not hard to see, you unplug it, if it sounds, c is true bypass!
I m used primarily in overdrive, c is, for example, that it transforms me the sound of a transistor amp into that of a tube amp and that, c is the top. As against such in a fender lamp, it m bored. Character without character, it is always hard to explain. It is very inspiring to me and it is the largest c.
I re-emphasizes the bypass, she eats nothing !!! Even the batteries last a long time, not against trapping by and it also is designed c.

OVERALL OPINION

I have it for 3 years I think, a nice gift for my wife, so I would keep that until it burns.
Mine has never bougée against by my friend who has had 2 failed was vagabond from the outset by his dealer Albi I think. We try to reach BENROD in vain .for Made in France it Derche doing wrong, it's not the pedals 20 euros.quand luthier I see, the other side of the world who send me the parts and answered me in Casa Anna-Paula the day
Without this history, the pedal is very good. Not much character but in top component and it is also important to let the transparent guitare.assez sing really.
I'm still glad to have it even if I do not Rasht.
After j not like wampler handmade so I'm also a bit demanding ptetre lil

Overdrive par excellence, of CreamCan Benrod will satisfy all guitarists looking for a vintage sound.
The slight overdrive boost your real tube amp, this pedal does not lack versatility.

UTILIZATION

4 knobs: volume, gain, cut, cream.
Volume and Gain interact perfectly to give you a good range of sounds more crunchy with more biting.
The Cut (like a Vox amp) is the opposite of a "Tone" and cuts frequencies. Personally it is set in the first quarter between 8am and 9am to compensate for the lack of treble on the pedal.
The Cream is defined as the smoothness of the pedal, but personally it is set to 0.

SOUND QUALITY

I use it before ABY-Box sends the sauce on a Marshall JCM900 (Channel A, Gain = 10) and a Vox AC30 (Canal + Normal Boost Earnings = 8), so much so that it boosts my sound.
I use it as main overdrive, and I + drop off the knobs on my Les Paul for a little clearer sound.
However, if I need to have some more potatoes, I turn the BOOST circuit my Box of Rock is located just before the Creamcan. Try it!! Creamcan + Box of Rock: the sound does not change the style, but it gives you a slap, and screaming your lights a little harder!

OVERALL OPINION

Very good pedal, solid, handmade.

I have nothing more to add everything has been said in previous comments

UTILIZATION

I use a Les Paul trad Strat standard ... on a fender 65 deluxe with Celestion Alnico Blue

SOUND QUALITY

I'm a big fan of Benrod, I have the Classic Screamer, the Goldbener the Light My Fire Red Fuzz and on this one but for me it is not a total success ...
the use of this pedal is 100% drive in boost mode as the Classic Screamer or Goldbender she made that lack of clarity, not enough treble and middle to bring out a mix, despite the presence of a cut (bass), drive mode the combination of Cut and Cream gives a good result, then we can play with nuances Gain and Volume, for me it is a good drive but very versatile compared to the pedal market as Wampler eg Plexidrive, Black Tweed 57 or 65 ... the result is immediately a little boxy and rough, it is not enough free collar ... it lacks sharpness and presence
it amazes me there or it is in front of the Red Fuzz Benrod it downright sublime Fuzz where it sends heavy can dig the fuzz with Cream Cut and just for that it tears, it nears perfection with a Strat
Otherwise do not expect the same that made the videos with Judge Fredd on a HP Alnico she does not like on a HP Ceramic found somewhat the same sound

OVERALL OPINION

Pure Drive is not bad, but quite versatile at the same time it has its charm and character that is Benrod we like it or not, it is a matter of taste ...
According to the Red Fuzz, there is a pure killing was reached the heights ... I do not know if I would do this choice with another Fuzz, this is what it would be less so ... I keep waiting, just for info this is a pedal that I bought after selling so well it's twice as store bought ... because of this damn Red Fuzz which I really want to master the subtleties and possibilities ... and thanks to this pedal can do it, so no regrets seen services rendered to my Fuzz