SeriesSeymour Duncan SFX

I am totally in love with my Strat, and I'm struggling because I don't always feel like bringing a Les Paul to my gigs (it's temperamental). I really think that this pedal is my saving grace. Basically, the main draw of this feature, besides functioning as a standard gain boost, is that it has settings that will allow your single coil pickups to function more as a humbucker. This is amazing. It's an analog effect, it isn't rackable and it has true bypass. There are no computer or midi functions, just a standard 1/4" input and output. UTILIZATION This is a really easy function. There is a switch with three settings. The top setting changes the sound of your pickups (which are presumably single-coil) to a tone that resembles more of a vintage-style humbucker (think the classic p-90). The bottom setting does a similar thing but makes it sound more like a newer, super-high gain humbucker. The middle setting allows the pedal to function simply as a gain boost. The knob controls the amount of gain boost added on all settings. SOUND QUALITY I use this primarily with Strats and Teles (ones that have the traditional single-coils in them). I like the sound best with Fender amps too. The pedal basically functions as a pre-amp, and does color the signal a lot, but that's the idea behind it. It does it in a good way all around. The thing is no joke, it really does allow your pickups to work like humbuckers, and the fact that it distinguishes between the vintage and newer styles is awesome. The gain boost on all settings is also phenomenal, it adds more volume and a serious raw power to the sound that absolutely kills. OVERALL OPINION I really liked the fact that this pedal can improve the functionality of my Strat and Tele. The price is also amazing for how useful the pedal is. I can only recommend this people who sometimes need more raw power from their single-coils. It's certainly easier than buying another guitar.

The Seymour Duncan SFX-07 Shape Shifter is a tremolo pedal that I have experience using with electric guitar. Like pretty much all tremolo pedals, this can be used with other electric instruments as well, but I've only used the pedal for electric guitar, so this review will be focused on this application of the pedal. I'd imagine that most people looking at this review will be interested in it as a guitar pedal anyway. The pedal is an analog one, consisting of 1/4" connections for input and output and requires nine volt power from either a power adapter or a battery. It isn't rackable in any form as it is stomp box. UTILIZATION I didn't find that using the Seymour Duncan SFX-07 Shape Shifter was a hard thing to do at all, as it is generally easy to follow. I've used a lot of different tremolo pedals out there, but even if you don't have as much experience with them I think you'll still be able to figure out this one rather quickly. The SFX-07 has parameters for depth, speed, wave, and rate, which will definitely be familiar parameters for experienced users of different tremolo. However, it is nice to see all four of them in one place as usually you'll see a few them on most pedals. The rate knob can actually be used either as ratio or rate level depending on how you switch it. You've also got a tap tempo button in addition to one for bypass. I don't think users will need a manual for the SFX-07 as it is easy enough to figure out on it's own. SOUND QUALITY The tone of the Seymour Duncan SFX-07 Shape Shifter is pristine in every way. I don't think that I have a bad thing to say about the pedal, as in general I'm a big fan of it's tone quality. I've used the pedal with a Fender Jazzmaster and a Fender Blues Jr amp, which doesn't have any built in effects. I usually use both a Fender Twin Reverb and a '65 Fender Deluxe Reverb for recording, which both have built in tremolo, but for when I don't have built in tremolo, the SFX-07 would be one of my first choices to use. OVERALL OPINION Even though Seymour Duncan is primarily known for making guitar pick ups, it seems as if they know a great deal about what they're doing when it comes to guitar pedals as well. The price of the SFX-07 is more than what most tremolo pedals will cost, but not by much. I'd say that it is definitely worth the extra dough if you're going to be using a lot tremolo, as it really isn't very much more than some tremolo pedals out there that this is almost infinity superior than. The tap tempo alone is worth the money in my opinion. The SFX-07 is overall a great tremolo pedal from an unlikely source.

The Twin Tube Mayhem is one of the pedals in Seymour Duncans twin tube line of pedals. This pedal is designed to get a high gain metal tone. It is not really a pedal as much as it is a preamp. It has a couple of tubes in it to add warmth to the sound so you dont have to use it with your amps preamp. It has a true bypass switch so it does not color your sound when you dont want it to. It has 5 knobs on its face. The knobs are a Volume Knob, Bass, Mid, Treble and gain. It has a low and high frequency switch and too foot switches. The first foot switch controls the on and off operation of the pedal and the 2nd is a built in boost. UTILIZATION The pedal is solidly built. It has an all steel chassis and the tubes in it are super durable. The knobs are big enough to be adjusted on the fly but the switches are pretty small. The knobs have a little bump in the middle of the sweep so you can feel when they are at noon. This is a nice feature to let you know where you are at if you cannot see the pedal. The writing on the pedal can be hard to read because of the script it is in. The pedal comes with an ac adapter and it will only work with the included adapter. SOUNDS The high and low freqency switch makes or breaks the pedal for me. In the middle of the pedal there is a switch that adjusts the midrange. The midrange is the most important part of a metal tone. The mid control on the pedal lets you sweep the midrange from 600Hz to a crazy 1.4kHZ. This pedal sounds pretty thin over all. The bass knob does not help much. It kinda sounds more like a treble cut then a bass knob. The boost knob is a clean boost that you can switch from 4 to 8db. I wish you could use the boost knob without having the overdrive on but you cant. The boost only works if you have the gain from the pedal switched on. OVERALL OPINION I did not like this pedal much. Since it is advertised as a preamp pedal you are supposed to be able to use it on its own without having to be in front of another amp. The sound the pedal puts out on its own is too thin. The sound relies on you having a thick power section to go with it. It can not hang on its own. I would recommend a solid amp over this pedal.

This is a super high-gain distortion pedal from Seymour Duncan. This company tends to make a wide range of products, of varying quality. This distortion pedal is probably not their best work. It is an analog pedal with an incredible high range of sounds. This is not editable through a PC or Mac, and is not rackable as it's a pedal. UTILIZATION The editing on this pedal is pretty basic. There are five knobs, three of which are EQ (bass, mid and treble), as well as the volume and gain knobs. There is actually quite a lot of adjustment required to find the sounds you want, which makes editing on the fly kind of difficult. For gigs that require less distortion, it's sometimes tough to find a good sound which can be frustrating. SOUND QUALITY This pedal is good at turning any signal into a saturated, high-gain sound. Even if it's a Strat with single-coils running through a clean Fender Tube amp. I'm not sure I really dig that at all. Even the lower gain settings have a hard time getting a relatively clean sound. I guess this pedal just wasn't intended for me, but I like a pedal that's not as over the top as this. I like the sound of my instruments and this pedal basically makes that sound irrelevant. I guess if you are a metal fan, or you need your pristine sounding vintage gear to suddenly turn into a metal monster, then this might be a good purchase. OVERALL OPINION This has a great price, which may explain why it doesn't sound that good. I would recommend it to beginners who play really heavy music. Otherwise, avoid at all costs. It may be cheap but it's still not worth it.