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An all tube 9V distortin pedal. No battery support, but a univolt adapter is included. The adapter even features a "computer cabel" socket. It's green, and it's mean.. UTILIZATION The easy way to start, is to connect the guitar and amp. Set all controls at 12 o'clock, and start playing. No manual needed. Very easy to use. SOUND QUALITY My rig at the moment is: Suhr Custom Modern (ML single coils and an SSV+ humbucker), TC Electronic G-System (so the 'CUDA is looped), Blackstar HT Club 50 head into two Budda closed back 212 cabinets. The pre-amp is also inserted in the G-System. So it's a OK setup, sounds big and fat both clean and distorted. The 'CUDa offers a FAT and saturated distortion without taking away the guitar sound. I use it with the drive slightly above 12, volume slightly below 12. A nudge up on the treble and a bit back on the bass. Simply because it's FAT.. But it goes all the way from a old and trusted TS-808/TS9 to a full out head shredding distorted tone. But still with the guitar there. The tube is a 12AX7. I will some time try different 12a?7 tubes, just to see how they alter the saturation of it. The 'CUDA has replaced a Voodoo Lab sparkle Drive and more or less a Radial Trimode (tube distortion). It cleans up very nicely when you roll back on the volume control, and bites just that much more if you use a boos in front. OVERALL OPINION The 'CUDA is road ready. Heck it's tour ready. Just stop on by your local dealer, and grab one to go. I am saying this to all of you that don't play death/trash metal, since I can't sign off on your happiness with this pedal. Only because I don't play nor listen much to that kind of music. And most of the players inside that line of music uses the AXE FX. But if you play anything from blues via classic rock to rock. Don't be afraid. This WILL work perfectly

- Mix knob - Volume knob - Delay knob - Echodrive knob - Repeat knob - Delay switch - Power LED - 12AX7 Preamp tube UTILIZATION This is a fairly straight forward delay pedal to use with two exceptions. One, the delay switch on the side. It changes the delay from a short delay to a long echo type delay. The second is the Echodrive knob. This allows you to add gain to the delay stages creating feedback. It can also be dialed in clean. Other than that, all the knobs work as you'd expect them to. SOUND QUALITY This is the most lush, deep, glorious sounding delay pedal I have found. It is warm without being mushy or getting lost. It is not the most transparent sounding delay. You will definitely know you've turned it on, and that's a good thing, in my opinion. If you are a tweaker, you will love the fact that you can open up the box and try different preamp tubes to change the tone of the pedal. OVERALL OPINION You need to keep in mind that there are at least five different versions of the Echodrive floating around. The original Echodrive was in a blue enclosure and was analog. More common are the red enclosure varieties. The red boxes are digital delays. Both sound great, the blue version sounding a little warmer (not that the red version sounds cold at all). I have seen four different versions of the red pedal. The first version maintained the same screen printing that the blue one did (has the fingers pointing to the input and outputs, Echodrive knob labeled "Record Level", etc.). The second version had input improperly spelled as "Intput". The third version had the spelling corrected. The fourth added a "Slam" knob and foot switch to throw the pedal into oscillating feedback. I have had the first and second versions of the red pedal. I am not sure if they were at all different circuits, but I liked the second version better. Other things to keep in mind before looking for this pedal. As far as I know, they are no longer in production. The blue pedals fetch around $1000 USD and the red around $400. This is also a very large and heavy pedal. It will take up a lot of room on your pedal board and probably make it twice as heavy. That being said, it's one of the best sounding delay pedals out there and it might very well be worth it to you.

- Volume knob - Gain knob - Treble knob - Mid knob - Bass knob - Power LED - 12AX7 tube - AC power cord UTILIZATION The pedal is about as standard as any overdrive pedal, despite it having a 12AX7 inside adding tubey goodness to the sound. Pedals that use real preamp tubes tend to put out a lot of juice and this one is no exception. You really need to play with the Volume and Gain knobs to get a unity gain setting that sounds good. Since it has a preamp tube in side, you can also tweak the voicing by simply replacing the tube with a different brand tube. If you want to have less gain on tap you can also use a 12AT7 or 12AU7 in place the the 12AX7. With the right settings, this pedal can do clean boosting, overdriving, or super saturated distortion. One odd thing is that the LED only turns on to let you know you have power. There isn't an LED (at least in the one I owned) that turned on and off with the pedal. SOUND QUALITY As with all overdrive/distortion pedals, there is a symbiotic nature between the pedal and the amp you are playing it through (not to mention the guitar, the pickups, etc). No pedal works well with all amps. I've tried this pedal on a bunch of different amps. It sounds better with some than others, but it never sounded bad. You need to adjust the Mids and Treble in order to keep them from getting to bright and metallic sounding. With the right amp this pedal sounds exactly like a second tube channel on the amp. Big, fat, and just right. OVERALL OPINION These were well made, we designed pedals. It's a shame that SIB appears to be no longer making pedals. The guitar community lost something special. If you're looking for a pedal The downside would be the size (almost the size of a shoebox), but if it works with your amp that would be a small price to pay for the amazing, juicy tones this pedal can produce.