My Attack Goat Review

Nyarlathotep · #1 05-01-2008, 04:49 PM

Wow, this seems a little weird. Reviewing a single effect.

In all honesty tho, I think this thing would kick the **** out of any of the distortion models on the POD. I run it thru my 15W practice amp and it sound godly. Im scared to imagine it thru something a lot bigger. Hopfully I get the chance to see sometime in the next few months

This thing has such a range of tones, all of which seem to keep the low freqs nicely. The only time I've really got this thing to loose any of the lows is with gain maxed, mid scoop maxed and the blend max to the right. Blend to the left = more origanal signal, and to the right = more fuzzed signal. Its what really makes this fuzz shine IMO. Ive got everything from a really dark, but present, low gain dirt type of thing to something that sounds simmilar to Hysteria by Muse (gain=max, blend=50%, tone=around 50%). Definatly versitile. It also doesn't produce anymore noise than my jazz normally does, and is really silent between note and such. It seems like much more of a controlled fuzz to me.

I managed to do some direct-to-soundcard clips:

Clean Reference
BurgerMeister's fav. Settings (80/20/0)
My Lo-Gain Dirt Setting (20/0/0)
Generic Sample (50/0/0)
Generic Sample (50/0/100)
Generic Sample (50/50/0)
Generic Sample (50/50/100)
Generic Sample (50/100/0)
Generic Sample (50/100/100)
Generic Sample (100/0/0)
Generic Sample (100/0/100)
Generic Sample (100/50/0)
Generic Sample (100/50/100)
Generic Sample (100/100/0)
Generic Sample (100/100/100)

The #s in the brackets are the gain/blend/tone values as a %, where 50% is strait up. There are actually 9 dots and the numbers 0 and 11 around the gain knob, and 11 dots around the blend/tone. 20% = 2 dots up from 0 (on gain) or the first dot (on blend/tone), and would be the o'clock equivilent of 9 o'clock.

Enjoy!

grace & groove · #2 05-01-2008, 08:02 PM

I can't listen until tomorrow. Erg.

Nyarlathotep · #3 05-01-2008, 08:02 PM

Oooooo... reminds me! I should put the clips in the wiki!

grace & groove · #4 05-01-2008, 08:03 PM

Good idea.

I put the Attack Goat in Fuzz already for ya... and I put at the top of the list too.

Nyarlathotep · #5 05-01-2008, 08:24 PM

^ clips in the database. I noticed you put that the Attack Goat as a "yes" to being active friendly... is it?

Wounded Paw · #6 05-01-2008, 08:30 PM

That is something I will be proving this weekend when I borrow an active bass for some testing. It should be fine but I'll know for sure soon.

Nyarlathotep · #7 05-01-2008, 08:47 PM

(I freakin' love this pedal BTW

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The BurgerMeister · #8 05-01-2008, 11:42 PM

the Attack Goat works beautifully with actives (with the actives i tried, at least).

Nyarlathotep · #9 05-02-2008, 07:54 AM

^ Well there you go

Another win for the Goat!

Chronicle · #10 05-02-2008, 09:23 AM

Hm you should do a mic'd clip. :]

Nyarlathotep · #11 05-02-2008, 10:11 AM

Don't have a mic

McSpunckle · #12 05-02-2008, 10:15 AM

Cool! Sounds like a fun pedal. I may have to pick one up. If only for the name... lol.

I dug the slowed down schism bits.

Nyarlathotep · #13 05-02-2008, 10:22 AM

^ Glad you like

I usually bust out some not-in-time schism every once in a while. Y'know... rub some FUNK on it!

Its always seemed like a good example of chords/higher string stuff. The middle part is "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" iirc. Played near the 12th, on the middle strings. The last part is just me ****ing around with some crazy riffing on my really low-A string

Chronicle · #14 05-02-2008, 08:21 PM

Not even a computer mic?! My 1980's computer mic does the job... but not too well hehe

Nyarlathotep · #15 05-03-2008, 08:15 AM

Not even a computer mic...