I've never made an NPD thread because I don't really collect pedals that often, but I am putting a nano board together and this thing really delivers. I figure more folks should know about it.
I was a touring pro for active rock gigs for a long time, so I always had a grind tone. For years it was a sansamp in parallel, because that's easy and I was not the type to analyze a million pieces of gear. I just got what worked for me and found it via producers or other respected players. They were my filter to grabbing a great pedal and not over thinking it. I also used a RAT pedal sometimes too as a change of pace. I'd barely engage the distortion and set the filter so I didnt lose too much low end. That is a real nice little grind pedal, but in the studio I hated the low end loss, so i'd go back to paralleling the sansamp.
Still get calls to fill in for showcases for rock bands and things like that, so wanted to have an OD on this board that could grind a little, but much more importantly I wanted something just to boost me a little for solos..etc. I play funk/jazz/r&b style fusion a lot more and most of my sessions are on hip hop/dance type records which don't need much dirt. Anyway - wanted something flexible and small which lead me to buying this pedal.
What I did not expect was how versatile this device is. Listening to it in a studio monitor environment I was hearing dirt even with it up to around 9 o clock. Just a nice little hint of hair. Perfect spot for a clean boost that you barely notice. Up a few notches to 11 and it's clearly dirtied up. The tone is tightened, the mids are enhanced but the low end is completely intact. This is good. In fact, that's all I really needed. So anything past that is gravy.
Well when I turn the knob all the way up, I was greeted with a rather huge, almost fuzz-ish tone that I was not expecting. It is freaking killer. Lots of low end but enough dirt for me to easily do the synthy Octaver-OD-Enevlope chain thing. This was a luxury I did not anticipate. I really thought this pedal would be more subtle at max, but it is not and I love it.
Due to the 1 knob design it is very easy to set it where you want for boosting. And then if you have a tune that goes all the way to max (for me this would be a synthy sound with octave and EF), you just turn it up and then it's easy to adjust quickly for the next song.
My bass going in is a passive Moollon Jazz bass 5er. I can't recommend this enough for anyone looking for an extremely versatile bass OD. Plus it is super small.
I was a touring pro for active rock gigs for a long time, so I always had a grind tone. For years it was a sansamp in parallel, because that's easy and I was not the type to analyze a million pieces of gear. I just got what worked for me and found it via producers or other respected players. They were my filter to grabbing a great pedal and not over thinking it. I also used a RAT pedal sometimes too as a change of pace. I'd barely engage the distortion and set the filter so I didnt lose too much low end. That is a real nice little grind pedal, but in the studio I hated the low end loss, so i'd go back to paralleling the sansamp.
Still get calls to fill in for showcases for rock bands and things like that, so wanted to have an OD on this board that could grind a little, but much more importantly I wanted something just to boost me a little for solos..etc. I play funk/jazz/r&b style fusion a lot more and most of my sessions are on hip hop/dance type records which don't need much dirt. Anyway - wanted something flexible and small which lead me to buying this pedal.
What I did not expect was how versatile this device is. Listening to it in a studio monitor environment I was hearing dirt even with it up to around 9 o clock. Just a nice little hint of hair. Perfect spot for a clean boost that you barely notice. Up a few notches to 11 and it's clearly dirtied up. The tone is tightened, the mids are enhanced but the low end is completely intact. This is good. In fact, that's all I really needed. So anything past that is gravy.
Well when I turn the knob all the way up, I was greeted with a rather huge, almost fuzz-ish tone that I was not expecting. It is freaking killer. Lots of low end but enough dirt for me to easily do the synthy Octaver-OD-Enevlope chain thing. This was a luxury I did not anticipate. I really thought this pedal would be more subtle at max, but it is not and I love it.
Due to the 1 knob design it is very easy to set it where you want for boosting. And then if you have a tune that goes all the way to max (for me this would be a synthy sound with octave and EF), you just turn it up and then it's easy to adjust quickly for the next song.
My bass going in is a passive Moollon Jazz bass 5er. I can't recommend this enough for anyone looking for an extremely versatile bass OD. Plus it is super small.
I've liked from the instant I got it. It's one of those pedals that ever since I've had it, it goes somewhat unoticed by me because I'm always looking to other things. Like, always. But I've always dug how the fifth gear did its thing. I'm still amazed at how it gets tighter and juicer as you up the output. Idk what hammish does, but the pedal really is magic. It's really early in my chain. And yes, it stacks quite well with most any dirt pedal I've tried with it.
