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Official Joyo Club Part 2: Beyond Thunderclone
- Thread starter SunnBass
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Gotta say guys. What everyone is doing is a testament to how good these pedals are. No other 30$ pedal, that I know of, gets all this refinish love.
I'm not sure I would want to do this to a $100+ pedal haha. I think the fact that they are only $30 and are very good for that price, plus their paint jobs stock are horrid IMO, helps
I know right?! I gave my Cali to a buddy in need but I still have the UD, which I actually like the way it is but I may just change that, and a comp. which I never use. I'll refin it too but again, I never use it. Could just be a pretty pedal on the shelf.
I'm not sure I would want to do this to a $100+ pedal haha. I think the fact that they are only $30 and are very good for that price, plus their paint jobs stock are horrid IMO, helps
Good point...
I'm guessing less warm, brighter, more high-gain since it tries to copy the mesa sound? Or am I wrong?
Yeah that's about right. The American can get pretty damn heavy too. The mesa has different voices throughout the voice pot. And yes, the high gain is quite a different character too.
Not to praise the American even more but I was messing with some different settings and this thing just rips! It can be a great preamp or tone shaper which is what I use it primarily for but I decided to try its distortion capabilities. Oh. My. God. This thing gets full on fuzz pretty much. Especially with the help of my Bottle Rocket. So much versatility for $30 bucks. Mind is blown and so are my eardrums.
That's why I decided to use it as a heavy dist. I never tried it out for that. I did a couple weekends ago and got the same exact reaction you did. In fact, if you can find my original post on it when I discovered that, I think it looks a lot like your reaction above. I couldn't believe how it sounded with the drive and voice cranked. Just ridiculous.
I think that is where the EQ becomes very important on the American. When I was teaching my dad to use the American/AC/British, on guitar and bass, I would quickly run into the classic distortion situation where it just gets too crazy in the mids or treble. But, you just play with the EQ and, bam, you find yet another completely usable sound at whatever drive setting you are using.
That thing has turned into my go to dirt. With the sft in front it's better than most everything I've tried.
You could nearly buy one and try it out yourself for that much!
Wow dude that's crazy and unfortunate. I know they're not the best build quality but dang.
