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The Red and the Blue were based on amplifier channels of the gourmet Bogner Ecstasy amplifier. The Blue is the Crunch and the Red the Shredder. Under it all is a Marshall Plexi pedal.
The big pedals were not very responsive to lower settings where as the mini pedals are.
There is more detail in these settings and a head to head comparison with a Marshall Plexi against the Blue shows they have that Marshall thing NAILED!!!
The Blue has 3 way active EQ. The pedal is capable of a lot of nuance and active EQ is allows you to refine that even further.
The Blue has bite, tone and balz!!! It is definitely a classic late 70's sound. It marks a transition from the old that started with the Plexi to the new that became the JCM 900 and Marshall had to share that market with Bogner and several others by
the time the 80's kicked in.
The Red being higher gain simply by the nature of an any very high gain pedal or amp will loose some tone. This is natural with modern Metal sounds. It needs a much less variable tone so the EQ is passive.
The Blue is a medium gain pedal by modern standards for Metal.
We will check out the Red in the very next Post.
I am using 20 plus OD. After months of every day band rehearsal I have found what 'works' and what does not.
A HEADS UP TO HELP CHOOSE WHAT WORKS FOR YOU
For a start I find a pedal like the Blue is in the tight controlled sound category ideal for fast and busy rhythms using full chords. I do such chord work on only 2 tunes.
Others are more in a warm full and rich zone sustainers. I use this on tunes that have a melodic single note theme that is only punctuated with a few short power chords.
There are others that are in the near out of control zone ...these need all the palm muting you can muster to not start squealing or making microphone like feedback.
There's more?
Another type is the wall of sound pedals. Those big power chords that may ring out thru 4 to 8 bars. They are thick with mids and sustain well.
Let's not forget the rip your face off shredders. The best shredders also have a long sustain.
It is fairly common for me to use 3 types of OD's in one tune.
Note: I mentioned 5 Types.
Some styles of music only demand one or two. Like Blues or Modern Country. Flat out Modern Metal
needs mainly one but sometimes two.
Different types contrast to create a very intense drama by the different amounts of light and shade. Many players feel they should be able to get one pedal that does it all. To them I say ....
"Have a nice day." lol
I bought the Uberschall years ago. It was expensive and very noisy and only slightly good when it was pushed into a heavy boost. Even then it was thin with no mids and a weak low end.
I needed unity gain and at unity gain it was a joke ....a very expensive joke. I was devastated at the time and felt totally ripped off!!!!
But the Uberschall was a flat out Metal pedal. Not a beefed up Marshall like the Ecstasy.
I quite like the Blue. Not least the price. It will certainly be kept on my short list.
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