Sunday, June 16, 2019

OVERDRIVE-BUFFALO FX Carrera ...low gain mellow but very earthy & uncharacteristically SUPER FAT!

 BUFFALO FX CARRERA 
$265.00 USD

B. FX is in fact a Brit named Steve (Painter ?) who lives in the French Pyrenees. The size of the pedals gives you a good idea of how long.
Very long! There is just about zero info on him.

Many OD pedals try to get that fat warm earthy sound but
the sound does not have the detail and articulation to pull it off
and what you get is either muddy or dead bland!
The Carrera has nailed it by giving the low mids some presence
and sparkle. Sparkle and low mids are not in my or I imagine your dirt pedal vocabulary but presence is sparkle but with other makers it is only in the highs or upper mids.
According to Steve this 'is' a low gain pedal. I would put it in the medium gain category because it is not a low gain pedal where the players guitar sounds naked in the midst of the distortion.
I think the answer is it was inspired but not necessarily copied by an
early Plexi turned up to 4 but can be pushed to crunch.
In the second video Shane manages to get some bite out of it.
If you do not play a Tele do not expect that. At least that much bite!
i expect this could be a killer if stacked with a booster or an OD with
a heavy grit and bite.


CONCLUSION
I prefer a lot more bite. Bite is what makes a Marshall different then for example Fender OD.
BUT it is huge sounding and has superb tone. I would never cancel out getting one because NO ONE does this kind of sound better!!!!

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