 |
| $150.00 USD |
Old School Metal pedal! It is huge fat and nasty with a near Fuzz like sound.
Although it has quite excellent definition it hasn't that modern super tight sound.
The pedal lacks for nothing! It has a quasi three way EQ with a bass, mid and treble. The knobs are stacked with the lower half choosing what frequency you wish to boost and the upper half determines how loud.
Distortion controls the amount of gain and then of course you have an overall level out to your amp. Finally there is a knob labeled Depth that chops off the lowest frequencies off of the low end. This is a great idea because you can get the lowest practical lows without any mud.
Modern pedals tend to slope away the lows. It is a more natural way of achieving a smooth tight and natural sound.
Excess lows are simply designed out of the pedal in the original design.
I quite like this pedal. The only thing is it is very Fuzz like without a trace of high gain tube sound.
CONCLUSION
Is it a a one trick pony ...maybe? but hey! If so what a trick. In spite of a lot of initial twiddling you will end up with the hugest sound posible from your present rig no matter what it is. Just a massive grungy wall of sound that still manages some reasonable definition!
You will get thicker then thick! ....just keep hitting those power chords! NO! It shreds terribly just the chords ...chords only please!
OK...OK so I exaggerate. theeQ gives you a lot of versatility but who buys it for that???
You love it or hate it.
Fo me it is a kind of a 'special effects' distortion. Use it in place of a Fuzz or if you are a serious Metal guy add it to your REVV or whatever serious modern Metal OD you have any where dropping a doubled up load of pure crush as needed.
Love it ...I ordered a used one on Ebay for $75.
UPDATE
Well I got the pedal. It does not disappoint. One nice thing with the knobs all around
12 o'clock or a little less there are a lot of really nice medium gain dirt sounds. Definitely a bonus as they really hold their own.
NOTE; checkout the old Post of THE SECOND BEST GUITAR ON THE PLANET
there is now a sketch of the guitar.
I purchased a Boneshaker a couple of years ago on a whim. When I first heard it I wasn't impressed, mainly bacause I don't play metal. Most videos I see show the pedal being used with the distortion turned way up. I have the distortion set somewhere between off and 9:00. with the bass rolled back somewhere around 11, mids around 2 and high set to between noon and 2, It really makes for a great overdrive or even a boost. I have even put it at the end of my overdrive signal chain to take advantage of the EQ to shape the overall tone. I think it's a highly underated pedal.
ReplyDeleteThanx for the heads up. I will it a shot!
ReplyDeletePaul