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Fractal use true Modeling where it is done through 'Component Construction'.
Think of itlikeLego blocks where you build a sound like a house using
blocks. Theadvantage is you canbuild the ideal sound.
The other basic method is 'Profiling' where you in effect mic an amp
and yougetthe snapshot of that amp arguably perfect or
old and worn needing maintenance.
It will be accurate but itrepresents a moment in time,
a single sample of that amp and a place.
...Both are flawed methods.
$650.00 USD
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The advantage to effects is if they sound good they are good. They are artificial in the first place.
So having then sonically near perfect suits Fractal's approach. They are simply putting a frame around your guitar. A frame can be added to anything. A tube amp,other modelers etc, etc.
It is hard to argue that the Fractal effects are competitive to any.A Marshall should
arguably sound like a Marshall but what should reverb or echo be???
It is 3rd in their series of a real Marshall preamps that can be used the same way one would use a modeler. There is the IR-X that includes the kind of 80's and 90's mods that put Metal on the map and the IR-D that goes from a classic PLEXI to a Jose/EVH type
vibe that never, never goes out of date.Not only is the sound
100% authentic the feel is too.In short you havethe full
tube amp experience when you play.
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You have all the convenienceof a modeler but you have
a timeless sound that unlike a modeler willnot go out
ofdate before you get home and try it for the first time.
$600.00 USD
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Yes it is $100 more but... Wrong there are no 'BUTS'
Not an new idea but an impossible one. Make a pedal where from low gain to high gain including Fuzz and if you want use the pedal
as a clean boost.
The layout is the 'how'...
You have Filter ... it is a Low pass to cut highs, Gain, Drive, is a second gain for the Fuzz. Gate switch ..when on it works with Fuzz but off turns the Drive into boost. HPF cuts the lows to tighten any flabbiness. Treble, Bass and Volume works as expected. Boost is
on a toggle. It adds overall punch and bite. Lastly you get clip to give you 3 levels of dirt.
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It does not have one killer sound that you tweak to perfection
to fit you and your rig. In fact you could find a killer sound
on it but touch one other control and you will get total crap.
On the other hand it could add a partial sound.A sound
that added to another dirt pedal create an amazing
outcome.It is really a Swiss Army Knife kind of deal.
The pedal is a take on the Ampeg Scrambler Fuzz that came out in 1969.
It was aimed at bass players until over time the Doom Metal players
foundit was killer.
The layout is Volume, Texture/BIAS and Blend which can oscillate between the octave up sound and back. A button switches it to shift between
the octaveand a glitchy mode.
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It is a typical Blammo pedal. It just works, damn making some dead on clone with no control over its not so lovable in the real world malfunctions. Pedals for your board, not your bookshelf.
It snarls like a massive rabid dog. What's not to love???
This is a take on the 2010 prototype of this Octave Fuzz with new added goodies. The v.1 Wave Cannon followed a different path.
Hence the name Zero as the number before 1.
The layout is Volume, Tone, Gain and 'Havoc' that feeds
back some signal into itself. The small knobs are for
BIAS for that velcro thing and a second small knob for
focal point of the mids.
CONCLUSION__
This appears to be more a take on the Foxtone Machine than the Super Fuzz. I am not complaining, lol. It does have its own thing going on. I am happy enough with my $30.00 Behringer Super Fuzz. It is very spiky and mid focused. This is lower mid and bass heavy which is different thing. I could justify both but I have the $26.00 USD M-Vave Fuzz that does a velcro heavy low thing on the way I can stack on my Behringer to sub for that.
Yes $56 gets me where I want to be. 😇
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...money from the sale of this pedal goes to the Red Cross for Hurricane Relief.
so if you love this pedal go for it, the gods have given you permission,
DigiTech and to some degree Electro Harmonix have owned the Pitch box/drop tuning market. We have seen some big time players play half their tunes with especially the DigiTech jobbies.
We all wonder just how good they sound. We all wonder just how much
we would use them to justify the money. I recently noticed two things by dumb luck. First that Mooer has dropped the wholesale price in I suspect
a bit of a sale and there is video of a shoot out of it against the $240.00 USD DigiTech Drop. The Drop is the biggy for those who want the sound but not oneof DigiTechs huge Morley Wha shaped pedals eating half their board.
The layout is a knob for Pitch choice and a toggle for Harmony,
Pitch Shift or Detune.
CONCLUSION ___
Well the the pedal is a bit noisy, but surprisingly
a bit fatter than the Digitech.The sound especially
when not pushed too many semitones away from
yourguitar tuning sounds very natural. Using it
just fora really high gain rig or especially with a
Fuzz is forgiving sinceyour tone is hardly natural, lol.
This German company has been going for 30 years making amps and pedals and has been under the radar because they have been able to
sell all they make. If a store wants to sell them they have to ask,lol.
They claim the pedal is a clone of a JCM 800 and it literally follows
the amps circuit replacing tubes with FETS.
PedalPalFX does the same thing and I have had 3 editions of it. The first like this is more the raw amp.
The v.4 has the 2 different & famous California mods you can switch choose from. I have booth and
use them together as a clean to dirty channel. The v.4 is __seriously under-priced__at $200.00 USD!!!
I digress, what about the BL?
Well like the amp you get, Bass, mids, Treble, and both a Pre and Master Volume. The Boost is useful but not part of the JCM800 sound.
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I find the Rodenberg similar but has more of a glassy brightness. I really like how well it keeps the Strat chime in tact. I would love to have this too but I already have 6 MIAB pedals on
my board. The look has been used by all but it is still dead cool.
A company that has made a thousand pedals. Just 3 years back on
their site they had about 70 pedals. Some they have made for at
least 15 years. As a rule the ones made in the standard old
Hammond B type enclosures are best.
This is a full feature unit with a layout of Width, Speed,
Regeneration and Delay.
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This is the real deal. I am confident they are using the reissued Panasonic BBD chips. They not just have a good sound they are not too noisy. Very few companies that offer a full line of pedals make a Flanger let alone a full featured model. They are hard to get right. Done right they are rich sounding but otherwise can sound like Star Wars on a bad day.
The Dolamo brand is made by Caline. A few of their dirt pedals are dead on. The others are crap. They lack any harmonic detail. The D4 is one of those few exceptions,😏. Be forewarned Dolamo make the D5 Distortion (painted greyish green) and D9 (painted red) Distortion so it is confusing.
I think this is a generic stab at getting a contemporary Metalpedal for the player that wants to 'Chug'. It has however, probably by luck, have caught the vibe of the Fortin NATAS amp. They are famous for this amp but also make a pedal of it.
CONCLUSION___
It is impressive, a bit noisy but impressive.
If part of your thing needsthiskind of sound
then go for it. If it isyourwhole focus than
check out the Fortin or the Solar CHUG.
...at the price it is hard to say no, ordered one from TEMU lol. and it arrived.
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...One thing is true unless your whole gig is Doom or some genre where anything less than 110% gain is never used then the best sound the Overdrive pedal will have is with the gain somewhere between 10 and 2 o'clock. Anything hire is a Fuzz. Nothing wrong with Fuzz but those I buy when the goal of the designer was to make a Fuzz, not a high gain overdrive.
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...I set my Volume at unity gain and my Tone and Gain both at 2 o'clock. I got a massive scooped sound. The low bass and highs are where you expect but it had just the right lower mids and a gentle poke around 800 Hz. It really pulls off a faux gourmet Metal amp like vibe. 😇