Saturday, April 25, 2020

OVERDRIVE- MATTHEWS EFFECTS- The Architect V.3 ...a very, very different Klon

$190.00 USD
 MATTHEWS EFFECTS THE ARCHITECT V.3 
Well if nothing else this pedal has all the bells & whistles you could want.
The basic layout gives you Gain and Level and a 3 way EQ. Switches on the side lets you choose 3 clipping modes including silicon and germanium diodes and two boosts. A jack on the side is to insert an external switcher to trigger other choices.

All very nice but at the heart of the pedal is a basic Klon circuit . So as the old adage goes "you can put lipstick on a pig but ..." LOL
I find the whole idea odd. It is NOT a FET based voicing so you do not start with a tube/valve like voicing. A Klon guy is not trying to get a Klon sound to sound like a Marshall stack minus any guts or balz?  
It is well priced, well made and undeniably unique.




CONCLUSION
W.T.F.  !!!
I find it about as exciting as milk. 
Mind you I do not like Klon pedals.

It is full sounding but it has zero 
bite and zero balz!
You could cure that if you already 
have a good Fuzz to stack on it.

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