Friday, May 29, 2020

OVERDRIVE-YEROSOV Eddies Highgain ...is it a real EVH sound ???

 YEROSAV EDDIE'S HIGHGAIN 
$180.00 USD
Two things. First the name says it all. Secondly this is not the new kid on the block ...this Russian amp and pedal maker has been around since 1988.
They make a series of these preamps. If you pop open the box there are two full size circuit boards. One is for a clean channel which is the same for each model and second is for the dirt channel. The clean channel will push in to a very low gain OD.
The clean channel is not bad, It as as good as something like the pre in a Quilter.
It is designed to be used for a legitimate pre to go into a poweramp, studio board or house system. It even has an effects loop.
If used for a straight forward pedal the clean 
channel is useful as a second EQ or to use 
for a low gain OD.
CONCLUSION
I do not have to tell you it is their take on a EVH sound. The closest I have heard is Tone Freak Effects Severe that came out in 2007. It is still available. You have to love this company because they have never sold it as an EVH pedal, but just as an OD.
All others, even the MXR one that dishes out royalties to call it that is a farce! In short
it a high gain OD Plexi pedal. A term useful for communication but since there literally
hundreds all sounding different newcomers might want to know which one actually sounds like a real Marshall amp.

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