OVERDRIVE- SUNNAUDIO NU-1 Nucleus ...low gain OD, dual booster. preamp sparkle machine!

 SUNNAUDIO  NU-1 NUCLEUS 

$265.00 USD

It is basically a relatively very clean preamp that you can add a bit of dirt and sparkle and fatten up your sound by giving it more breadth rather then the usual fat mid boost.

The layout is simple with High and low gain volume controls a tone control, gain and a focus which appears

to tweak where you get a just right tiny boost in the mids.

Big points go for the layout and graphics as the look

deceives the mind into seeing the pedal as a high end

piece of studio gear.

CONCLUSION

To my ears it gives you a nice kind of presence over everything. The better your amp the better it works. 

If you push it hard with the gain dimed you get a thin nails across a chalkboard sound. Kept under control you get a pleasant kick to the highs which gives you definition.

I think the average guy with the average rig would

love it for maybe a third of the price. No I am not saying 

it is overpriced just that it is a value for money issue.

$120.00 USD

HEADS UP

The main attraction here is not a boost or an OD as there
are hundreds of those that in my mind are either better and some of them a lot cheaper. The big deal is it's faux 3 dimensional sparkle.

BBE MS-92 SONIC STOMP 

The BBE is simply that ...a sparkle maker. Decades back when recording was all analog it was an expense rack mount device mostly use to give vocal tracks a high definition. It works off of a clever idea. If the high end in your rig was sent to your ears a split second before the remainder of the signal your brain would perceive that the actual sound is indeed the same but clearer.

You have both a high and low boost. The low is nothing exotic 

it is nothing more than the bass may sound weak if the highs

seem in your face. lol

I have had one for years. It is at the end of my chain just before 

the amp. It works best as a spice. A little goes a long way.

Oddly the pedal in the picture is set just about perfect :-)