OKKO
DOMINATOR II
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| $240.00 USD |
It started life 15 years ago in an even bigger box and went from Red to Black to Grey to Red again.
To further confuse the issue a Black was added
again along side the the Red MK II
The MK II Red and Black are different versions.
The black is voiced tighter and brighter. But it seems to be discontinued.
Okko have a 'make it work' design, mind set. There discription of this on their site does not describe the pedal but instead it answers every question you might have. Yes it is fat, but will it cut through the mix. Does have enough headroom or is it over saturated. The saturated thing is a 'you decide' thing ...you have 18v of headroom but you can cut it as low as 6.
It is German and true to the stereotype it is overbuilt.
Even the input is switchable to match your guitar's output. The lows are tight. It has a 3 way EQ, It is a very low noise floor but it has a gate extra control and fast cut offs on 'stops'. The OKKO is a transitional pedal that is half into needing it to sound like a Marshall stack and half into getting booth a Doom thing and a 'chug' at the same time.
CONCLUSION
It is indeed old school. It does not have that near Fuzz like over saturation with extra tight lows and lots of percussive attack. On the other hand it is has a wide and open sound, far fatter and it is free of fizz and annoying high end buzz.
We live in a time where Metal has never been more popular. To some it may not seem so since in the past only one genre was hot at a time. One can reflect on a time when Metallica sold thousands a day. Now a thousands of Metal bands collectively sell a lot more. So the numbers are even bigger but the media has no 'Stars' to pummel you with useless information about them on a daily basis, lol. We know have multiple Metal genres, add to that there are sub genres and others like myself that freely mix and blend elements of many, many Metal genres. So the discontinued tight Black Dominator is a sign of the times with many, many small companies specializing. One does Doom pedals another aims at Djent etc. OKKO does old school.
DO I TAKE A CHANCE?
In the last 3 months I have bought many high gain Metal Distortions. On the whole several are quite good but they are squarely aimed at the 'chuggers' or the want only a slow moving Doom things. I loved the Doom one. I like the attack many Djent have but they have moved so far away from a heavily modded Plexi they have lost that rich tone and any soaring sustain. I am hoping especially as this started 15 years ago as a transitional pedal it may just give me a more modern aggression but that wall of sound still left in there.
So I ordered one.
...found a used one on Reverb for $190.00
...this video starts at 3:10
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