OVERDRIVE- MCG PEDALS Levitico .... another Tube Screamer??? Yes? No?

 MCG PEDALS LEVITICO

$200.00 USD

The basic topography of a Tube Screamer is both elegant, effective and best of all relatively dirt cheap. A really good version of a TS9 can be sold for $30.00 and still give you 'hole through' construction. The best of both worlds where the wiring is built into the board which keeps it stable and quiet but the parts can be replaced if they die or even upgrades to hot rod.

It is not new to add multiple 'hot rods' to a ts and sell it as something new and different. In fact probably 90% of the OD available are just that. The BOSS SD-1 that has been a classic for 40 years is bumped up ts.

The lay out is volume, tone, gain and mids. Toggles give you choice silicon or LED clipping diodes

If nothing else having an all bells and whistles Tube Screamer beep up can be the Swiss Army knife we all can use.

CONCLUSION 

I heard some nice transparent full tones in the pedal but a lot of whimpy weak ones too. Like most pedals you will find one very good sound and just leave on 

that. 

The Caline Emerald Night gives you a killer TS-9 for $30 and the Boss SD-1 gives 

you Crunch like tube amp tones added. It's $65. For half the price you can have both.

the fine print

One half of my pedals are pricey, Another 25% are budget 

friendly but are still brand names like MXR, Boss etc. 

Another 25% are dirt cheap All are dead equal in producing 

Pro sounds. Yes I could record a world class recording with 

all and any of them. My point being is you can get more if you 

pay more and sometimes it is worth it. But NOT always!