ANANASHEAD FX|CREAM AMP
$115.00 USD |
simple single knob OD has shown up in hundreds of other OD's. It was built to add that just a touch of dirt you got from a clean amp on full to leave your basic guitar/guitar sound alone but give it some, cut sparkle and extra harmonics at any volume you left on set on your amp. Since
it was released the circuit was borrowed to add some serious life to other makers pedals that were otherwise drab sounding, dare I say mediocre ODs.
YouTubers ...PJ and the Beard have done 15 video's on those that borrowed the circuit which include MXR, Electro Harmonics and DOD
just to note a few. Two of Love Pedals biggest sellers are both Electra's. Not the Zen Drive as you would expect.
$400.00 used. |
Josh Smith had Love Pedals build him several of their defunct first editions, Electra pedals. It is his always 'on' pedal. The ones that have not added all the extras to make them like the average OD. He freely admits he can not play without one and with a never ending schedule as a session player his travel rig is his Ibanez signature guitar and this pedal. He is afraid to lose it or leave it at a studio half way across the circuitry. He said not having it is like not having any condiments on the perfect hamburger, lol.
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CONCLUSIONFinally we get the Electra pedal back better than ever thanx to Ananashead.
The video is meant to show you the sauce the pedal provides. It is meant as addition to your sound a tool, a problem solver. Not the whole sound. Put it stacked on an OD that sounds great but is too dark but if you push the highs on the OD you lose the richness of your pedal and make it sound thin. Or use it with a dirt pedal of any kind that sounds massive but disappears when your band kicks in. The damn thing is the kind of thing that turns a Fender Amp into a Dumble.
___I think maybe it's a 'must have' and at a price that says 'can have'.
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the fine print
The last time Anasashead did a neglected old pedal it wassecond only to guys reading my King of Tone review andit stayed in the top 5 for a year and half!!! I soon learnedevery guy who bought the pedal showed their friendswho had to have one too.Add to that this is a hand made pedalEveryone made by Pedro Garcia in Spainwith a quality build and uses NOS wherever necessary.In short these pedals are keepers. They never getbumped off a guys board by the industries
next 'big deal' fashion' pedal.
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