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This pedal is a MI Audio Tube Zone clone made around 2010 in Australia.
It was made famous by Gary Moore.
The layout is Bright, Mids, Char a high end sibilance, Volume, Tone and Gain.
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It has a rich full and open tone. That said the MI is much, more aggressive. I find all Movall pedals well made and with very
nice detail in the harmonics. Never muddy but they lack a bit of
punch. Hell I own two Movall and they are keepers. I am not looking for their replacements. Like a zillion pedals out there this one sounds very much like it started life with the topography of a Tube Screamer.
The airiness in the overall tone sounds like it has a symmetrical voicing and it has upper mids poke. Oddly it has so much gain if pushed it gets fuzzy. It sounds better backed off a bit.
My main point is like most Movall product there are hundreds of OD's that cost over $200 and are not as good.
They are an alternative to Modeled amps. Perfect for guys that want thereal sound and real feel of playing tubes. All 3 are variations of modifiedMarshalls. From classic near clean and Crunch to all out shred.
The answer to >What About Effects???< Watch the second video.
In the 80's Yamaha got into the pedal biz with one of everything Boss and Ibanez were making. The only one that took off was the OD10 and more so the OD10 v.2.
It is a OpAmp/Silicon diodes OD. It has it's own voice but it certainly using a BOSS OD like type of topography. The Paladin layout is like the Yamaha with Volume, Tone and Gain. A toggle switches the Yamaha voiced Silicon for an LED giving you more gain if required.
The company is from Australia and it is 3 guys with an electronics and a military background. They are big on borrowing tech from high end studio gear and using high voltages to get control of headroom allow the input of the dynamicsofthe players touch.
The layout is Gain/level, and using high and low frequency shelving. Then finally a second more conventional Gain
The company that makes these is Lekato who make budget electronics for both consumers and musicians. They boast a quality product but cheap. Many of their products are impressive. If nothing else they build a
robust product.
The layout is Volume, Gain, Treble and Mids.
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It is not a high gain pedal as the word Distortion
I will not go into the 3 divisions I know other than to say they are now all branded M-VAVE.
This is a generic modern Metal pedal. It is not unlike classics like MESA Dual/Rec or many small independents that regardless of who makes them the buyer usually have one or more pedals slamming the front end.
In short it does the job.
The layout is basic with Volume, Gain and Tone.
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The pedal is voiced with lots of heavy Bass. It ...like even a real Marshall JCM 800 makes a bit of noticeable fizz in the highs.
You can cut it back but or if like me you use a gate, no problem.
Drop tuning makes a big difference so keep that in mind when
listening to any demos.
On the whole it is usable and in context sounds very Pro.
Lovepedal made the Kalamazoo that is a take on an ancient
8 watt Gibson EH-100 amp made by Chicago Musical Instruments at the Gibson Kalamazoo factory from 1932 to 1945. It is known for its transparent dirt sound. Tone City made a clone of it they call the Mandragora and then Andertons Danish Pete Honore had them mod it and it became the Durple which is now offered as the Double Durple.
The layout is Gain, Volume and Tone for both sides. A toggle gives you Smooth and Bright for the more transparent side and on the other side you get a Mid boost.
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It sounds very good. I think when pushed
the Double Durple goes into a Marshall JTM 45 vibe.
The basic Durple is $55.00 USD or youcan get the
Mandragora for $55.00 USD. It all started 9 years
ago when Tone City decided to confuse us all
...or maybe we should blame Gibson?
The Double Durple is demoed at 20:20
The second video lets you hear where it startedwith the LovePedal Kalamazoo.
thefineprint
...damn confusing, What started as a pedal so transparent you
can hear the chime of a Strat became the Crunch like Marshall, lol.
I think the Mandradora wasn't broken, so why would they fix it, 😇
It became a 'thing' when Fender put it in their amps. The Tremolo less than the Reverb as the Trem became more in your face so it became in and out of fashion. The Spring Reverb was very effective when used like a frame on a painting that enhanced your sound not a thing that became your sound. It was always on but used sparingly. Modern Verbs have become total Shoegaze
and Star Wars. They are now relatively cheap to make and there
is a massive glut of choices. Like too much of anything it becomes yesterday's news and even the idea of it is on its way to become dated. Is the Zoma too little too late?
The layout is Depth, Rate and Level. A toggle lets you choose
3 voicings. Spring & sine Tremolo (the classic Fender thing).
Plate & Harmonic Trem. andPlate & Pitch Vibrato.
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The whole marketing vibe is vaguely Indie Alt aimed at the Premier Guitar Magazine bands. The cool players in that crowd use an always on Spring & either no Trem or the occasional Trem. Think Robben Ford not Dick Dale.
The Tone City Little Spring v.2 does a stellar job and it's just $55.00 USD.