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ABSOLUTE ZERO FUZZ
Movall make great sounding and well made pedals. They clone bit not the original but something that has been out for years. Uf you clone an original Fuzz Face you can not get all the parts cheap if at all. If you clone a 10 or 15 year old pedal then the parts are new enough to have if not the exact ones you can at least get a very good substitute. my guess this is a OpAmp Fuzz Face with both Germanium and Silicon diodes that was at the time the original was made it was a big deal.
The layout is an Input and Output Level. The Input is more of a pad to weaken the input to get a starved input sound or to keep an active PU from overloading the unit. Color is tone control. A toggle leys you choose Germanium of Silicon diodes.
CONCLUSION ___Nothing mind blowing but a very, very real world usable Fuzz. I alwayssay if you can get one really great totally pro sound you have all youneed. A pricy unit may have 2 or 3 great sounds. The Big But is monthslater you have a favorite and you never use anything else. You of
course paid as much as 5 times more for what in the end is one sound.
What about the Movall magnesium flanger?
ReplyDeleteAnd Movall molecule phaser? Do you still love the Movall galactic groove?
ReplyDeleteThe Molecule is a take on the MXR 100. It is a design that does not give the modulation a smooth round sweep. A synth guy would describe it as a signal with a fast release. Think of it as slowly going up a hill but back down quickly. The MXR 90 has a slow up and down. The Magnesium is a take on the old Big Joe pedal. The Joe is thin and the signal is dirt sounding.
ReplyDeleteI have an MXR Phase95 and use it on just one tune and a Retro Sonic Flanger I us on 2 songs. The Flanger is a clone of the E-H Electric Mistress and it uses identical NOS parts. One tune has an Andy Summers vibe on the verse of a tune and the same for the chorus on the second and it is what Summers used. I use a Chorus pedal more often. The only modulation pedal that impresses me is a good Rotary (Leslie cab) pedal. It can make a dead clean sound as fat as the fattest dirt sound. the new Keeley is killer but the just released JHS Rotary Chorus is a very close second. The JHS is only $100.00 USD
Thanks for your feedback. Do you still use the Galactic Groove ?
ReplyDeleteDoes it cleanup when you roll your volume down, especially with the germanium engaged?
ReplyDeleteThanks!