bigbadtonewolfatlanta's Reviews
Suitcase analog synth . . . kind of
It is analog, and it did come with a "suitcase." One of the weird early preset only synths, sounds great. Wonderful, sad lofi sounds and a sustain switch to greatly extendnthe decay of notes. 8 note polyphony, built-in speaker and aux out. Weighs under 3 pounds and battery operated making it very portable.
Poor man's Juno
Really cool anolog synth with digital clocking, parameter adjustments and preset saving. Fixed one and almost sold it, glad that didn't happen. The arpeggiator function is tons of fun, especially at faster speeds with sounds that have a quick attack.
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Poor man's JUNO ??? ... I don't realy think so! ... when I Bought this f***ing K'board at the age of 19! ... it was very expensive to me: 2.100 DM ( in 1981 it was nearly the same as my fathers monthly netto-earnings as an engineer!)
Good for guitar, not bass
Sounds horrible as an overdrive for bass, sounds awesome as a distortion for guitar.
Wonderful
Cleanest, smoothest anolog delay I've heard. Great for slapback, volume swells, subtle texturing, and full on Pink Floyd style echoes. Worth buying for the oscilations alone, crazy fun. The modulation switch is a nice touch. I like more subtle modulations, so I turned the depth down on the internal trim pots. Great for any genre of music. If I only had two pedals, this would be one of them.
The loudest thing you've ever heard
The most tonally versatile amp ever, IMO. More bass, mids, and treble thana madman would ask for and, loud enough to break glass and kill small children.
one of the best!
There are more versatile reverbs, but this one just sounds wonderful. The spring and flerb are OK, but the hall option is golden. Too many choices can be a hurdle -- could be hard to find that perfect tone again if ever.I even like this one better than the other pedals in the "Holy" series. Heard this pedal on the first Russian Circles album and fell in love, got it and sold all my other reverb pedals immediately. It goes 100 percent wet which is cool for atmospheric and post-rock stuff. If need reverb, I go tube amp spring -- but when something else is needed, I go Holy Grail.
Great med to high gain vintage Fender-style overdrive!
There is a slight delay engaging the effect and a tiny bit of noise when doing so, but has amazing sound. Keith Richards and Niel Young in a box. Cleans up wonderfully with your guitar volume knob and is very responsive to how hard you play the strings, giving tube-like dynamics when playing on a solid state and increasing the sensitivity and range of gain on a tube amp. I normally put the volume at slightly higher than the bypass signal and put the drive at a minimum to keep the compression (which comes witht the higher gain levels) to a less ''thuppy'' level.
An amazing pedal!
I have tried a hundred different trem pedals and this one is by far the closest match to a tube driven amp's tremolo. The tremulator was built to mimic the gorgeous tremolo (vibrato) of a vintage blackface Fender amp. It sounds smooth and lush at almost any setting. It has a much smoother and dare I say musical quality missing on most tremolos, even one's on an amp. Personally, I enjoy it more than the tremolo on silverface Fenders and even the Supro Jupiter's. Only real blackface Fender and Vox AC tremolo sound as pleasing to my ear. There is a slight volume boost when engaged to compensate for the ''soft'' nature of the effect. The switching is silent. If it's good enough for Ry Cooder, it's good enough for anybody!