edoardo_del_principe

It emulates mesa-ish and orange-ish sounds withouth being very into that. We are talking about emulation of circuits, EQ etc for 1/3 or 1/4 of the price of the real ones. Solid head, really user friendly. Two Channels, the clean one is SUPER pedals friendly.

For around 400-500 bucks it's a serious option for every les paul fan. If you don't play watching the headstock of your guitar but just with your ears you'll find a sonic titan on your hand. The sound is really dark and warm, maybe too much for someone (I suggest to change bridge PU with a JB or similars). The real pro of this guitar is the soft "d" neck, super confortable for every hands. This guitars around the mid 80's, late 70's were produced by Matsumoku in Japan, a huge factory who produced some of the best Japanese handmade guitar. Mine is an 84's with black and gold finish, it has is fashion but it doesn't looks like a LP custom as the Greco ones (another cool MIJ brand). here you can find all the specs! http://www.matsumoku.org/models/ariaproii/bg/b_and_g.html

If you are searching for the most user friendly, solid, intuitive and massive phaser you are searching for the phase 90 (or similar models from MXR). Before or after the OD does its job perfectly.

Two knobs, infinite options. Frankly, flanger is flanger, do you need 16 knobs? Hell no. This box is a solid piece of gear that everyone should try at least once in life. Full analog, really responsive and dynamic. MXR is the best for the bucks.

Tired of fatty fuzzy sounds? You look for something similar to the boss ones? This is your choice. For 50 bucks you can achieve a nice pedal with some cool option. The "Damage" control adds a sort of 8-bit-octavish sound, really nasty. The pedal has a nice tone knob that adds low ends and mids until 12 o'clock, after that sounds really awful. If you are searching for a robotic-digital-glassed sound into a fuzz pedal, this is your choice.

Add reverb and delays with this axe and you'll find infinite sonic features.

If you are a rhythm guitar player who plays a lot a chords and picks heavly this pick is the best for you. It doesn't adds a lot of attack but all the strings resonate heavly with powerful downstrok pickings.

Turning up or down the knobs each mm you can ear something is happening. This is not something you can find in other pedals for the same price, it's super responsive, dynamic, dark and glitchy sometimes. It doesn't sound like a tape echo but it has its own distintive sound, that in my opinion is something you can't say for tons of pedal. Before the Gain section it creates echos and atmosphere. highly suggested for super short delay times to add "body" to your chords.

Pros: Highly responsive EQ| dynamic use of the oscillation to calibrate the pedal between a rotary and a flangy chorus| Warm analog sound. Cons: Need 18v| Lack of Dry/Wet knob| Maybe too big for some pedalboards For me it's between to category of chorus 1) the little packege user friendly pedal 2) big, sofisticated and expensive pedal Can I get the same tone with the micro version? NOPE. Can I get the same tone with a Boss CE3? Yes Can I find something better for the price? Yes, but not analog