gabriel_molina's Reviews
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103
Solid digital delay.
If you attach it to a stick you can use this one as a blunt weapon. It has survived multiple tours and is one of my most abused pedals by far. What's that? You want lo-fi lush modulated delays? Well fuck you, this one is solid state 1on1 carbon copy repetitions without tonal degradation all the way. It's great for special effects (i.e. that thing that Jonny Greenwood does at the end of Karma Police), rhythmic repetitions, short loops and psychedelic reverse delays. The connectivity flexibility is worth noting also, not every delay pedal gives you the chance of going out with the wet and dry signal separated on two different output jacks, this has been useful for me on live mixing situations where I use it as a hands-on effect for vocals, synths and other instruments. On top of that you can use the bypassed pedal as an active DI Box (like every other Boss pedal ever). Solid and trustworthy, one of my best buys by far.
Preferred Settings + Usage:
Warp function for stutters and glitches on guitar.
103
Everything a DL4 can do and more.
Incredible delays, reverbs and modulations from the stompbox modeler series but lackluster distortions (some adjustments are required to reduce excesive high end). The looper function is better than the DL4 since you access to it using your feet and you don't need to double tap any button for the reverse function. Stock switches tend to break easily so I got them replaced.
Preferred Settings + Usage:
Barberpole Phaser, Sweep Echo, Octo Reverb and Particle Verb.
103
Mileage may vary.
The first time I played this guitar I borrowed from a friend and I was like "that's it, this is it!". A couple of years later I bought this same guitar from another person and didn't get quite the same feeling. I believe this (now discontinued) model was made by hand and/or without precise equipment at the time cause the feel was totally different as how I remembered it. The thin neck on this guitar has it's own benefits and drawbacks: it makes some technical stuff like sweeps and arpeggios easier since you don't need to move and stretch that much your left hand but doing bends with the first string in the middle of the neck is a slippery slope if you get what I am saying. The sound of the guitar is pretty good though, no complains on that regard. Since it's basically an Stratocaster you can get a wide variety of tones including some very beautiful cleans.
Preferred Settings + Usage:
Neck pickup always.
103
This one is fun.
A really REALLY good alternative to the Boss PS-6 if you don't mind the PBS plastic enclosure. In comparison with the Boss pedal it lacks the 3 voice function and the fall time adjust in the Trem Bar function, other than that it does the same and it sounds great. You can do a lot of whacky things if you combine it with time based pedals.
Preferred Settings + Usage:
Trem Bar function with medium/low D Time Speed and pitch set to minimum for a reel tape stop effect or maximum to imitate the Tom Morello whammy bullshit that lots of people like for some reason.
103
A tuning Swiss knife
It does what it should and it does it well. The compact design is a plus too so you can take it with you anywhere without problems. I don't mind that much the polyphonic function, it is impressive but not that precise, it is a good and quick indicator if you are way too out of tune and you don't know which string is giving you trouble.
Preferred Settings + Usage:
Love the strobe setting, gives a much precise visual feedback IMO.