sonounexcapellone's Pedalboard

I bought this pedal yesterday, today I tried it for the entire afternoon and all I can say is: awesome! I didn't even explore its settings that much yet... but it's clear that this pedal sounds GREAT, and it just asks you to mess with it

With my band we have a couple of stoner-type riffs and I have a fuzz which is supposed to be suited for that but, no matter what kind of music I am playing, I really can't stand losing the attack of the guitar... So I was searching for something as much raw and dirty but hopefully with a little more attack, basically I bought this pedal for those riffs. Well, as many reviews and videos show , it really can do that and so much more! I'm pretty shure I'm not gonna use it only for those couple riffs but in many other applications. If you crank the distortion knob all the way past 2 it can be compared to a muff/fuzz kind of distortion but with more attack and definition. With the same knob between 12 and 2 it has that "nineties" sound it is best known for, a really aggressive distortion that mantains clarity and definition. And the sustain is just amazing... something you can only find in heavy distortion or fuzz effects I think. If you turn down the distortion it can also sound great as an overdrive. I compared it with a ehx soul food and a mooer pure boost, and honestly it was better. One peculiar feature of this pedal is the filter knob. It is actually a high cut (or low-pass) filter, this means that moving it you are adjusting the point in your frequency range where the filter starts cutting. The more you turn it up the lower the frequency cut will be, taking out the frequencies that are higher and leaving unaltered the ones that are lower. If you keep it at minimum, instead, there is no frequency cut. So keep in mind it is completely different from the tone/filter knob you find on most pedals. Those usually work in a addictive mode, while this is a subtractive mode. I am a sound engineer more than a guitarist so I feel at ease with this because I am used to work this way with eqs, but I guess for someone it can be not so comfortable. About the volume knob: not sure, but I think the main reason proco has manufactured this version is that lots of guitarists were complaining about the classic rat output level being too low. Well this is definitely loud. I mean really loud. One last thing I think it’s useful to say is how much it changes with the guitar you are using, much more than any other pedal I ever owned! With my SG it sounds ok, but I have to close the filter up to 2/3, otherwise the midrange is way too much, it really eats everything else sounding really ringing and acid with no bite. With my telecaster instead it is just AWESOME. It sounds fuller, more clear and the sound stays incredibly full and creamy no matter what I do with the knobs. Can’t really explain why… but no doubt I’m gonna use it with the tele. Seeing that Graham Coxon and other guys on the list above are devoted to fender guitars makes sense, this pedal apparently sounds way better with single coils than humbuckers.

Of course, it is brighter and a little more defined than the traditional carbon copy so I can imagine that a lot of people searching for that kind of sound wouldn't trade the original and successful version for this... but it beats me that Jim Dunlop even stopped producing this pedal after few years because it's just awesome! I tried the original version and I loved it, but I could imagine some hard times using it together with the other instruments (which is the only real complaint anyone has ever had about the CC i think). So guided only by youtube reviews and without even trying it I still chose to get this version secondhand and wait few days to have it, and I'm really happy about the choice. I got it and played with it for a couple weeks now, and IMO it's an awesome analog delay (brighter doesn't mean that it "sounds digital"), with exactly the same controls of the original and a really cool look... the only difference with the original CC is that this one will find its place in the mix way better, so for me that's an upgrade, certainly not a downgrade.

I was looking for an auto-wah to use primarily with a clean sound, for "funky purposes". I tried this and a maxon af-9 and decided to buy the maxon at first, because it seemed definitely more versatile (maybe also because the guy from the shop talked me into buying it saying it was unquestionably better...) I spent an afternoon trying to get something i'd really dig out of it, unsuccessfully, so the next day I went back to the shop, gave the maxon back and got home with the ehx. I can say that for my purposes it was a good choice. You need to spend some time tweaking the knobs to really get what you want out of it (also depending on the pickups you are using of course) but this pedal is rather easy and fun to use. I play with a SG and a tele, and I ended up using it not only with clean sounds but also combined with overdrives. IMO the only problem about it is the HUGE amount of output volume you get anytime you engage it, regardless of your pickups, amp etc. So I wouldn't recommend to buy it if you're going to use it live on few songs, and if your pedalboard was patiently and carefully balanced and you don't want to fuck that up.

I've been owning this pedal for years and I think it's great, even if I don't use a lot this kind of effect. Engaging it with depth at minimum you really can't hear any difference, and also when you use it in a more dramatic way it respects your tone, so I'd say it's definitely a transparent pedal. Great also if you use it in stereo mode with a electric piano! Still there's a flaw IMO: the rate knob is too sensitive... if I want to use it and be roughly "in sync" with the bands' rhythm, for most of the songs I have to set the rate knob somewhere between 7 and 9 o'clock. This means that the tiniest movement of the knob affects the rate a lot, and that's quite annoying for this kind of effect.