Very unique pedal but it could be better.

Really good gain stage on this pedal. It works as a clean volume boost so it can increase the volume of my fuzzes for solos etc. Turning up the gain it becomes a really nice overdrive pedal. Turning the gain all the way up it starts distorting in a nice way. I boosted some volume and slight gain from my an overdrive into it, and it turned into a super spitty sticky fuzz. Really awesome and versatile! The chorus side is also quite unique. It can do everything from the vinyl warp sound, to crazy spaceship synth sounds, and everything in between. The lag knob lets you control how far behind the modulated signal lags behind, up to a whole 1,5 seconds late. I have also found that with a small delay, medium mix, and no rate or depth, it actually works very nice as a sort of warm slapback delay (one short repeat).

Remarks: - Gain stage is AFTER the chorus section, so when using both you will be running modulation into gain - You can use either side of the pedal alone - you can use this only as an overdrive pedal or only a chorus (I would just buy a Siren instead). Really like that, because now I have a new overdrive pedal on my board after my fuzz, meaning I can volume boost fuzzes. - The LED in the middle, slightly to the left, shows rate AND depth by intensity of the LED and frequency of light.

New features on the v.2: - A "low" knob for the gain side of the pedal, letting you add some bass into your signal as chorus pedals often kill bass. - Soft switches - Quieter clock chip

A bit disappointed that some of the same downsides still exists on the v.2 though.

Downsides: - There's a great amount of dB loss when engaging the chorus side. I would turn on the chorus first and then set the overdrives and what not to taste after that. It kinda ruins it as a live-pedal, but great as a studio tool. - The chorus can become quite muddy with fuzz, instead of giving that ripping lead tone that one often associates with fuzz+modulation (listen to the guitar solo on "Cherub Rock" by The Smashing Pumpkin and you hear what I mean)

These last points are quite important to me personally, which is why it only gets three stars. I still have it on my "studio" board, but it has officially been retired from my band rig.

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Unique lo-fi Chorus and Drive pedal

I have this pedal at the first thing in my pedal chain and love the way it can be used as your only pedal, offering drive, chorus and a funky sort of delay feature through the Lag control.

The Chorus itself isn't the easiest thing to dial in and it definitely excels at the more strange lo-fi sound, though it can do a pretty decent standard chorus sound too.

The Drive element is a straightforward low to mid gain fuzzy distortion. It stacks really nicely with other pedals and amp gain so can be used to simply add texture to the chorus, or to add really solid drive to the tone.

The V2 pedal adds a Low control to dial in more low end, and the Lag control has increased capacity for delays of around 1 second for some crazy textures.

The sounds you can pull out of this thing are truly inspiring. It might not fit the bill every time you play but it's a great sound when you need it.