Really fun and awesome pedal

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 second 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.

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) - There's a ticking noise from the clock chip if you don't use an expensive power supply like a Strymon or something similar!

These last points are quite important to me personally, which is why it only gets three stars. I sold this for the v.2 which fixed some of the issues, especially the ticking clock thing, but also added other features. Would rather check that one out!

Awesome Lofi chorus

definitely captures that griddy lofi chorus sound, specially with the gain stage