oleg_kolesnikov's Reviews

Great tremolo; Too bad depth control is hidden

This can easily be the best tremolo pedal out there. Very musical. It doesn't get 'synthy' if that makes sense — something I hated my Stereo Pulsar for. It doesn't turn into ring modulator when the speed is cranked. I wouldn't say that entire speed range is usable, but even the extreme settings are something I imagine can be used in arrangement. It can do vintagy amp-like stuff or modern chops. It lets enough signal through, so your guitar won't sound like muffled something. It doesn't drop the volume since you have level control inside of it, that also will not send you amp into overdrive, like Trelicopter does on low depth settings.

This can easily be the most annoying tremolo pedal in the world because that extremely useable depth control is hidden inside the box, so you have to unscrew the back cover every time you want to adjust that little trim pot, which is a bit of PItA.

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Great sounding overdrive and a way to fatten up your strat

Traded my EQP Plumes for it. Not that I I didn't love the Plumes, but it was too bright and pushy with my Strat, which is a total highs overdose: ash body with solid maple neck and '54 CS pickups. This one works great with trebly pickups adding enough lows without being too muddy. Be careful with dedicated bass control though - it also adds up to fuzzines

Powerful and sturdy delay w/reasonable price

This is some workhorse, man. Great for tapping (I am not a fan of built-in tap function so I use external controller - some cheapo Soundking sustain pedal), everything you'd expect from a digital delay plus nice analog emulation and modulated chorusy delay. Found no use for reverse setting though - can't get it to sound right.

This one replaced Way Huge Aquapuss on my board and though I still regret selling it, analogue mode on DD-7 works quite fine in live setting (and no clock noise if you're up to having some fun with repeats knob).

I know that in 2021 there are many more versatile, fun and cool sounding delay pedals out there, but it is still unbeatable for the price imo.

Everything you expect form analogue phaser pedal and more

Bought it in the midst of lockdown at what seemed to be online store closure for 70$ new. It's pretty much a time machine back from 2008 when this series (a bastard son of TC Electronic and T.Rex, as far as I understand) was released.

Pretty versatile pedal that does everything from harsh 70s-like swipes (think Diamond Dogs) to soft phasing and even covering some of autowah territory at certain settings.

Pedals from this series are rumored to be unreliable but it seems not to be the case with mine. It sits in the pedalboard, gets carried around and used a lot and works as it should.

So if you're in the market for analogue phaser you should definitely give it a shot (if you're lucky to find one - they are pretty rare).