polonavarro's Reviews

Amazing!

I'm not sure if it was designed to behave similarly to a Vox amp, but what I hear is something similar well made and of good quality.

Do what i need

This distortion is peculiar, its sound definitely encompasses the 90s more than any other generation, but it works well for everything.

It is not an unforgettable sound but neither is it indifferent.

Several asked me what distortion I was using when I had it on my pedalboard.

I still have it and use it as my trusty second choice to go with whatever my first choice is at the time: PlimSoul, Daddy'O, Guv'nor2+, RAT.

Amazing!

This Pickup Booster is the second best I have heard in a long time.

For my taste, the first place still goes to the Morley Tel-Ray VBO (mojo), and the third place is a downloadable version of a Booster available in the Digitech iStomp.

However, the Seymour Duncan sounds good with almost all types of pickups and amps, it's a real hit-and-miss.

Just impresive!

It may not be for everyone or everything, but what this Stutter/Sampler offers is pretty great and can be used to create unique passages.

Obviously it helps project that nice Radiohead vibe (which is too good). But that is just the starting point in your configuration, on this Mini Glitch there are plenty of resources to cover that and some TeraMelos vibe to. Also, i think the buffer iside on this unit is just amazing.

I like what i hear

Nothing that is not already known, this multi-effects is an admirable tool: good sounds for an affordable price.

For my taste it is poor with the phaser and flanger. However, it makes up for it greatly with the Delays and Reverbs. The amplifier and cabinet simulations are very good.

There are no distortions or overdives available as such, rather these options depend on the amp simulation you choose. Which makes me deduce that it was not planned or designed to operate directly into a guitar amplifier but rather directly into a mixer.

Even so, it has many memory banks available to program direct patches to the amplifier (with AMP and CAB disabled) and others to the mixer (with AMP and CAB activated).

Noticieable changes

It baffles me not to know what this pedal does internally, and I think it's better this way.

When you activate it, it sounds and serves as a booster, enhancer, exciter, parametric band eq, tone shaper, fixed wah, and filter.

There are many things happening at the same time in greater or lesser proportions and in a similar way to the Fuzz Factory the potentiometers seem to interact together, a small adjustment produces a significant and noticeable change.

Really interesting

This is a strange or exotic effect for me, it's not something I normally use, but I like what it does. In some way it degrades the signal, contaminates it or both at the same time, but thanks to this you get a LoFi effect that you can add to the mix with other effects. Quite interesting really.

Just impresive!

In my frustration at not being able to get a Fender Runaway Feedback I purchased this Digitech Freqout and it is honestly better than I expected.

It is not exactly the same tone/sound as the Runaway because that one sounds more natural but it is monophonic and that limits the possibilities of use.

On the other hand, Freqout is polyphonic but sounds unrealistic. Don't get me wrong, I like it and it serves me well. I don't need purism or reality, just good and better results. And Freqout achieves them.

Impossible sounds!

It's a pretty cool effect, you can change the sound of whatever you're playing between three different keys as you turn the effect on and off. Apparently your purchase is no longer available in the digitech shop. In addition, it requires a compatible vintage Apple unit and a special digitech/mac cable that is currently difficult to obtain. When is on and working on bass freqs seem to drop a little volumen.

Other world!

I have been waiting for this one so long, and is to much better than i bealive. You can make your guitar sound like no one else, and still soun like a guitarrist player. In fact even if any other players have Enzo Meris, the set up is so unique (knobs cover a lot of range in the set up, a little move is a lot of change), and you can store 4 set ups to deal on a live context.

Amazing!

This one of the best FX, i have on my board, and i can get good texture with this. Cut well on mix band context. And almost in every setup you can get really nice sounds.

I like what i hear

I'm not convinced if it works for me or not, but I am very convinced that I like what I hear. This pedal is very different from other shifters, because at the same time it gives you: flutter, overtones, glitches, drones, whammy, shimmer, doubling, delay, octave, chorus, filter, swell, and some sort of unknow crazyness to everything what you play. Nice.

You must try this one

Eat pedal is difficult to define: some sort of ocatave, vibrato, repeater, shimer, doubling, voice shifter, depending on the configuration. It definitely fits well into the category of a texturizer. Best of all, in a live band context, it doesn't get lost in the mix. It has a very different sound than other effects of that type. Widely recommended.

Superb

This is without a doubt one of the best pitch shifters you could ever want. The sound is of high quality, no latency, no glitch, no drop volume, no suking tone. It is polyphonic. It tracks really fast and well. It has many configuration options. And with the EXP pedal this plays in the top leagues.

Just impresive!

This effect is one of those I had been trying to obtain for a long. Most of the demos on youtube are just impressive. Personally, I find this stompbox something unique: doubling, sustain, swells, reverse, tremolo, glitch, fuzz. But not like any all other brands effect we know, this EHX it just adds a vibe of all of those sounds. And have store banks, loop, and Exp input. Extremely complex to set up, but if you find a sweet spot, it's kind of amazing.

Magnificent

The first auditory impression of the pedal is good: standard size, natural sound, easy to understand and use. But you must keep in mind that when you activate it, the sensation of volume decreases, projection, clarity and presence are very lost in the mix band context. I know it is the nature of this type of modulations (phaser, flanger, chorus, tremolo). But stil that you get a nice Vibe FX. Mine made a lot of noises and it took me a long time to find the cause of the problem: the cables. This pedal is highly sensitive to the quality and health of your cables, equipment, and parasite signals, so, before spending money on other power supplies, or noise gates, its better get the best cables you can buy, also, check the ground connections throughout your chain, jacks, pots, and the shielding of your guitar. Once this problem is solved this fucking pedal is simply excellent. "Bravo" Voodoo Labs. By the way, combined with a pitch shifter, you can get easy a good organ-type sounds.

Nice guitar

It is a very good and beautiful guitar, it maintains an excellent quality despite being an initiation model. I'm more of a Fender or G&L type however based on my experience I feel that LTD is a brand with very remarkable characteristics.

Tricky Fuzz, but absolutly a very nice one.

At first it made me suffer because honestly the pedal sounded horrible, but I had already paid for it so I had to fix it somehow. This pedal needs a modification to be able to work at balanced volumes in a gig situation. It consists of adding a B10K potentiometer between two points (look it up on the internet). This modification really changes everything. But finally what really improves the sound and will make you very happy is to change the power supply. If you search a bit on the internet you will find that the FV-1 heart of this stompbox supports between 9v and 12v. And in my desperation I risked leaving it fried, but nothing happened to it and in fact it sounds great in several styles, it serves to bring you closer to the tone of 1979 by Smaching Pumpkies, Desert Rose by Eric Johnson, Allan Holdsworth his most dirtier and darker tone, a lot of Zappa vives, Santana 1970 Black Magic Woman type, and even Deep Sea Diver Eyes are Red. A very good Fuzz. Now I no longer regret of anything about it. One only warning! Please make sure the source is delivering exactly 12v with a good multimeter, no more, or say goodbye to the pedal. The FV-1 DSP inside won't last long if you overload it more than 12v. Have protection diode, yes, but don't try... The capacitors on the circuit (in mine) can hold between 16v and 25v.

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Interesting tone

Nice chorus. If you like the tone of the 90's, this amp brings you closer to various bands from post punk, grunge, shoegaze, alternative rock, etc. It has a super strong and diaphanous clean. The distortion is very garage band, but, with the help of just one booster (like a Moog Minifooger for example) this amp is pretty good for experimenting with jazzy licks, progressive riffs, and even funky struts. If you like Radiohead, Blur, Suede, Morrisey, The Cure, and other similar bands this amp is a good starting point. Currently (2022) electronic parts for this model are still available. Important note: the technical revision of this circuit specifically requires knowledge and specialized tools, its design is quite complex.

Fusion 80 aproach

It is basically the same as the GFX 212, but it has a digital tuner, and this is most likely due to the addition of the letter "T" in this model: GFX 212T. Inside the electronic circuit design is similar except for the power supply, the DSP FX's processor chip, and some components. Also, the effects on this "T" model sound better: sharper, and more prominent. Comparing the GFX 212 and the GFX 212T side by side with respect to each other I notice that the volume power and the saturation of their distortion remain in exactly the same proportions. It maintains that 80's vibe that many of us like. And keeps plenty of headroom.