samuele_gamberoni's Reviews

Light fuzzy overdrive, with a ton of boost

This pedal doesn't have that much gain, and in my experience doesn't want any buffered pedals before it. On it's own, I don't really like it, but pair it with a good overdrive, and you get a huge, fuzzy, and bass heavy wall of sound. Great to fill in the space between bass and guitar.

Magnificent Clone of the Boss FZ-2

Yeah the enclosure is plastic, but it holds up pretty well. The circuit is a direct clone of the Boss FZ-2, a classic fuzz pedal used by many doom bands. The original circuit was based on the Univox SuperFuzz. The sound can be sculpted with the active bass and treble EQ.

Mode 1: This is more like the classic Univox, but with a more pronounced mid range. The EQ can be used to extend the frequency response, keeping the mids pretty intact. Great vintage sound, with tons of grit and character.

Mode 2: In this mode, the fuzz is really really scooped, and expecially useful on bass. The bass and treble knobs are a bit more useful, and it's the sound of many bands like Electric Wizard.

Boost: This pedal is also a pretty versatile boost. The EQ is still active in this mode, and it offers up to 24dB of gain IIRC.

MODE 1.5: I found that keeping the switch between the Mode 1 and Mode 2 position creates a fuzz with a pretty linear frequency response. It's quite fiddly and won't hold up in a live situation, but it's an interesting property of this pedal.

Great amp for the price

Lacks a bit of bottom end, for the Wharfedale speakers. Some models have a problem in the FX loop, where the amp loses all the bottom end becaused of a wrong capacitor in the loop, but it's a pretty easy fix. It doesn't have tons of gain, but it captures the VOX bite perfectly. It's a really angry amp that always ask for more gain. It's also LOUD. Very loud.

Pretty cool overdrive

Good sounding pedal, really nice to tidy up the lows. Sounds great when used as a dirty boost or combined with a fuzz pedal.