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The Diablo is an exceptional drive in every aspect. It is no clone of anything and there are only a few pedals which can be compared. Soundwise it is more on the edgy side with a lot of crunch and unbelievably dynamics. Once in a lifetime everyone should have played one, already a modern classic.

It's just a very, very satisfying silicon fuzz: Aggressive, but not harsh. Thick, but not muddy. If you don't like the form factor and can live without the mojo go for the MXR108 Classic Fuzz which is exactly the same soundwise.

The Deluxe Memory Man is known for its very tasteful bbd-delay - an analog circuit in all its blurred and washed out glory, but where it also really shines is in creating this warm, lush chorus and vibrato effects. Absolutly astonishing pedal.

The FL-9 always comes out on top when it comes to flangers. It sounds so warm and dynamic and is so flexible that you don't necessarily think of a classic flanger effect, because it masters a room-filling chorus just as well as the classic floating sound of an Electric Mistress.

Quality optical phaser from Maxon with 18v operation giving you full and organic phaser sounds. Compared to the original PT-9 (also known from Ibanez) this one works on a much higher level tone wise.

Devastating fuzz with a ton of bottom end and a range from edgy to really nasty distortion. The Octave options give you the versatility to create an endless amount of different sounds. Further on it has the problem quite a lot fuzzes have: If your mix gets crowdy it just disappears as a lot of mid frequencies are missing.

Highly usable octave up silicon fuzz that complements all kinds of fuzz faces really good and also goes into sputtery-gated fuzz territory when cranked. Freak out riff machine!!

Transparent, gritty and punchy at the same time, an overdrive to stomp on and to end the search for tone. Beware, probably kicks your beloved 'boutique' pedal out of the studio.

I found it rather artifical and not very natural sounding, probably good for experimental stuff. The price definitely did not match with it's performance and I would recommend e.g. Boss' RV-Series to everyone who wants to go one step further.

The 550-TT model is a Memory Man in case of it's basic characteristics and features but compared to the big box model and also the great XO model it lacks the lush and deep sounds of those units, in fact it sounds a lot more hifi. Tap tempo, expression and the effects loop are nice (for which I bought it actually) but senseless if you are losing the whole DMM vibe. Another annoying thing on the 550-TT is the use of a standard on/off-footswitch for the tap tempo instead of using a momentary switch.

Really liked the Carbon Copy Deluxe but in comparison to a Deluxe Memory Man XO the modulation missed some depth and shimmer and the repeats start to distort rather quickly when choosing longer delay times. Features like a bright switch and tap tempo is great, as always MXRs build quality is magnificent.