Basauri
Diamonds x Guitars deal with Paul
- Joined
- Feb 15, 2016
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I recently bought this highly acclaimed pedal in order to get my hot rodded Marshall tones in a box when playing through any other amp. The idea is: guitar, pedal, any amp in clean channel...yep, thats my tone.
This pedal sounds close to my amp, punches like a real amp and cleans nicely when rolling down the volumen on the guitar, very amp like. I can get what I was looking for... but there´s something...I don´t get it.
Out of the box, this pedal sounds amazing, "yeah, sounds GOOD". But after a while you start tweaking with the knobs... and few changes. Or maybe I don´t know how to dial it properly.
Even with gain at 0, this pedal breaks nicely, but breaks, no clean. I setted the internal gain trimpot at 9 oclock, that`s only a quarter of its capability, and still too much gain. I have to say that this gain is a good and usable gain, from 0 to max. Cool tones... well, one cool tone with more or less grain. Its one and only sound.
With bass and treble knobs, you know, can equalize that, adds bass or adds treble. I mean, thres this "base" sound and you add more bass and treble, the sound is the same.
Tight and Presence knobs... I don´t get it. I really cannot dial them right. Presence don`t act like a mid knob, is a very high mids knob, so close to treble that I don´t get its usability. And the tight knob, goes from punchier but muffled to cleaner but thinner. Intermediate position doesn`t get the best of both sides, in fact is none of them. nowhere land.
Experiences here with this pedal? Any advices on how to use it properly?
Thanks!
This pedal sounds close to my amp, punches like a real amp and cleans nicely when rolling down the volumen on the guitar, very amp like. I can get what I was looking for... but there´s something...I don´t get it.
Out of the box, this pedal sounds amazing, "yeah, sounds GOOD". But after a while you start tweaking with the knobs... and few changes. Or maybe I don´t know how to dial it properly.
Even with gain at 0, this pedal breaks nicely, but breaks, no clean. I setted the internal gain trimpot at 9 oclock, that`s only a quarter of its capability, and still too much gain. I have to say that this gain is a good and usable gain, from 0 to max. Cool tones... well, one cool tone with more or less grain. Its one and only sound.
With bass and treble knobs, you know, can equalize that, adds bass or adds treble. I mean, thres this "base" sound and you add more bass and treble, the sound is the same.
Tight and Presence knobs... I don´t get it. I really cannot dial them right. Presence don`t act like a mid knob, is a very high mids knob, so close to treble that I don´t get its usability. And the tight knob, goes from punchier but muffled to cleaner but thinner. Intermediate position doesn`t get the best of both sides, in fact is none of them. nowhere land.
Experiences here with this pedal? Any advices on how to use it properly?
Thanks!
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