I auditioned the Quint Machine with a full band, playing a Fender Stratocaster through an Orange OR50. I found usable settings with just a few knob-twists, notably a nice faux-12-string sound with the -1 octave knob at 10 o’clock and +1 octave and mix around noon. Using the Strat’s bridge position heightened the effect.
With help from an upstream distortion pedal, the Quint Machine does the White Stripes thing fairly well. I happened to have a NYC Big Muff around, and combining its chunky crunch with the right Quint setting (-1 octave at noon, +1 octave maxed, and mix around 3 o’clock) conjured the sound of J. White’s “Blue Orchid” riffage. Listening to the Quint alongside another pitch-shift effect (an original EHX POG) I found the T-Rex pedal markedly quieter and brighter.
