NancyJohnson Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 (edited) I needed/wanted a simple distortion pedal for home recording of guitars; just wanted to dispense with recording off an amp and wanted something a) dual channel and b) switchable. 9v PSU or battery. It's got two gain/dirt channels (A/B), both with a rudimentary tone control that just ramps up the treble a little (there's a switchable bass boost which works over both channels simultaneously that just adds a small amount of low end). Channel A is best described as more vintage/old school tonally, Channel B being more modern high gain; both channels be run individually or blended. It's blissfully simple - I don't need to run extra cables to the audio interface, just swap guitars and rotate the Blend knob to A or B. Bass is nice and gnarly (very BDDI) and at £75.00 this is ridiculously cheap. This is a belter of a pedal. Edited September 7, 2021 by NancyJohnson 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldersqueeze Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 Interesting, looks like a more affordable variant of the BOSS/ JHS angry Charlie. Very cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 On 07/09/2021 at 07:50, NancyJohnson said: Bass is nice and gnarly (very BDDI) I've a few Fender pedals now, and they're all very interesting. Does the above quote mean you've tried a bass through this? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted September 9, 2021 Author Share Posted September 9, 2021 1 hour ago, stewblack said: I've a few Fender pedals now, and they're all very interesting. Does the above quote mean you've tried a bass through this? Yes, but bear in mind I'm only going to use this for recording and convenience as all my backline-related Tech 21 stuff is elsewhere. It seems quite happy handling bass - obviously you can blend wet/dry on each channel and you have a choice of (let's call it) vintage/modern pre-shape circuitry. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osiris Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 9 hours ago, stewblack said: I've a few Fender pedals now, and they're all very interesting. Does the above quote mean you've tried a bass through this? Fender also make a bass specific sister pedal to this which shares a few of the same features, the Trapper bass distortion. The lovely @krispn very graciously let me borrow his for a few days and I was highly impressed with it. It's more voiced towards traditional bass OD rather than scooped, clanky sounds but the adjustable crossover makes it highly versatile. https://www.fender.com/en-US/effects-pedals/bass/trapper-bass-distortion/0234564000.html 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krispn Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Trapper is a cracking pedal and I’m very happy with it for my needs. Fender pedals in general are doing many great things with their wee touches and additional features. The comp/pugilist looks and sounds great for guitar too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted September 9, 2021 Author Share Posted September 9, 2021 Here you go. This is something that I recorded a couple of days ago. The guitar is an Epiphone Pantomatic, P90 in the bridge position and passed through the Vintage side (A). The bass was my Spector Euro LT through the Hi-Gain side - I find the Spector is a bit toppy, so tend to nudge the bass up a notch to phatten it up. It's a very rough mix and the bass is high within this to demonstrate what the pedal gives. Just as an aside, I habitually mix the guitar to the left and the bass to the right; always wanted the reverb on the guitar to just be on the right side and only worked out how to do this last week! mix.mp3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krispn Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 I did it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted September 10, 2021 Author Share Posted September 10, 2021 10 hours ago, krispn said: I did it! What did you do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krispn Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 I dig it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted September 10, 2021 Author Share Posted September 10, 2021 46 minutes ago, krispn said: I dig it What dig you do? 😂 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osiris Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 13 hours ago, NancyJohnson said: Here you go. This is something that I recorded a couple of days ago. The guitar is an Epiphone Pantomatic, P90 in the bridge position and passed through the Vintage side (A). The bass was my Spector Euro LT through the Hi-Gain side - I find the Spector is a bit toppy, so tend to nudge the bass up a notch to phatten it up. It's a very rough mix and the bass is high within this to demonstrate what the pedal gives. Just as an aside, I habitually mix the guitar to the left and the bass to the right; always wanted the reverb on the guitar to just be on the right side and only worked out how to do this last week! mix.mp3 6.4 MB · 4 downloads I like that track a lot, the pugilist sounds great on the bass and has kept the weight of the clean low end. The bass tone is a bit more clanky than I prefer but no doubt that could be dialled back with the tone control to suit should I get the urge to pick one up 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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