I bought it. Thanks Chad! I figured I couldn't go wrong for $30 and the more I look at it, the more I think it is going to work out great. It seems to have a wide range of gain offerings which is perfect. I actually don't pay attention very well so I wouldn't have even know if Chad hadn't pointed it out.
I'm generally not a pedal guy, I don't like a lot of cables but this could solve my specific problem. I was going to say it is my first pedal but I did have a tuner pedal at one point, not sure if that counts but I do have a DigiTech Trio+. And for some reason it seems like I had a delay or looper pedal of some sort for a short time too. Getting old means ...................... hell, I don't remember.
I got mine on Monday. I've only had about 20 minutes with it at bedroom levels. But here's what:
It's a high gain pedal at 9v. You may get some better crunchy tones at 12v, which it will accept, but I don't have a 12v adaptor. Anyway the sweet spot starts at noon on the dial. Under that, and it's mush city. If you want a mid gain tone, roll back your guitar's volume knob. The EQ is active with fixed mids. So you can cut or boost bass and treble.
I got mine on Monday. I've only had about 20 minutes with it at bedroom levels. But here's what:
It's a high gain pedal at 9v. You may get some better crunchy tones at 12v, which it will accept, but I don't have a 12v adaptor. Anyway the sweet spot starts at noon on the dial. Under that, and it's mush city. If you want a mid gain tone, roll back your guitar's volume knob. The EQ is active with fixed mids. So you can cut or boost bass and treble.
Ultimately, it sounds like Snailface in a box. Which, IMO, is awesome. YMMV.
I can live with that. I've never heard of Snailface, that song is pretty cool.
I'm waiting for the cheap flipping frenzy.
Yeah, I don't see flipping it for less than what they're selling for now...but ya never know.This is the cheap flipping frenzy.
Yeah, I don't see flipping it for less than what they're selling for now...but ya never know.
This is the cheap flipping frenzy.
I'm going to pass on this. I'm guessing it won't do much that my RAT, Keeley DS-1, or MXR Distortion+ won't do.
Seems the demo videos I've been able to find are all with humbuckers. Have you tried it with single coils? If so, how is it?Interesting thing about that. The Gunslinger is a juiced up DOD 250 with a MOSFET gain stage. The Distortion+ is nearly identical to the 250, but it uses germanium transistors instead of silicon ones. The RAT and DS-1 are both further tweaks of the same circuit the 250 and D+ are derived from. In my limited time with the Gunslinger, it stays more amp like, where the others fuzz out at high gain. Which makes sense given the MOSFET.
Seems the demo videos I've been able to find are all with humbuckers. Have you tried it with single coils? If so, how is it?