The plan (pedal speaking!)

I have an idea to expand the numer of pedals in my ikea mini board, this is the layout:

This is near or less the plan: the Zoom is coming, with also a bb preamp from mosky, the rage slot should be an high gain pedal, would like to test that if i find an used one at a price. Or maybe i will use the Zoom for the high gain pedal and free that slot for another permanent ODDS. The upper, rised slot are the swappables ones. The mosky pictured is already in house, the crazy tone may be the next purchase since i love the plexion i would like to taste the Riot clone.

another pedalboard update

Here is today status:

I sticked the amp footswitch on side of the pedalboard with velcrum to make some room for the comings stomps.

I wanted something to do extra delay and modulation at the end of the chain so i let myself get a good deal on a ZOOM MS50g that is coming someday next week (i hope). I used to own one but sold it to try something else (the G1xon). I see zoom multistomps in a lot of board for chorus delay usage and i digged the idea. So the final chain wil lbe something like:

1) Guitar
2) Mooer GE100 when i need a wah
3) first slot of the pedal board, the floating one, usually the Donner Dynamic Wah but may be swapped with other spare pedal (the lovely Mosky Golden Horse in the picture, or the Mooer Pure Boost just below, the Mosky BB preamp that will arrive some day or any of the other pedals that i will buy in my journey)
4,5,6) fixed position for the greenizer, the plexion and the bleckteeth
7) here is supposed to lie a Metal Distortion, sooner or later
8) the above mentioned zoom Multistomp for extra delay and chorus, but also the Metalzone until i get something that i liked better. Now and then any thing that is inlcuded with the pedal, maybe not the amp models...
9) Fender Mustang I v1

Mooer GE 100 first impressions

I bought a mooer ge 100 to use as a cheap wah pedal. Since i am not too much in to wah pedals i dont feel to spent 100€ or more on this device. I use to have a crybaby but i sold it because the engage button was far too hard to push for me.

The mooer Ge 100 as no button and use a strange pressure system in the pedal itself. There is no button is just the gesture that engage the effect. I like it. Maybe i would not rely on it for a live situation but for a couch situation is very good. I think i will make a video on this.

But this is not the point. How do the Mooer perform on its proper function?

I did some test, especially on the overdrives. This is preliminar but... The tube screamer just does not sound like a tube screamer. I cant feel the mid bump compared to a tube screamer clone. Not that is a bad overdrive sound. It is just not a TS feel. The juicer on the other side was an interesting flavor.

I did not test the heavy stuff but i made some test of the amp emulation and they did not sound good in my opinion.

Keeley D&M , the overdrive from that pedal show

I've seen the D&M in a lot of boards. It is a versatile thing, nice sounding in the first half of the scale of the OD/DS.

I read that the boost side is a mix between a tube screamer and a klon, with less mids.

The overdrive side is like a modded OCD.

So, we can get somethings similar with some chinese knock off:

You see, it is not an exact match, it has some pros and some cons.

The cons:

- looks less cool
- does not do exactily the same job
- a pre and post boost (with different properties) instead of a single boos with moveambe position

The Pros:

- cheaper
- 3 pedals/flavors instead of 2
- more combination (like you can stack the klon and the ts!!!)

Why this is interesting? Because if you, like me, trust the skill and the experience of Mick and Dan, then this pedals are nice combination to cover a lot of ground in the overdrive territory. And this is a vital information!

Metal settings from my allround pedals

This are the settings i used this weekend:

From right to left:

The Black teeth (RAT) is in a "not to extreme" settings that is good for metal rythm, It can be used for solo's like Kiko's No gravity but you need some more gain to neal that solo tone.

The Plexion (crunch box) is set for High gain with lots of treble (3 PM). The point is: if i cannot tame the pushed mids of the plexion, all i can do is rise the other frequencies. It works, i like it.

The Greenizer (Tube screamer) is set as a boost (but not in the boost mode) with the purpuse to cut basses stacket with the other 2 pedals.

The wah is set for a nice solo thing.

This settings was used to play some megadeth and metallica riffs and solos.

Mooer Pure boost first impressions

Pre Boost arrived yesterday and i played a bit with it.

I wasnt impressed. Not that is not good, just it does not match well with the rest of my setup and the way i use pedals.

I am ok with the fact that it can add some spank to the cleans but it is not enough for me to keep it.

If i raise the drive to push the 57 model i dont get nice result, just like raising the gain on the amp itself. The 57 is not the best tool for this job and i am ok with it.

I will keep it for a while and test it with othe rmodel but i think i wil lbe better trading it.

Next pedal: high gain metal XII degree possibly scooped!

So after the landing of the Klon clone (Mosky Golden horse) and the imminent landing of the Mooer pure boost, i felt i should concentrate on the high gain thing. I am not completely naked in this department: the amp footswitch is giving me the pedal platform (57 deluxe) and a prog tone (American model).

I'm making a list of the pedals that could fit the job:

Tom'sline Holywar: i dont know whats after this one but looks interesting and i may discover what's inside with a nice screwdriver

Mooer Rage Machine: has a nice tone and it is another pedal that may be opened

TC electronic fangs: i am curios to see a TC pedal and this looks like a good option in this ballpark.