Hey Carpenter,
I was so keen on getting this pedal last summer...I checked every possible link, watched videos on YouTube, to be honest, I was obsessed by this very pedal. The first thing I did after returning from the summer holidays was to check this pedal in the local music store - the disillusion was perfect!
The pedal has its qualities, no doubt, but is this enough to convince one to buy it?
Let me tell you that the sounds are not very versatile, this means that the sound is like a picture of Jimi's sound. Turning the knobs doesn't change very much the overall sound. The range of the wah is pretty fix or let us call it small. The natural feel you have with a Crybaby isn't there, you wanna go further but the pedal stops. The practical use of this pedal is very very limited. In a live situation you can not change sounds, also with the extra pedal you can only thumb through them and not go for like Purple Haze into The Wind Cries Mary sound.
For me being a huge Jimi enthusiast I wished that this pedal would be the holy grail, but it is not. Also for recording purposes it is very unusable. I figured that with my normal set up Line 6 POD and some stomps Dunlop Univibe I could come closer to Jimi's sound and I can dial in every other sound I want, because I hate imitating.
You can sure have your fun with this pedal, but for how long? If you really want to spend the money, check the Fulltone Pedals, get a Clyde Wah or something else, because in the end it makes you happier.
On the other hand, the pedal looks damn cool and if you have the money and it doesn't hurt your budget, why not, but it still remains an expensive toy in my opinion.
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Originally Posted by carp3nt3r