by roger bayliss » Sat Dec 06, 2014 2:48 pm
Martin the only thing the pedal really adds is more warmth and fatness to the tone so it does not really define the sound in the same way as say eq would. DO you need it for the Shadows sound ? No you can live without it. It is however the only pedal out there that adds the warmth and saturation characteristics of tape recording and from that angle it is useful as are the plugins you can use giving similar effects. Sorry but not done any sound files but did do some eq pedal sound files recently in sound file section for Wonderful Land and Peace Pipe. I did not use this pedal then but it would tend to finish the sound off a bit more if you know what I mean.
I had to get it out of curiosity but I think it is not essential until the recording process in fairness. But it does if you want it add warmth and fatness to your guitar sound in a way that tape does when you record and of course it is an effects pedal too. Flanging, chorus, slapback and delay with double tracking are great effects.
I think the EQ pedals are more important than this overall after experimenting with live sound results recently. So this pedal is not essential to get a great Shadows sound but can add to it.
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