Build quality-this is your typical run of the mill Dwarfcraft craftsmanship here folks. Even with the Surrender Dorthy being a proto, still looks and sounds great. The only flaw in that box that I can see is maybe added a clear coat to the paint and it might have a slight grounding issue (popping when engaging the footswitch), other than those minor issues, it's flawless. Lots of gain and volume on tap. My initial reaction to this box was, shit it does sound kind of like TGD but it doesn't hum or make any nutso sounds! This is a HUGE plus for me. When I play my Great Destroyer, I always leave the oscillation fully off. Only every once and awhile do I use it, but it's rare. Why? I just don't dig oscillation on fuzz. It doesn't sound right to me. So this to my ears, is a more perfect Great Destroyer. The circuits don't sound identical though, so I'm assuming there has been some other changes. I haven't taken the time to pop the back off and look, but I am quite curious. I will be ABing them soon.
As far as the Pitchgrinder goes. WOW. So overwhelming and awesome. Hahaha. The amount of changes that happen when twiddling with just one knob is crazy. This is a very complex pedal it seems. I would needs months to learn how to properly use this sucker. I have however founds some really gnarly sounds already. A cool little trick I discovered too is that if you turn the length all the way off in some settings, you actually get octave down with some distortion behind it. So rad!
One thing that surprised me though about the Pitchgrinder is that there is not a lot of volume behind it. Kind of odd for a Dwarfcraft pedal. So I'm wondering if that happened somewhere in the tourbox (I know people are rough with shit...) or if it's a bad pot or if it's simple just supposed to be like that. I have to have the volume maxed out to get what I want out of it. So that's one thing to consider I think.
Again, these are initial reactions. I am sooooooooooooo happy to be included in on this tourbox and want to think Aen and the Misses for letting me take a shot at trying these awesome boxes. I am going to be doing some demos soon, so look for those.
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