2xNPD! (Blackout Effectors & OBNE content)

[frigid midget]

Thanks for the smooooth transaction, dangergirlstarship.



My first OBNE pedal, as well as my first Blackout Effectors. Come to think of it, the Fuzz Bear would be my first real Tone Bender-esque derivate.

Won't get to hear 'em in action till the weekend

[UglyCasanova]

I want to try both of those. Nice haul!

Dual demo?

[frigid midget]

That'll be a challenge, gear whise, but I'll give it try asap!

[frigid midget]

First impressions (Sorry, didn't get the chance to record anything):

I *might* not be the right guy for these pedals. It's too soon to make any sort of conclusive judgement, but so far here's my humble little review:

-Fuzz Bear: I guess I was hoping for more tone bender-ish sounds, but this pedlol is really all about the finnicky and unpredictable fuzz factory-like squeels and oscillation. I couldn't get it to sound like a more gainy tone bender. If it's a case of user error, I'd like to hear from fellow fuzz bear owners about the settings I should try for a somewhat useable/musical fuzz tone

-Haunt: This one can go overboard as well, but there's pleny of useable splatty or gated stuff inthere as well. Which is always kinda nasal and scratchy/thin too though, making it hard to cut throuh in a loud band. I also feel like I could do without the tone switch and one of the controls, the versatility of this pedal isn't what you'd expect from something with that many pots/switches

I don't mean to diss eather, but this just comfirms what I already knew:

-I'm hard to please.
-I'm all about efficiency and straight forwardness, and I'm not so much into glitchy space ship sounds that only sound cool for 5 minutes, when I'm on my own