Arc Flash. Throw Out Your Cat, It's A Rat Killer.

[one bad monkey]

Just had a chance to try out the Arc Flash I traded (it came in Friday, but I was busy until now), and compare it to my Chalice. I was able to get some redundant tones between the two, although the Chalice was a little warmer to my ears. However - and I think this may be sacrilege given the name of the forum - I found some really great "subtle fuzzy overdrive" tones on it. I could hear my tone clearly, mixed in with this little bit of fuzz that emulates an overdriven amp, but without the muddiness that I find in pedals like that (I'm looking at you, SansAmp). Had I known of this pedal last August when I was doing a run of TOMMY (that's assuming the AF was around last August?), it would've easily bumped my Line6 BassPod tones I was using.

[CBA]

Ooh updates to the Arc Flash, Eh?....
Intrigued This may just solve the worry I had that the Arc Flash would be too bright and "cutting" (to use Tom's word ) with my rig.

I'm not interested in a Tone knob or Tone toggle, but I'm wondering what some of the other mods do, such as the "low gain" mode and the "high bleed". Wait... isn't the "low gain" mode just the switch flipped down?

Would any of you describe the Arc Flash as "metallic"? I love my RAT, but find that it can be a little metallic sounding.

Plus, wouldn't you WANT your Arc Flash to "cut"? Seems like in this thread the word "cutting" has been used pejoritively, unless I'm missing something.

C

EDIT:

I just had a fucking BRILLIANT idea. Would any of you consider the lower gain mode of the Arc Flash to be a way fuzzier Hi-Five? I love my Hi-Five, but then I thought I could use the Arc Flash as a fuzzboost on my fuzzboard and keep my Hi-Five on my more tame board (I play in three different bands). I axed 7#9 about this possibility... anyone else wanna chime in?

[mynar7]

The low gain mode on mine goes from so low you can't even hear it to super starved fuzz at 3 o'clock to clear and fuzzy dimed. It's a quirky pedal but pretty wild. The tone control helps a lot when playing loud and on the higher gain settings