Baybeats 04, opening nite was great. Saw some pretty rocking action at the arena and electro/indie/melodious stuff at the chillout stage. I like the sound of sgt weener arms's set at the chill out stage. Although there were some blunders, but overall, i like their music. Melodious post rock stuff.
Down at the "village", as they call it. There is a booth showcasing the newly launch wmum OD pedal for shootout, together with couple other overdrive(fulltone fd2, VL sparkledrive, hotcake, BJF baby blue if not wrong and a ibanez TS)
On trying out the wmum overdrive, i find that its comparable to some of the "boutique" od pedals out there. Can get a clean boost to warm crunchy od to some hard driving tone and yet not over "colouring" the original guitar tone. At the point of testing, the only thing which i find not to my preference is that when turning down the vol knob on the guitar, the overdrive tone dont really clean up. Maybe it could be of other factors. I have order one of it and when it comes in, will try to have more time with it and hopefully a better review.
Anyone interested in overdrive pedal should check this pedal out. Its only available in limited quantity as every pedal is handbuilt by the maker himself(on order) and serialised(if you are into that
). As for how much, currently on special intro price during baybeats. Check it out at the booth. Although its higher than normal mass produced od pedals, personally i do find that its a reasonable price considering the effort into making it, hand built and such. If this is a made in US pedal, it might have cost more, imho.....
Here are the pics:
The 3 knobs on top are pretty much standard for any ovderdrive pedals. The pre gain knob is a nice touch on this pedal. Bascially its for more gain and frequency response to enhance the upper harmonics for sweet sustain, as the spec sheet put it.
From the spec sheet:
-highest quality components used to ensure consistent and reliable tone
-Metal film resistors for precision and low noise
-Non electrolytic/tantalum capacitors in audio path for reduced coloration
-Hi quallity turned pin sockets for easy user mod of opamp chip(pretty cool, imho )
-Low noise hi bandwidth opamp used for extra clarity and punch
-True bypass switching with bridge white lediindicator and using 3pdt switch
-Full size UK made meggitt pots for durability and excellent turning feel
-18v operation ok, for higher headroom needs(can be operated fro 9v-18v)
-DC jack socket and battery enabled
-cast aluminum enclosure
-Hand made, pedal serialised and dated by the maker himself
Lastly, iam in no way associated with the biz/sale of this pedal. Iam just into pedals and the maker, edwin, indeed does have some pretty good ideas in his effect. Support local
Down at the "village", as they call it. There is a booth showcasing the newly launch wmum OD pedal for shootout, together with couple other overdrive(fulltone fd2, VL sparkledrive, hotcake, BJF baby blue if not wrong and a ibanez TS)
On trying out the wmum overdrive, i find that its comparable to some of the "boutique" od pedals out there. Can get a clean boost to warm crunchy od to some hard driving tone and yet not over "colouring" the original guitar tone. At the point of testing, the only thing which i find not to my preference is that when turning down the vol knob on the guitar, the overdrive tone dont really clean up. Maybe it could be of other factors. I have order one of it and when it comes in, will try to have more time with it and hopefully a better review.
Anyone interested in overdrive pedal should check this pedal out. Its only available in limited quantity as every pedal is handbuilt by the maker himself(on order) and serialised(if you are into that
). As for how much, currently on special intro price during baybeats. Check it out at the booth. Although its higher than normal mass produced od pedals, personally i do find that its a reasonable price considering the effort into making it, hand built and such. If this is a made in US pedal, it might have cost more, imho..... Here are the pics:
The 3 knobs on top are pretty much standard for any ovderdrive pedals. The pre gain knob is a nice touch on this pedal. Bascially its for more gain and frequency response to enhance the upper harmonics for sweet sustain, as the spec sheet put it.
From the spec sheet:
-highest quality components used to ensure consistent and reliable tone
-Metal film resistors for precision and low noise
-Non electrolytic/tantalum capacitors in audio path for reduced coloration
-Hi quallity turned pin sockets for easy user mod of opamp chip(pretty cool, imho
)-Low noise hi bandwidth opamp used for extra clarity and punch
-True bypass switching with bridge white lediindicator and using 3pdt switch
-Full size UK made meggitt pots for durability and excellent turning feel
-18v operation ok, for higher headroom needs(can be operated fro 9v-18v)
-DC jack socket and battery enabled
-cast aluminum enclosure
-Hand made, pedal serialised and dated by the maker himself
Lastly, iam in no way associated with the biz/sale of this pedal. Iam just into pedals and the maker, edwin, indeed does have some pretty good ideas in his effect. Support local
