Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Ian Price on April 12, 2009, 09:58:30 AM
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Just had a quick look at the Zvex website and noticed they have two new pedals coming out, the 'Distortron' and the 'Mastotron'. First new products in a while I think. Anyone heard of them? Maybe not as I don't think they are on the market just yet.
http://www.zvex.com/
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The Distortron is the distortion side of the Box of Rock but with a bit more EQ control. Should be a superb pedal. The BoR is absolutely KILLER IMHO !
Haven't seen the Distortron or Mastotron in the UK yet though.
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A BoR distortion side with a bass control???? :o
Sounds like a GREAT pedal to me. My issue with the BoR is the flabby bass, so this should cure it!
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This could be bad news for me - I'm going through a phase of wanting lots of distortion pedals at the moment! Sounds like it could be a good one to keep an eye out for - I've not seen pricing yet but as it appears to be some kind of silk screen for the logos I'm hoping it's cheaper than the hand painted models.
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Just found this clip/demo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avbOaNa5y64
Around $149 starting price.
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Well, it doesnt have any nice drawings on it :(
:lol:
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That pedal sounds nice and transparent - a good sign!
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That pedal sounds nice and transparent - a good sign!
That's exactly what I was thinking. I've never really been into transparency before but this pedal does sound like it is very transparent indeed.
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A BoR distortion side with a bass control???? :o
Exactly !!
The flubby overbearing bass was a common complaint about the BoR. So Zvex sorted it out for this one.
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The U-tube clip sounds good.
The so called flabby bass of the Box Of Rock is what it's supposed to do. I could never nail that Malcolm tone because none of my pedals or ovedrive channel had that bass tone.
If I need a powerfull overdrive with a tight bass, I switch to the H&K Tube Factor wich has more of an SLP thing going.
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Don't like it - sounds very very very "pedally" if you know what I mean.
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Just spotted that guitarvillage have the distortron in stock:
http://www.guitarvillage.co.uk/product-detail.asp?id=7858
£69 sounds pretty cheap to me!
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This could be bad news for me - I'm going through a phase of wanting lots of distortion pedals at the moment!
i dont think thats bad. if you have an amp that responds well to pedals then that new pedal is an extra channel and a whole new sound
bugger it - just ordered one!!
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damn you ian!! ;)
always had a thing for zvex, i am looking forward to it but i must admit that a control thats says "crackle okay" around it does make me wonder
suddenly memories of my ear drums beginning to self oscilate in manchester ( and for the next few days) are coming into my head
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sounds good in that video,
i have a box of metal which im very happy with. not massively versatile as its designed for heavily overdriven metal, but it does that very well indeed.
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always had a thing for zvex, i am looking forward to it but i must admit that a control thats says "crackle okay" around it does make me wonder
Sorry Wez!
The crackle okay thing is a 'feature' on a lot of his pedals. Basically you just get a crackling sound when you turn the knob - doesn't affect the sound when playing through it though!
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Mastotron here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHgyS1h0oII
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Damn you Ian - I've ordered a Distortron too :lol: I couldn't resist at that price, Sounds Great didn't have any in stock and couldn't confirm pricing, and the Mastotron is £119 somewhere else :o Cheapest BoR was £129, so that's a saving of £60 to lose the boost and add gain/bass toggles. Awesome!
I sold my BoR because of the bass issue, but I really liked the pedal. Can't wait to get the Distorton now. I'm planning on using it into my JTM45 for blues gigs :D
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i think ian should get commision from guitar village!!
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:lol: No one else seems to have it in stock.......
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Mastotron here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHgyS1h0oII
maybe its just my difference in taste, but that is some fugly fuzz, I'd never pay for that! ok i'm assuming the pedal can do more than just in the vid but the vid itself just didn't sell the product to me, which is strange, cause I love the fuzz factory.
i've actually spent the last week listening to demos of every single damn pedal site out there and maybe my ears have gotten too judgmental :)
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So the crackle is normal?
And here I go spraying the pots of my BOR clone half to death with Servisol.
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Yep, the crackle is completely normal and intended. Only affects the pot when you move it, as Ian says.
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i think ian should get commision from guitar village!!
What a fine suggestion :lol: Pretty much all of my guitar related stuff has been bought from GV, maybe they should put me on their payroll!
I'm a bit undecided between the distortron and the mastotron. I want a fuzz for some Frusciante/Hendrix tones so the mastotron might do some of this. I also want another distortion/drive pedal but am not sure how different/similar the distortron will be to my fulltone OCD. Decisions, decisions. :?
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How do you rate the OCD Ian? I'm waiting for Sounds Great to get them in along with the BB plus so I can try one out.
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How do you rate the OCD Ian? I'm waiting for Sounds Great to get them in along with the BB plus so I can try one out.
I like it a lot Tom - it's pretty simple and has some great sounds. Happy to let you borrow it for a while if you want - PM me if you do.
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My Distortron is here!
Very quick first impression is that it's a more flexible Box of Rock as I thought it would be. Woohoo! It sounds a bit transistor-y so it needs a nice warm amp to go into, but the Box of Rock was the same.
Good stuff!
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i have been carded by a business post postie so i guess that might be mine
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Clips!
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Regarding the "crackle OK" thing. I've installed Zvex SHO units in guitars and have changed the gain pot to make it more compatible with an install through the guitar body top and in each case the crackle disappeared. I used a pot with a plastic shaft so I'm inclined to believe that the crackle is due to an earthing problem between the shaft and the pot body. I've experienced a very similar crackle when using push-pull pots/switches with metal knobs; the fix for that has always been plastic knobs or metal knobs with nylon inserts
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The indented 'Drive' control on my Fulltone Fat Boost crackles. Apparently something to do with the FETs re-biasing as you turn it. Couldn't be the same thing could it?
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Could be Indy. The boost has a seperate fet but doesn't crackle but then it doesn't have any real overdrive, just more volume while the first drive fet wich is controled by the knob is there for the overdrive. I don't know much about that stuff.
To me the Box Of Rock (clone) feels and sounds more like an amp than a pedal but you do have to dig into the strings a little to get it to sound lively.
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This sounds awesome on the Pro Guitar Shop video :) Tho its hard to tell with all the clipping, why are people so cr@p at making videos with decent levels? haha
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got mine yesterday... i think i was playing with it for about 2 hours which is the most i have played in a while.
i like it - it feels really intuitive. the crackle isnt really an issue