I haven't heard "Big Log" by Robert Plant for while but this pedal reminded me of the guitar on that song. I just gave it a listen and I think I could be right. It sort of gives a slapback sound to heavy reverb.
In 1977 you didn't have too many options to shape your tone. Over 40 years later it's easy to say it's useless. I like what it does, but today's prices are insane.
In the late 70s when this came out you had players like Michael Schenker who would "park" a wah pedal at 3/4 toe-down position for a searing lead sound that would cut through a mix. This pedal basically serves that function minus the treadle. You can place it after dirt or fuzz to create some really crazy sounds. MXR makes a similar pedal called the Q Zone, btw.
It’s a bandpass with a blend knob. Can be really useful in a live setting, if your sound is either too muddy or too thin
Great demo, Pepe! I’m very happy to be the owner of this exact pedal now. Thanks!
So it's an EQ pedal with 2 controls
Lol
If this pedal was like fifty bucks I'd consider it. This must have been really cool back in the '70s though because the funk tones are pretty nice.
Even 50 bucks is too much, you can do all this does for less $. It's only worth buying for cheap because there are suckers willing to overpay.
I haven't heard "Big Log" by Robert Plant for while but this pedal reminded me of the guitar on that song. I just gave it a listen and I think I could be right. It sort of gives a slapback sound to heavy reverb.
This is the final pedal I need to get to complete my "long dash" collection. I also have the HM-2... i think it will sound like totally rad with my LP
So it's a 500 dollar tone knob?
Yeah, lol actually it’s a $1000 tone knob depending on where you buy it. Your almost better off with a mid priced e.q. rack or just better pick ups .
seems like a parametric eq without the Q control?
That's it, correct. But ultra rare.
Like a very mild phase shifter?
Yes, you could say that it is like a static phase shifter.
Sounds like it works best with keyboards.
Wot does it actually do ? 😮
It is some kind of a parametric equalizer for a single frequency band. Listen to the sound clips to get an idea what the two knobs are doing.
Sounds better as a piano/bass pedal
Could this be the most useless Boss pedal ever?
In 1977 you didn't have too many options to shape your tone. Over 40 years later it's easy to say it's useless. I like what it does, but today's prices are insane.
@@PepeMusic Prices are insane because not many people bought it in 1977.A '77/'78 PH-1 doesn't cost a fraction and is still sounds great today.
In the late 70s when this came out you had players like Michael Schenker who would "park" a wah pedal at 3/4 toe-down position for a searing lead sound that would cut through a mix. This pedal basically serves that function minus the treadle. You can place it after dirt or fuzz to create some really crazy sounds. MXR makes a similar pedal called the Q Zone, btw.
@@phantasmagora6542I saw a video of the guitar player for Khruangbin showing he does what you describe with a wah set at one position.
No, that would be the Boss Enhancer 😂 It basically just makes you sound like you put on a new set of strings. Does nothing other than that lol