For those of you interested, that Blackstar ID TVP head is killer. I run it through a closed back 4x12 cab. I've rehearsed and gigged with it for years. It's never let me down. I can create nearly anyone's tone with it. Perfect for cover band guitarist, but get the multi button footswitch for it
I bought a Black Hammer right after seeing this review. Thanks Max. Now that I've had it for the past 5 months I have been able to get to know it's limits and capabilities. The boost works great. It tends to distort the origional tone. The chorus sounds awesome. The delay sounds awesome. The high gain distortion is okay, but I don't use it. I use my Boss Metal Zone and my DOD 7 band EQ into my sonicake pedal to the front of my amp. I love my rig.
These are your basic “go to” effects for any rock player! Sure, people will use wah, maybe some flange or phase or tremolo once in awhile, but not as often as those main 4! Perfect!
I bought the Wolf guitar for my son after seeing your video review. He loves it. Now I will have to buy this go along with it. Thank you for your reviews. We are always watching to see what we might like to get next.
THANKS MAD MAX FOUND THIS BY ACCIDENT ON AMAZON..AND AFTER YOUR VID..I'M GETTING ONE TO PRACTICE WITH AND KEEP MY MAIN PEDAL BOARD AT MY STUDIO THANKS BRO RnR NIKI
You inspired me to purchase this pedal Max (arrived about 8-10 days ago)- first I've jammed on in YEARS (I'd used the on - amp cleans n overdrive channels & effects) and it's been fun 🤘 Keep up the reviews and congratulations on 100k !
Had been looking at this pedal for a while. Didn't know if was worth the money. Thanks for doing this video. Helped me make up my mind. Just ordered it, thanks Max! You rock! :)
It really is 4 Pedals in one! This is the best pedal! It makes my clean Bugera Tube amp rock or do metal!!! Not quiet all Dejent, but almost! It actually is usable across all tones. All dials adjustments are usable to about 93-97% of the dial then it gets clippy choppy but at the very end (last 3%). Sounds very good, not solid state muted or dead. Max shows a very small amount of what this pedal does but very accurate! The pedal can do Blues to Rock To Metal, it doesn't clip out on Punk or D-metal it almost can Djent. The auto noise reduction makes it clear, Boost, the Chorus, Gain Delay dials are firm and super easy to use. Hope this helps.
Excellent review thanks.Literally stumbled across these pedals on eBay today.Already thinking of having a black hammer and rockstage on my jam/open mic/rehearsal pedalboard because they just seem so small and convenient.I was looking at a cheapy board of Donner nanos I could just grab and go rather than my main board but these are gamechangers 👍
Wonderful playing, Max. You made me buy one and it is very nice. Like most of what you need without all the cords and cables. The adjustment and range of the effects is outstanding. Switches decent, too. Very nice and a bargain. Thanks, Max.
Great review! I have the Sonicake Rockstage which is equally as cool. It’s pure 80’s rock tone in a tight package with a bonus cab simulator switch!! 🤘😎
I ordered for x-mas the sonicake rockstage, and it's awesome. Distortion, Chorus, delay and reverb in one tiny and affordable pedal. Very well built and durable. Have to order a booster, but it was $25usd. So I guess I haver an alternative to my boss me-70. All your videos are awesome Max, cheers.
I just got mine on ebay directly from the sonicake store around $70 us dollars, free shipping! PERFECT for classic rock, metal and just fooling around! Remember, amp clean settings are a must. Hope you have fun!
Thanks Charles! Depending on the style of Chorus / Flanger, for my taste they can be somewhat interchangeable. I like the sound of the Chorus in this pedal. Nice, but not to washy sounding, imo. Rock on!!
I really love the overdrive side of the ibanez jemini, pan delay, reverb and a bit of a phaser if I'm feeling adventurous...... Plugged into a crunch channel of an amp.
Great review as always Max, like many people in the comments I already have these effects on my Boss GT6 pedalboard but it's big / bulky & heavy so this appeals to me due to it's compact nature & light weight & I've just ordered mine through ebay so thanks for the link Max :-) PS: I hope your arms feeling much better now, that's a horrendous injury for a guitar player...
I have the high 3 in 1 high gain pedal from Donner , delay, chorus,high gain distortion and i love it, i bought an eq to boost the mids its awsome and reliable its on my pedal board and i gig with it !
A similar pedal that costs about the same is the Mosky Red Fox or the Amoon DTC which is cheaper rebrand of it. It's a distortion, overdrive, delay, and a looper in one pedal. It even has an FX loop so you can put some effects in between. Another cool one that has a similar concept and is the same price is the Mosky Tone bus. It's a two overdrives, a compressor, and an eight output power supply.
I purchased one (New) after your intro about it on a previous video. Paid $56 shipped (eBay). I couldn’t wait for your review :D. Great video as usual !!!
Re: the question you asked at the end, I would imagine a flanger could come in handy if you wanted to get an EVH tone. But maybe the flanger would be more useful than the chorus in their RockStage device. It seems to be directed more toward the 70's rock crowd- Reverb, delay, flanger, and Marshall style distortion would work for me.
hey, great review man. my ideal would probably be distortion (preferrably british style), compression, chorus, and octave. but thats just me! i keep it pretty subtle, but i dug what you did in this review, sorta skewed me toward pickin up the black hammer. i just grabbed the shark because i dug the tone, but i might like to also have this. thanks a bunch, cheers. happy new year.
I run ABY to a Peavey Bandit transtube using that at 10% resonance and presence on and the second amp is a CRATE gt212. I footswitch the crate for higher gain stages there because the Peavey can break up nicely on it's own. I'm pretty sure this pedal and the Compressor I already use would be the perfect group for me.
Things just get better all the time! Looks like I’m a fool not to get one of these pedals. Those are really my main effects that I use. Unreal. Thanx Max
For those of you guys struggling to find this pedal, I highly recommend checking out some chinese branded pedals because most of the time they use the exact same mold for these pedals and change the effects frequently, one brand I remember seeing is Mosky who does three pedals instead of four but does retain the mold of this pedal as well.
Love it! Great review. I need one of those. Essential effects for the rock tone. I use a tube screamer, boss chorus, memory toy and sometimes a tremolo, wah, and volume pedal to get any sound I want. And I'm not a shred style guitarist by any means. But for blues, rock and jazzy type jam stuff those pedals work fine with my Strat run through a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe. Thanks for posting another good one.
This pedal would probably match very well to a Boss Katana which has a proprietary clean channel. The Katana is already a very good amp with built in effects and sounds fantastic. I love mine.
Trying so hard to not to sound like a hard sell. But DEFINITELY GET ONE! LOL... It's indeed a nice pedal. By the way, this is Richard from Sonicake. Hi, Jeff, nice to meet you : )
Max that is close to my setup. I dont have the boost or a noise control. Plus I have the delay before the chorus. Might have to switch them. But for $70 buck that not a bad setup. Its great if that all you need. You gear can fit right in the gig or case. Less to care around. I'll have to check out the links. Thanks for another great gear demo and video.
That's a nice little pedal except for the distortion. Like almost all of those High Gain distortion pedals this one sounds really sweet on the top end and nasty and Buzzy on the bottom end. Thanks for the demo
I like the idea of this pedal (reminds me of an old Ibanez/Maxon multieffect pedal that I had years ago) but the distortion sound of it is not my cup of tea. But I am not sure that it is the pedals fault or I just prefer passive pickups. I would love a variation of this with a lower gain distortion and a tubescreamer-like boost in it.
Awesome review as always! I really like this setup for a fat rock guitar tone as well, I think I would just add a flanger pedal to it, to get some more movement on certain solos.
You make everything sound great. I'd have to try it for myself. I'm skeptical about cheap pedals. Especially ones that do more than one thing at a time. Cheap guitars can sound great through nice pedals and amp, but not the other way around IMO. However, you made it sound appealing.
@@AD1978leo They are nice guitars, especially for the price. The stock pups aren't bad, but throw a set of Blackouts in it and that is one cookin guitar.
Saw 1 of these on another channel a while back. Great thing, just grab 1 pedal n go n it could even fit in at least some guitar cases. Only thing I'd wanna add in there is some reverb n a chromatic tuner.
really digging your guitar riffs - creative and really shows off what the pedal can do - I want to also say, your demo was very articulate, great voice and appearance. You should really look into some TV or Movie work ... just saying.
Nice concise review. have you tried the sonicake twiggy blues? I think I could do without the chorus, not a big fan, and not super high gain. But the twiggy has overdrive, reverb, compressor delay AND cab sims I believe. Shame they dont put in an effects loop, like the Moskey 4 in 1, which you can add a pedal before delay, but after overdrive.
I love overdrives, but I really need a "Klon" style OD in my rig, delay, and a Tremolo pedal of some kind personally. That's just a sound/functionality I've been used to for going on 20 years or so (I had an original Silver Klon for closer to 15 years in my rig, and currently use a Mythical OD which I actually prefer to my old original). I think this pedal sounds fantastic however, and I might pick one up for my girlfriend's son (I've been teaching him guitar, and recently gave him my first electric from the 90's, and old Epiphone LP Custom). The OD in this unit reminds me a lot of the old single knob MXR Micro Boosts, which aren't just for shredding, John Davis from Superdrag rocked seriously heavy chords with one as both a singer, and a lead/rhythm player for years and years (the end of this song "Annetichrist" comes to mind, it gets huge sounding th-cam.com/video/ldBKAxX6isg/w-d-xo.html). Anyways John was always fantastic in terms of tasteful tones and melody, and he made one knob work (though his sound is more Dinosaur Jr meets The Foo Fighters than straight metal). Anyway Max, great video!
For pure Guitar Hero wankery, I'd have swapped the chorus in that signal chain for an MXR style Flanger. Chorus is better suited to building atmosphere in clean tones, IMHO. Then again, I don't use Chorus or Flange in my lead sound because it tends to add more mud than I care for. Van Halen used a flange because the old MXRs added gain to the signal, which was hard to come by in the late 70's. Just my 2¢.
But its all in one and easy to use plus with 4 different effects you would pay way more than a hundred bucks to attain the 4 pedals and power supplies...so this is a much better deal by far. Especially for the home guitarist looking to record at home....
@@davidkastin4240 Which ones would those be??.. Wife.. Kill or evil task??... Hell I had to get cable installed in the dog house, because of the guitars and such I've bought... Mine aint no joke.. AND she's a rocker at that... Go figure...lol..
For those of you interested, that Blackstar ID TVP head is killer. I run it through a closed back 4x12 cab. I've rehearsed and gigged with it for years. It's never let me down. I can create nearly anyone's tone with it. Perfect for cover band guitarist, but get the multi button footswitch for it
I bought a Black Hammer right after seeing this review. Thanks Max. Now that I've had it for the past 5 months I have been able to get to know it's limits and capabilities. The boost works great. It tends to distort the origional tone. The chorus sounds awesome. The delay sounds awesome. The high gain distortion is okay, but I don't use it. I use my Boss Metal Zone and my DOD 7 band EQ into my sonicake pedal to the front of my amp. I love my rig.
These are your basic “go to” effects for any rock player! Sure, people will use wah, maybe some flange or phase or tremolo once in awhile, but not as often as those main 4! Perfect!
I bought the Wolf guitar for my son after seeing your video review. He loves it. Now I will have to buy this go along with it. Thank you for your reviews. We are always watching to see what we might like to get next.
Excellent! I'm glad he's enjoying it.
THANKS MAD MAX
FOUND THIS BY ACCIDENT ON AMAZON..AND AFTER YOUR VID..I'M GETTING ONE TO PRACTICE WITH AND KEEP MY MAIN PEDAL BOARD AT MY STUDIO
THANKS BRO
RnR
NIKI
Great pedal. Thank you very much for introducing this thing. I will definitely get one!
Trying so hard to not to sound like a hard sell. But DEFINITELY get one! LOL... Hi, this is Richard from Sonicake. Nice to meet you. Cheers!
You inspired me to purchase this pedal Max (arrived about 8-10 days ago)- first I've jammed on in YEARS (I'd used the on - amp cleans n overdrive channels & effects) and it's been fun 🤘
Keep up the reviews and congratulations on 100k !
Had been looking at this pedal for a while. Didn't know if was worth the money. Thanks for doing this video. Helped me make up my mind. Just ordered it, thanks Max! You rock! :)
Another great video. Although I can't play guitar but I always watch your videos and enjoy each one of them.
Thanks John!
Never to late to lurn buddy
It really is 4 Pedals in one!
This is the best pedal! It makes my clean Bugera Tube amp rock or do metal!!! Not quiet all Dejent, but almost!
It actually is usable across all tones. All dials adjustments are usable to about 93-97% of the dial then it gets clippy choppy but at the very end (last 3%).
Sounds very good, not solid state muted or dead.
Max shows a very small amount of what this pedal does but very accurate!
The pedal can do Blues to Rock To Metal, it doesn't clip out on Punk or D-metal it almost can Djent.
The auto noise reduction makes it clear, Boost, the Chorus, Gain Delay dials are firm and super easy to use.
Hope this helps.
Brilliant... Thank you. For UK - Just found it on 'The Bay' for £60 Free Postage to UK..
Oh postage ! noyce !
Ordered this today, it'll be delivered next Friday (4/5/19)!! Can't wait to check it out!! Thank you for the video my friend!! Rock On!! =\//-/=🤘🎸
Excellent review thanks.Literally stumbled across these pedals on eBay today.Already thinking of having a black hammer and rockstage on my jam/open mic/rehearsal pedalboard because they just seem so small and convenient.I was looking at a cheapy board of Donner nanos I could just grab and go rather than my main board but these are gamechangers 👍
Wonderful playing, Max. You made me buy one and it is very nice. Like most of what you need without all the cords and cables. The adjustment and range of the effects is outstanding. Switches decent, too. Very nice and a bargain. Thanks, Max.
Great review! I have the Sonicake Rockstage which is equally as cool. It’s pure 80’s rock tone in a tight package with a bonus cab simulator switch!! 🤘😎
great review! i was waiting on this one since you showed it off. the tones sounded killer!
Thank you so much for emphasizing a good signal chain ... Kudos!
There it is!!!!
I ordered for x-mas the sonicake rockstage, and it's awesome. Distortion, Chorus, delay and reverb in one tiny and affordable pedal. Very well built and durable. Have to order a booster, but it was $25usd. So I guess I haver an alternative to my boss me-70. All your videos are awesome Max, cheers.
RockStage is my fav! BTW, this is Richard from Sonicake.
That is the sexiest Squier I've ever seen and heard, and goddamn if that effects pedal isn't killer. Dig it!
That's a new variant of Squier Contemporary Series strat.
Great video as always, Max.
I just got mine on ebay directly from the sonicake store around $70 us dollars, free shipping! PERFECT for classic rock, metal and just fooling around! Remember, amp clean settings are a must. Hope you have fun!
Dude that pedal is crazy sick.. Christmas gift to myself lol
Excellent video Max!!! The Sonic Cake seems to have the essentials, flange would be the only other essential thing I could think of...lol. Rock on!!!😎
Thanks Charles! Depending on the style of Chorus / Flanger, for my taste they can be somewhat interchangeable. I like the sound of the Chorus in this pedal. Nice, but not to washy sounding, imo. Rock on!!
I really love the overdrive side of the ibanez jemini, pan delay, reverb and a bit of a phaser if I'm feeling adventurous...... Plugged into a crunch channel of an amp.
I own and LOVE that Blackstar TVP. Awesome tones and versatility. I have a few dozen pedals....and now I need this one..LOL
Great review as always Max, like many people in the comments I already have these effects on my Boss GT6 pedalboard but it's big / bulky & heavy so this appeals to me due to it's compact nature & light weight & I've just ordered mine through ebay so thanks for the link Max :-)
PS: I hope your arms feeling much better now, that's a horrendous injury for a guitar player...
I have the high 3 in 1 high gain pedal from Donner , delay, chorus,high gain distortion and i love it, i bought an eq to boost the mids its awsome and reliable its on my pedal board and i gig with it !
Perfect combo! Thanks Max...
The Dirt At 5:17 sounded fantastic!! Great demo!!
I have a sonicake Twiggy Blues and it's fantastic. So much so that I sold off my dedicated reverb, delay, and boost pedals, these things are amazing.
KILLER!!!! Max, I'm going to need a pedal board the size of a mini van soon! Great product. Keep it up man!🖖
My DSL 40 on crunch with my Joyo Vintage overdrive, and my Donner mini reverb gives me a good RnR sound. Cool Music Insane is a go to as well.
Glad you did this pedal ..the rock stage one is great as well .
Sonic cake has a great heavy sound and also a chill sound. I haven't heard a multi pedal that good even if it was short of $100.
Yep, that's what we do, bringing cool sounding stuff under $100. Thanks for the kind words, man. Cheers! : ）
This pedal looks and sounds awesome .another great video .you rule sir
Beautiful Strat
Very nice
Great informative review
Sounds very 80s
Got to get one of these. Love the vids Max! I hope you decide to go ahead and make the physical merchandise you were asking about.
Hey Rex! thanks! Yep, looks like I'll be doing some CDs, TAB books and picks! Maybe t-shirt eventually too.
A similar pedal that costs about the same is the Mosky Red Fox or the Amoon DTC which is cheaper rebrand of it. It's a distortion, overdrive, delay, and a looper in one pedal. It even has an FX loop so you can put some effects in between. Another cool one that has a similar concept and is the same price is the Mosky Tone bus. It's a two overdrives, a compressor, and an eight output power supply.
Thanks for that mate. Helpful
Always very enjoyable, thank you Max.
Great pedal and great review! Thanks for the great advise, you have one of the best guitar-related channels and very useful
I purchased one (New) after your intro about it on a previous video. Paid $56 shipped (eBay). I couldn’t wait for your review :D.
Great video as usual !!!
Re: the question you asked at the end, I would imagine a flanger could come in handy if you wanted to get an EVH tone. But maybe the flanger would be more useful than the chorus in their RockStage device. It seems to be directed more toward the 70's rock crowd- Reverb, delay, flanger, and Marshall style distortion would work for me.
That reverse headstock is SLAMMIN'
hey, great review man. my ideal would probably be distortion (preferrably british style), compression, chorus, and octave. but thats just me! i keep it pretty subtle, but i dug what you did in this review, sorta skewed me toward pickin up the black hammer. i just grabbed the shark because i dug the tone, but i might like to also have this. thanks a bunch, cheers. happy new year.
Easily my favorite guitarist on youtube or even beyond that. This guy is amazing. Upload more videos soon 🤘
I run ABY to a Peavey Bandit transtube using that at 10% resonance and presence on and the second amp is a CRATE gt212. I footswitch the crate for higher gain stages there because the Peavey can break up nicely on it's own. I'm pretty sure this pedal and the Compressor I already use would be the perfect group for me.
Things just get better all the time! Looks like I’m a fool not to get one of these pedals. Those are really my main effects that I use. Unreal. Thanx Max
For those of you guys struggling to find this pedal, I highly recommend checking out some chinese branded pedals because most of the time they use the exact same mold for these pedals and change the effects frequently, one brand I remember seeing is Mosky who does three pedals instead of four but does retain the mold of this pedal as well.
Love it! Great review. I need one of those. Essential effects for the rock tone. I use a tube screamer, boss chorus, memory toy and sometimes a tremolo, wah, and volume pedal to get any sound I want. And I'm not a shred style guitarist by any means. But for blues, rock and jazzy type jam stuff those pedals work fine with my Strat run through a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe. Thanks for posting another good one.
This pedal would probably match very well to a Boss Katana which has a proprietary clean channel. The Katana is already a very good amp with built in effects and sounds fantastic. I love mine.
I wish I had this stuff in the mid 80s ! lol. Thanx Max !
I dig this kinda unit. Might have to look into getting one. Great reviews as always.
Trying so hard to not to sound like a hard sell. But DEFINITELY GET ONE! LOL... It's indeed a nice pedal. By the way, this is Richard from Sonicake. Hi, Jeff, nice to meet you : )
Dude, I love your reviews.
Great Peddle Max I love it. I realy want one. thanks for showing us. take care from your pal Helcat in Australia.
The pedal is good , but the active pickups in the strat body is what is making it sound so good. Its a formula.
Best channel on TH-cam 👌😁
thats a beautiful guitar you have there Max :D
Well done as always Max added to your playlist
Real cool combo pedal- really great price!!!!
Seems like a nice toy. I already have these effects but I'm tempted to try this pedal.
Great vid as always, stellar playing skills.
I'm sold. Buying mine next week.
Hi there. New sub here. Dan from guns and guitars sent me by!! Really cool pedal. May have to order one. Hope you have a speedy recovery.
Just got mine from sonicake official on ebay for $55. Its a solid feeling pedal.
i have a similar pedal like that but it has a cab simulator switch, fx loop and tuner. Valeton Dapper Dark. it also comes with a power adapter.
Max that is close to my setup. I dont have the boost or a noise control. Plus I have the delay before the chorus. Might have to switch them. But for $70 buck that not a bad setup. Its great if that all you need. You gear can fit right in the gig or case. Less to care around. I'll have to check out the links. Thanks for another great gear demo and video.
Very cool find.
That's a nice little pedal except for the distortion. Like almost all of those High Gain distortion pedals this one sounds really sweet on the top end and nasty and Buzzy on the bottom end. Thanks for the demo
Agree, not a pleasant sound for the distortion. Oh well, for 70 bucks, it's a lot better than what I had as a kid.
One thing being a guitar player does so well: makes sure you ALWAYS have something cool to spend ALL your money on!
Lovin that squire btw🤘
I like the idea of this pedal (reminds me of an old Ibanez/Maxon multieffect pedal that I had years ago) but the distortion sound of it is not my cup of tea. But I am not sure that it is the pedals fault or I just prefer passive pickups. I would love a variation of this with a lower gain distortion and a tubescreamer-like boost in it.
Could you do a review of the Donner Alpha Cruncher and or Alpha Force? Similar concept, just like to see how they compare.
Sounds huge! Or it could be that supercharged Squier! Love your channel and always great playing and information.
The pedalboard space it frees up is worth it.
Awesome review as always! I really like this setup for a fat rock guitar tone as well, I think I would just add a flanger pedal to it, to get some more movement on certain solos.
I got me one of these about a month ago, pretty amazing for the price.
You make everything sound great. I'd have to try it for myself. I'm skeptical about cheap pedals. Especially ones that do more than one thing at a time. Cheap guitars can sound great through nice pedals and amp, but not the other way around IMO. However, you made it sound appealing.
Interesting brother!!!! Demz80’s My Dude!!!
I bought the Ammoon Pockmon. Madness!
Four effects for $70 is almost too good to pass up.
Do you have a Link to the Squier Strat in the video?
Thanks!
It's a squier contemporary series strat
@@AD1978leo They are nice guitars, especially for the price. The stock pups aren't bad, but throw a set of Blackouts in it and that is one cookin guitar.
Thanks Fellas!
bullwhip johnson tempted to buy one.. how was it? Any Achilles heel discovered?
@@onzkicg I haven't been able to purchase anything since I made those comments. Sorry.
Saw 1 of these on another channel a while back. Great thing, just grab 1 pedal n go n it could even fit in at least some guitar cases. Only thing I'd wanna add in there is some reverb n a chromatic tuner.
WOW! That is literally my entire pedal board in one tiny unit! lol
really digging your guitar riffs - creative and really shows off what the pedal can do - I want to also say, your demo was very articulate, great voice and appearance. You should really look into some TV or Movie work ... just saying.
I just bought one, i never knew glenn danzig was good at advertising guitar pedals
for real tho
-5 points
@@French_Canadian_Pea_Soup i did buy the pedal and whatched the whole video, would that at least give me my 5 points back?
Looks like something cool to check out. Cheers.
It has everything in it except a headphones output jack with volume knob, reverb ( plate, hall, room) and phase (Van Halen 1st Album). Knob controls!
Sound's great, i would swap the delay for reverb though..
Kinda like a cheap tech21 but less noisy and way cheaper! Cool video😎!
Thanks for this
Nice concise review. have you tried the sonicake twiggy blues? I think I could do without the chorus, not a big fan, and not super high gain. But the twiggy has overdrive, reverb, compressor delay AND cab sims I believe. Shame they dont put in an effects loop, like the Moskey 4 in 1, which you can add a pedal before delay, but after overdrive.
It would be so cool if they did something like this but as a pedal amp. Have a high gain preamp and a 100 watt power amp
Cool new intro!
A great guitar to a legacy !!!!
I love overdrives, but I really need a "Klon" style OD in my rig, delay, and a Tremolo pedal of some kind personally. That's just a sound/functionality I've been used to for going on 20 years or so (I had an original Silver Klon for closer to 15 years in my rig, and currently use a Mythical OD which I actually prefer to my old original). I think this pedal sounds fantastic however, and I might pick one up for my girlfriend's son (I've been teaching him guitar, and recently gave him my first electric from the 90's, and old Epiphone LP Custom). The OD in this unit reminds me a lot of the old single knob MXR Micro Boosts, which aren't just for shredding, John Davis from Superdrag rocked seriously heavy chords with one as both a singer, and a lead/rhythm player for years and years (the end of this song "Annetichrist" comes to mind, it gets huge sounding th-cam.com/video/ldBKAxX6isg/w-d-xo.html). Anyways John was always fantastic in terms of tasteful tones and melody, and he made one knob work (though his sound is more Dinosaur Jr meets The Foo Fighters than straight metal). Anyway Max, great video!
@guitarmax you can find several of this brand with different effects built in. you should check them out also.
Sonicake i like their multi effect pedals
Sounds exactly like the old black peavey floor multi-fx pre-amp/effects driver....same lay out too.
For pure Guitar Hero wankery, I'd have swapped the chorus in that signal chain for an MXR style Flanger. Chorus is better suited to building atmosphere in clean tones, IMHO.
Then again, I don't use Chorus or Flange in my lead sound because it tends to add more mud than I care for. Van Halen used a flange because the old MXRs added gain to the signal, which was hard to come by in the late 70's.
Just my 2¢.
But its all in one and easy to use plus with 4 different effects you would pay way more than a hundred bucks to attain the 4 pedals and power supplies...so this is a much better deal by far. Especially for the home guitarist looking to record at home....
Thanx Maxx.. Another informative video!!!.. The wife is gonna kill me if I buy another pedal, but Imma do it..
Amen brother wives can been evil task masters...lol
@@Powerfulmantha Truer words have rarely been spoken!!..lol
Stop using those 4 letter curse words
@@davidkastin4240 Which ones would those be??.. Wife.. Kill or evil task??... Hell I had to get cable installed in the dog house, because of the guitars and such I've bought... Mine aint no joke.. AND she's a rocker at that... Go figure...lol..
@@Dzo826 Wife 👹
I've had a version of this Sonicake. It's pretty good. You can get better but not for the price.
An alternative to dial in Van Halen guitar sound instead of chasing expensive vintage pedals.