It’s a great example of complex results from simple rules – the sonic capabilities are downright mind-blowing, despite the simple face of the pedal. This operates a little like a speed control on a tape-machine looper, running the tape forward or backwards at a given speed, pitch-shifts and all. When in either of the loop modes, the ‘direction’ of the loop is controlled by a knob or an expression pedal. The looper also eschews long loop times in favour of soundscape-building experimentation. The delay’s character is best described as ‘wild’, and depending on your setting almost immediately descends into completely un-guitar-like oscillation. The Count To Five by Montreal Assembly is a three-mode pedal, offering a delay and two flavours of slicing looper. + Charming lo-fi sounds right out of the box I/O: Mono ins + outs, the liquid chamber is also an input if you think about itīypass: True bypass Montreal Assembly Count To Five
Some might view it as gimmicky, but to others, it’s a way of truly separating their sound from the pack.ĭescription: Overdrive pedal that derives its tone from the liquid you pour into a sealed chamber OK, it’s an unlikely solution to liquid disasters because it’s actually quite a small pedal and you’d need to leave the lid of the small chamber open for that to work, but in any case the Minibar is truly unique – utilising a liquid analyser to change the overdrive sound based on the liquid’s refracting characteristic. Or, it would have, but luckily you were using the Rainger FX Minibar, and the introduction of a new liquid just gave you an even more exciting overdrive tone. An audience member is jostled, their plastic pint glass of overpriced lager thrown into the air, landing on your carefully assembled pedalboard – and your signal dies. It’s a scenario that strikes terror into the heart of any effects-pedal aficionado. + Lots of usable sounds despite the oddness EQD describes it as “wild pitch take-offs and descends, chaos chorusing, shrieks, groans, gurgles, wizard-blessed wizardry, signal transformation, imminent destruction, and other general mayhem” – a totally fair description.ĭescription: Pitch-drifting chorus/delay, made in USAĬontrols: Knobs for primary and secondary modulation, ‘magic’ knob and footswitch, knob for overall pitch adjustment of wet signal, tracking control for ‘lag time’īypass: True bypass with dual-mode momentary and latching footswitches for both magic and bypass Rainger FX Minibar Once this footswitch is pressed, the pitch can glide up or down – though not in a smooth, whammy-like way. Roll a dice to determine which category you’ll find it in on a retailer’s website, because inside here is a polyphonic, pitch-shifting chorus/delay machine that basically does its own thing, especially with the Magic control engaged. – Pitch-gliding ‘magic’ setting might be too out-of-controlĪn essential inclusion on any list of outré pedals, the Rainbow Machine is famously unclassifiable, divisive and far cheaper than a lifetime supply of hallucinogens and a Leslie speaker cabinet. + Surprising amount of control despite wild sounds + V2 features upgraded tracking and polyphony Read our review of the Gamechanger Audio Light Pedal here. I/O: Mono ins and outs, Expression pedal inputīypass: Buffered bypass with switchable trails Sure, it’s big, heavy and makes a thunderous racket if you accidentally kick it – but if you’re in the market for the sort of noises this thing can make, we’re assuming those aren’t problems.ĭescription: Multi-mode spring reverb pedal, made in LatviaĬontrols: Dry, spring and optical reverb levels, reverb tone, six-way mode switch, mode-dependent control, drive, gate switches for reverb trails on/off and latching on/off JF-36 Sweet Baby = Mad Professor Sweet Honey Overdrive JF-32 Plexi Drive = Wampler Plexi-drive (?) JF-16 British Sound = Tech 21 Character, British
JF-15 California Sound = Tech 21 Character, California
JF-14 American Sound = Tech 21 Character, Blonde JF-13 AC Tone = Tech 21 Character, Liverpool JF-12 Voodoo Octave (Fuzz Ultimate Octave) = Fulltone Ultimate Octave JF-10 Dynamic Compressor = MXR Dyna Comp. JF-09 Joyo Tremolo = Fulltone Supa-Trem = ~ Demeter Tremulator JF-07 Classic Flanger = Ibanez FL-9 Flanger JF-04 High Gain Distortion = Marshall Shredmaster JF-03 Crunch Distortion = Mi Audio Crunch box I haven't found one so i started a list of my own and i woulld really like you guys who have knowledge about their products to add information or deny/confirm information in my list. I Guess this is THE place for effects pedal questions.īeen looking around for confirmed Joyo pedal clones, are there any list of the pedals they have cloned?