I'm playing a PRS SantanaSE=> MuffFuzz=> SmallStone=> BD2=> GE7=> Dano PBJ=> PV Classic 30.
I get a great overdrive with this thing. It just slams the front end of the Classic 30. It gets a little noisy past 1:00, but then again, hey, it is a fuzz unit and if it didn't, I'd be concerned.
The beauty really shines through as you begin to roll the volume back. It is very wooly with the volume wide open, but the first 1/8th of a turn shaves it right off and leaves you with a nice harmonic rich drive that just melts into your mouth. Couple that with the Small Stone at about 10:00 and you have tonal bliss.
Reliability/Durability:
This circuit comes wrapped in a rather nice cast metal enclosure. I do like the silk screening. The switch seems plenty solid. The velcro stuck solidly to the bare metal bottom, a nice feature in an era of rubber bottomed effects.
Ease of Use:
This review is for the Nano Muff Overdrive, which is an exact replica of the 1969 Muff Fuzz distortion circuit, and incidentally, exactly 1/2 of the newer Double Muff.
One knob, one switch, pretty simple by most peoples standards.
The manual did a good job of describing what we could expect to get out of this little metal box.
Customer Support:
When I picked up my 1978 vintage Small Stone (orange script lettering on bare nickel), I immediately emailed New Sensor and asked customer service how I would go about accurately dating this unit. I recieved back an informative reply within 8 hours. This has been my only interaction with the organization, so my rating will reflect as so. I will say that I have done some research on one Mike Matthews and have been entirely impressed with his tennacity and determination to be #1 in his market, and for almost single handedly revivng the vacuum tube industry.
Overall Rating:
I am mostly a blues and rock junkie. Although almost anything with a nice melodic fluid lead guitar and singing sustain from overdriven tubes floats my boat. I like Neil Schon, Neil Young, Angus Youg, Malcolm Young, Uncle Ted, Rush, Cheap Trick, Bad Co., Styx, Billy Squier, Deep Purple, Dio, Zep, Stones, The Darkness, Wolf Mother, Hinder, Skynyrd, Kid Rock.
Been playing for 15 years. This little pedal will help get that overdriven dirty speaker sound that you have been craving.
