I use a Univox High Flyer (3rd generation with humbuckers)with the Big Muff, wah, ds-1, small stone, dod fx-68, dod echo fx, into a Sovtek Mig 60. With this thing on unless you like noise as well just keep playing, static and sometimes Mexican radio like to follow this happy little fella wherever he goes. Strong loud pedal, you can go from Satisfaction to "who the hell is pulling on a crane's testicles," on the Cramps' 'Reelinnrockininauklandnewzealandxxx' it sounds like ivy and the bass player at the time were using the tone machine, the sound is identical, I guess if you were to pick up any other mid eighties Cramps it may have the same sound but I've only heared them on this and 'Gravest hits'. The thing I like is how when you play a chord you get ssssssshhhhhhhhhhh sort of in the key of what you played working well for 'The Preist they Call Him' or pissing off squares, step on this thing and FREAK OUT PEOPLE!
Reliability/Durability:
Here is one thing I just don't know about. Had it a month and it's pretty scratched up but scratches dont matter. What i'm worried about is that the metal is light, probly thin aluminum, and that makes it weak stupid. But now that I think of it I have never heared of a pedal that was ever smashed in, on accident that is.
Ease of Use:
Plug in and be creative. Duh it's an analog pedal how hard can it be. Volume, Tone, Sustain, knobs, Bypass and Octave switches. Led's would be nice but they do drain batteries and are only a luxurie. By the way this is Ron Neeley's Foxx Tone Machine clone. The octive up is very predominant in the sound (at least the way I hear it) the higher the note the more pronounced teh tone.
Customer Support:
Ronn Neeley II was very nice and seems like a cool guy for those of you who don't know, he is the EH Man http://home.earthlink.net/~theehman/ great sight. The complaint that I have is that it took a while for him to get the needed materials for the pedal but I really can't blame him as my pedal is marked as Stone Machine #oo3, and he said he thought he had all the parts for my order but diddn't so we had to wait for them to get shipped before he could make the pedal. Hopefully the rest of his orders will run smoother in the future, for his and the buyer's benifit.
Overall Rating:
This pedal works great for 60's Psych, Garage Rock, some punk, Phsychobilly, Fuzzy Surf, Noise, Grunge, whatever the Doors and Iron Butterfly were, Noisey Blues (think Jimi), and would probly fit into one of those new thechno-folk-newwave-goth-elbowmusic-chesemetal bands, and it would probly work well for Beer Rock(like in a commercial) and dont forget spandex Perm Rock. Don't limit yourself, if you want to use it in a Jewel cover band or an ol' fassion Dixie band do it. If it were stolen I would sent Leadbelly over to find whoever stole it and have him hit them over the head with a whiskey bottle, then once I got a real job buy another. i love the ridiculous amount of distortion this thing lets out and me and my guitar player Richard were laughing at how much sustain this thing contains. Later he was shaking his head. Buy this and join my army of people with way too much fuzz in their music. Join at http://home.earthlink.net/~theehman/rsound.html. you can find another review of it at www.tonefrenzy.com
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