Members hecticone Posted December 28, 2011 Members Share Posted December 28, 2011 First let me say why you read bad reviews about this pedal. If you think this is something that you can play at bedroom levels and cop a good overdrive or fuzz sound you are mistaken. This pedal needs to breath. Now the good things. I have used an ltd for a long time for that transparent slightly overdriven tones. This thing does that in spades very dynamic to your picking style with no noticeable compression. Then when you get farther into the gain stage you get a slight fuzz to it. These are tones that can be copped on the spark side. Then when you get into the flame setting is where things get fun. Lots of different Fuzzes in this pedal. To the extent that I will use this one for my main rig. From a 60's traditional to massive mids. The eq is very sensitive to everything that is going on with this pedal. Its not a pedal that is plug and play, you need to tweak but when you find settings they are just stellar. Positive I will be gigging with this thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members A.P. Ryder Posted December 28, 2011 Members Share Posted December 28, 2011 Wow, A Fulltone review on HCFX!Thanks for the review - I've been curious about this one and the Plimsole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hecticone Posted December 28, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 28, 2011 Amazing isn't it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sommy Posted December 28, 2011 Members Share Posted December 28, 2011 Wow, A Fulltone review on HCFX!Thanks for the review - I've been curious about this one and the Plimsole. I dug my Plimsoul a lot, but I let it go because my high gain needs are covered. It's voiced pretty well, and does the Tubescreamer-in-front-of-a-Marshall sound by itself pretty well. One of the few Fulltone pedals that I think sounds better at 9v instead of 18v (compresses more easily!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members claytonjohn18 Posted December 28, 2011 Members Share Posted December 28, 2011 I found the Catalyst exceptionally flat and boring. YMMV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members King Rat Posted December 28, 2011 Members Share Posted December 28, 2011 I love the fat boost pedals... never even looked into the catalyst.. not sure what i'd get out of it... I just got an OCD for the 4th time... plimsoul might be more of what i'm after though.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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