Members mr benn Posted February 3, 2010 Members Share Posted February 3, 2010 so one of these has come up cheap locally I know it's "the mogwai distortion" but is it any use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ZachOmega Posted February 3, 2010 Members Share Posted February 3, 2010 I hope by cheap you mean under 20$. They don't sell for much more at normal used prices. I had one and couldn't wait to give it to my brother so he could start his pedal collection. He hated it as much as I did which just goes to show you, beggars CAN be choosers. For less than 20$ I might consider picking one up just to sweeten a trade or sale later, but for use? I'd save my money and consider any number of other distortion pedals. -Zach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members melx Posted February 3, 2010 Members Share Posted February 3, 2010 hahaha, I think they sound great! it ain't gonna sound 'amp-like' 'transparent' or 'sensitive' but if you want a ripping wall of distortion it might just be what you are after... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mr benn Posted February 3, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 3, 2010 hahaha, I think they sound great! it ain't gonna sound 'amp-like' 'transparent' or 'sensitive' but if you want a ripping wall of distortion it might just be what you are after... I couldn't give a fiddlers for amp like either it's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soulsonic Posted February 3, 2010 Members Share Posted February 3, 2010 "...ripping wall of distortion..." yup, that pretty much sums it up! Totally worth having around. It can do some cool hyper fuzz distortion stuff. It has that weird peaky yowl that lots of "metal" distortions have. It also sounds very close to the Grunge pedal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ben Co. Posted February 3, 2010 Members Share Posted February 3, 2010 Thick, huge sounding, totally saturated. Excellent distortion pedal, and I still have mine because it rocks so hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mr benn Posted February 3, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 3, 2010 sweet gonna buy it thanks guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tonymcbony Posted February 3, 2010 Members Share Posted February 3, 2010 It remains the single worst pedal I have ever bought in my entire life. I'd urge you not to buy it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mr benn Posted February 3, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 3, 2010 It remains the single worst pedal I have ever bought in my entire life. I'd urge you not to buy it! that sounds like a challenge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members melx Posted February 3, 2010 Members Share Posted February 3, 2010 It remains the single worst pedal I have ever bought in my entire life. I'd urge you not to buy it! not a mogwai fan I take it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jam_nineworkz Posted February 3, 2010 Members Share Posted February 3, 2010 huge saturated drive tones (on a clean amp that is), a lil bit to trebley for me even in the lowest hi setting...but all good i use it for: lo-fi am radio type sounds...all controls on zero (except for the level of course! instant lofi!) one cool thing ive discovered with the fabtone is: use a dying battery with it or a low voltage psu (lower than 9 volts)or something like the Devolt (http://www.beavisaudio.com/Projects/DBS/) and the fabtone sorta becomes a fuzz-octvia-ish pedal! was reallysurprised when i heard it with a dying battery! i love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members space cred Posted February 3, 2010 Members Share Posted February 3, 2010 I sort of regret selling mine. Just make sure the treble never goes up past 0.00001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sovtek50 Posted February 3, 2010 Members Share Posted February 3, 2010 The Fabtone is very good at what it does. I just have no use for what it does. If you can get it really cheap and you want high gain, go for it. At $20 or less, it's not much of a gamble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bieke Posted February 3, 2010 Members Share Posted February 3, 2010 this brings back brootal memoriesI had one, bought it without trying it first and did not like it from the startand couldn't find any use for itI'd say it's a poor mans Big Muff, so 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mr benn Posted February 3, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 3, 2010 well i've no really high gain pedals,only fuzzesand I'm using an Orange so it's quite dark anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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