![]() ![]() ![]() I always gotta try these things for peace of mind lol Still would be curious to try this Dino Cazares version if I get a chance. Those have been keepers and best I’ve tried for tightness. I had 2 versions of the Misha Mansoor version and Keith Merrow one and thought they sounded decent for getting that tight, attacky tone, but I then got later and preferred for that the Airis Savage, Horizon Precision Drive, Fortin 33 & Grind, but then those were all sent packing fast from the VFE Standout, and then that got sent packing and now for me the best tool for that job is the vintage rack PQ’s like the Furman PQ-3, TC 1140 and Audioarts 4100. ![]() I’ve also heard lots of these bad things about them. Who knows? I am not a fan of Protone customer service nor Misha for that matter. The pedals are similar and if I had to guess I would guess that the Protone dude made a pedal and Misha stole the idea and made it better with MXR. In the meantime, I bought the Horizon Devices Precision Drive due to the wait and like it better. The pedal worked and sounded ok and I just chalked it up to a bad experience and said the heck with it. It was bare bones and didn't look like what I ordered. The pedal arrived in a raw enclosure (They make a raw looking pedal but it appears online to have a clear coating over it) with some sort of graphic labeling the knobs. 3 days later I had the pedal, no heads up, no tracking, no sorry for the delay, nothing. He assured me I would have the pedal in a couple weeks. While talking, I forwarded his message back to me with him stating it wasn't on backorder and would ship out that day along with my paid order receipt, etc. He told me he never said the pedal was available as it was on backorder. I ended up calling him a few days later and he was an ass to me. I emailed, and left a voice message reiterating our conversation to refresh his memory on what he told me and no response. I paid, never got the tracking info a week or so later nor did I get the pedal. I ordered a pedal upon talking to him and he told me it was in stock and would ship out immediately. The guy running the company has horrible at best communication and follow through. Probably one of the tightest pedals I have ever played. I prefer the bass on 3 or 4 to retain some low end while still being very tight. Positions 5 and 6 give you a full low end while notch 1 and 2 are ridiculously tight for 8 string players. You can really fine tune the low end to suit your amp and pickups. The 6 position bass switch is a nice feature that I wish other pedals had. You can go from demanufacture to soul of a new machine and beyond. For me there are 2 cool and different sound in it right there. I usually like it with the drive off, however when dialing back the tone a little and adding a touch of drive, you get a different sound altogether resulting in smoother upper mids and more treble/brightness. The tone knob has a very distinct upper midrange frequency that pronounces machine gun riffs very well, you really hear every note that you pick.There is a lot of range in the tone knob and its quite easy to find the sweet spot. I use it to boost a Peavey 5150 and can confirm that it blends quite well with this amp. Is it Fear Factory in a box? Well, it can certainly push your amp in that direction. My Protone Dino Cazares OD pedal arrived a few days ago. ![]()
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