Iommic Pope wrote:Ok, I just skim read , and you guys have pretty much turned me off the 900. Not a bad thing, I guess I'm just kind of trying to reconcile the fact that I'm never going to be able to afford a SLO. But I'm probably not gonna be satisfied with anything else.
New dilemma, do I want aussy's oath for sale over in BST or do I want an ape blaster?
kinda want both, but right now, wallet says "pick one". I've played my mates badascan and enjoyed....so its a tough call.
I want to say more but I'm on my phone and typing sucks. Ill drop in laters.
I'm probably one of the very few if not the only one on the planet who has both, so I'll throw my 2c at you.
Wanting both is the correct answer. Seeing as you are saying pick one, I'll try to do that.
I've had the oath longer and have jelled with it. I liked it enough to build that looper with volume controls so I could tame it and use it in my somewhat complex setup. It is truly an all or nothing pedal as is. It is meant to be an allways on amp crusher and it does that excessively well. I change up effects a lot and the wayy it came to me with no volume control, this was problematic. I loved what it does, which is steller, but could not use it. I found putting it before the pharoah helped with the volume but now I didn't have that pedal where I wanted it. Having its own dedicated loop in my board with an external volume fixed this for me. Now I can match levels no matter what pedal is where.
The ape blaster is a thick almost synthy at times rich and full sounding fuzz. Darren did one hell of a job with it and the one knob it has.com volume, is all you need. It does incorporate what I believe is a bass cut switch, whatever I like tonnage when it comes to low end so I never touch it. Without a doubt it is the most articulate fuzz I have ever used. That achieves that much fuzzy gain. Go listen to any of the live at jooniers tracks and that's the sound you will get through a clean amp. I really love it. Now when you mash it with a prharoah and then put an oath after. Omfg. So good. If I HAD to give up one, it'd be the oath. But i'd go down fighting to keep it.