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Great if all you need is clean
This little box has a really great clean sound. If this is all you are looking for, you can stop reading here. However, any over-driven is where it really fails short to me. With the limiter off and the gain set anything past 12 o'clock, it produces a nasty fuzz zing that I really can't bear. It takes pedals well and you can achieve a nice overdrive sound with a pedal, but when you push it too hot with that pedal, that zing comes back.
I've tried the Superblock with headphones, its XLR output, and with a guitar cabinet, I've tried even two different Superblocks, it all sounds the same to me. Great cleans, but unbearable overdrive tones, at least to me.
The overdrive tone is something I was particularly looking for, as the Superblock is advertised as full simulation of a tube amp at any volume. However, for me, it fails to deliver on that. I have decided to go for the Simplifier MKII, even though it means losing amp functionality, it does not have the above mentioned problem.
I've tried the Superblock with headphones, its XLR output, and with a guitar cabinet, I've tried even two different Superblocks, it all sounds the same to me. Great cleans, but unbearable overdrive tones, at least to me.
The overdrive tone is something I was particularly looking for, as the Superblock is advertised as full simulation of a tube amp at any volume. However, for me, it fails to deliver on that. I have decided to go for the Simplifier MKII, even though it means losing amp functionality, it does not have the above mentioned problem.
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Pedal steel guitar / Superblock US
Tried it for home practice with earphones only. Given the high output of a steel guitar, there simply is not enough headroom. Maybe ten percent of gain level usable before it starts distorting. Apart from this, it seems really well built and has a lot going for it.
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