Construction
At first glance the TonePrint pedals each look like a mini brick and picking it up I couldn’t help thinking “okay I could build houses out of these if I had enough of them.” They have a steel chassis and are built really solidly.
There is one screw at the bottom of the pedal that can be opened with any coin and gives you easy access to the battery compartment, so from a build perspective these pedals are great and I reckon they would be flight proof if you are a travelling musician. The switch on the pedal looks to be high quality and should sustain many hours of being stood on.
The 3 stomp boxes I tested were; the Flashback delay and looper, the Hall of Fame reverb and the MojoMojo overdrive…
Hall of Fame Reverb
The controls on the reverb unit include; tone, decay FX level and a rotary knob to select the type of reverb you would like to use. There are 10 different reverbs to choose from. There is also an option called TonePrint where you can download some presets of other well known musicians via a USB cable. This is a stereo pedal so there are 2 ins and 2 outs.
There is also a pre delay long/short switch; this changes the time between the direct sound and the reverb. The Pedal runs off a 9v battery that is inserted by removing one screw in the back of the pedal. Here you will also find 2 on/off switches which switch between true bypass and buffered bypass mode.Buffered bypass works well if you have a long cable and don’t want to lose quality.
The actual sound quality of the reverb is what you would expect from TC Electronic; exceptionally warm and the guitar tone really comes through.
Flashback Delay Pedal
The Flashback delay pedal has a decay, feedback, FX level and rotary knob; it’s also a stereo delay pedal with 2 ins and 2 outs. There are 10 delay choices as well as the TonePrint option mentioned earlier.This pedal also has a switch where you can choose between the rhythm of your delay. It has 3 settings; a quarter note setting, a dotted 8th note setting and a quarter plus a dotted 8th note setting. So first of all with all these options you end up with an extremely versatile stomp box. You can also set the tempo by holding down the switch and set the timing by playing it on the guitar which is very different to the tap tempo that most other pedals have but is also very effective.
The quality of the sounds are great and once again deliver the kind of quality TC are renowned for.
MojoMojo Overdrive
The MojoMojo has drive, level, bass and treble knobs as well as a voice switch; when the voice switch is in the up position the signal is true to the input, with the switch in down position you get a bass boost.The pedal runs off a 9v battery and once again one screw in the back of the pedal allows easy access to the battery compartment.
This pedal definitely has tube amp characteristics where the sound cleans up by lowering the volume of your guitar. I must say I was using single coils and I also found that running the bass and treble at 12 o’clock on the pedal worked best with my amp which was a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe. I was running the level at about 1 o’clock and the drive at about 11 30 and found this to be a great setting controlling the drive from my volume control on my guitar.
Be sure to go check these pedals out – there is a whole range to choose from and they are extremely robust and high quality products.
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Written By : Kurt Slabbert
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