Modern Mojo Guitars Forum - Effects & Electronics

Ambient pedals

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 11:47:58 -0600

This guitar effect category is really taking off with so many unique pedals. Here's a few

Mentha Works Monk Echo

Banana Effects Quimera

Meris

Sat, 08 Mar 2025 17:20:23 -0700

Here's another company just killing it on advanced pedals ... MERIS. The X Series are awesome.

Meris MercuryX

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Meris LVX

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Meris Enzo X

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Bad Monkey!

Sun, 19 Mar 2023 14:55:42 -0600

People going nuts after Josh at JHS does a shootout with the Bad Monkey vs high-end expensive OD pedals and it holds its own.

OK -- so I thought he might have cherry-picked settings, and I think he did for some. But I have a mint Bad Monkey and compared it to the TS and KLON, and Zendrive-like pedals. And it INDEED was able to closely replicate some of the tones. Not the full range, but close. If you really spend the time with the knobs and settings, you can get real close. There are subtle differences, but none you can hear in any song or mix.

Hologram Microcosm

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 21:17:32 -0600

Some incredible granular synthesis for the utmost in ambience effects.

Chase Bliss Audio

Mon, 08 Jun 2020 09:48:40 -0600

These guys have been trailblazers from Day One. Love their stuff -- it's just kinda expensive! Their new blooper and preamp pedal are the shit!

Preamp MKII

Blooper

Boss SY-1 synthesizer pedal

Sun, 15 Dec 2019 19:48:15 -0700

What an amazing pedal -- 121 synth sounds in a Boss-sized guitar pedal. Low latency and some incredible tones.

EHX Ram's Head Big Muff Pi Reissue

Thu, 07 Nov 2019 18:42:06 -0700

These guys are on a roll ...

Darkglass Hyper Luminal Black Limited Edition

Thu, 07 Nov 2019 18:26:54 -0700

This comp is dope -- and even more so in black!

Ceriatone Centura

Fri, 19 Jul 2019 13:54:03 -0600

Supposedly one of the best Klon clones out there. And coming from Nik, I do not doubt it. He makes amazing amps!

http://www.ceriatone.com/centura-profess...overdrive/

Love the black color on this one:

Small, inexpensive chorus: Mooer Ensemble King

Fri, 19 Jul 2019 13:43:33 -0600

A very cool chorus, inexpensive, small, and can reasonably cop a Boss CE-1/2 sound. Selling in the US for $80-100, but you can get direct from China for about $40.

Mooer Ensemble Chorus

Wow -- listen to Mike Hermans demo this pedal. The man has tasteful chops!

Wampler Tumnus Deluxe

Tue, 12 Mar 2019 20:04:10 -0600

I love this pedal for the Klon sounds it gets, but also the additional EQ as well as switchable buffered/true bypass. Well done!

REVV G3

Tue, 12 Mar 2019 19:37:25 -0600

Holy sh*t! The REVV G3 is a monster distortion pedal! This thing is super thick, smooth, squishy and compressed. Playing it feels like butter when shredding. It has so much gain on tap, but never mushes out, and the EQ is completely usable over the range. Gain close to zero still has plenty of distortion, so this is NOT an OD pedal -- it's over-the-top gain! An added bonus is the way it looks -- one of the best looking pedals out there.

Wireless units comparison

Fri, 08 Feb 2019 08:38:08 -0700

This is a very quick review and summary of 2 wireless units I compared.

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Muslady 2.4Ghz wireless unit

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/2-4G-Wir...64579.html
From Aliexpress for about $45 CAD

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Boss WL-20

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/...simulation
Retails for about $250 CAD

Specification comparison
Parameter Muslady Boss WL-20
Sample Range 24b/48KHz Unknown
Latency <12ms 2.3ms
Range 100ft outdoors 15m (50ft)
THD+noise -98dB Unknown
Dynamic range >105dB A wgt >110dB
Operating Band 2.4GHz 2.4GHz
Frequency response 20-20KHz 20-20KHz
Expected battery life 2-3 hours 12 hours

Let's first get the battery life claims out of the way. Boss claims up to 12 hours battery life. This is not true. In real life situations, and without going to extended ranges, it's more like 2-3 hours from my experience. The Muslady doesn't say, but the unit is lighter and probably has a smaller battery so I would expect less. I haven't fully tested this yet, but review on the internet say about 2-3 hours

You can see both units are comparable in specs except for the latency. The WL-20 is much less at 2.3ms. This might also be coupled to less range of 50ft. The Muslady is <12ms. At 12ms, you can definitely hear that as a delay, but that is a maximum spec.

However, note that the latency in air is about 1ms per foot. So if you are 10ft from your cabinet or sound source, you will hear a delay of 10ms! Thus, if you are using any wireless for any long distance, you will hear far more latency through the air than through the wireless unit. Unless you are using in ear monitors.

Comparison to a George L cable, 15ft
I compared both units to a George L cable that was about 15ft. This is an excellent, low capacitance cable. My listening was with the guitar reasonably close to the cabinet and the transmitter/receiver also reasonably close.

Muslady: I did not hear a noticeable difference between it and the cable. There was a very slight hum, but not noticeable at all when playing. This might be interference with other devices as it disappeared under certain circumstances. At any medium volume, it was not detectable There seemed to be a very slight latency, but really could not be determined. High and low frequencies were well represented. Overall, I was very impressed.

Boss: It was similar to the Muslady in that I could not really tell from the cable. It did seem the latency was slightly lower when doing harmonics or things with a hard attack. but it was so small, it was not noticeable. There was no buzzing with the WL-20, however.

Both were also tested some distance away from the amp -- about 20ft in an open room, and no change in sound or dropouts occurred.

Conclusion
The Muslady was impressive for only $45 CAD shipped from China. This is 20% of the price of the Boss. You could buy 2 of these and easily do a gig and set, with one being a backup. It doesn't appear as sturdy as the Boss, but as long as you don't bump the TX unit it should be OK. The RX unit stays immobile at the amp or pedalboard, so that should be OK. I would always be careful in plugging and unplugging these units, though. Rough handling is what will cause these units to fail eventually.

I really love Boss units, but at this price, it's hard to recommend. The battery life claim is false and I've also heard you cannot replace the lithium battery inside. The same exists for the Muslady, but I think both units can be taken apart, and I'm sure the battery inside is some standard size which you can get from the internet. So the longevity might not be great for both units if you aren't willing to disassemble and replace the battery yourself. But for $45 CAD for the Muslady, this is worth it and is hard to beat. Longevity and reliability are still unknown, but for now -- the Muslady is highly recommended.

Darkglass Hyper Luminal Compressor

Wed, 23 Jan 2019 09:09:37 -0700

One of the best comps out there! Digital side chain with analog VCA.
https://www.darkglass.com/creations/hyper-luminal/

Some more info on the comp types from Dark Glass:

SYM has the range of attack and release that it has on the pedal (30-60ms attack, 200-800ms release), represented by a number from 0 to 100. The ratio knob also has the range of the compression knob on the Super Symmetry, representing 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% settings of the potentiometer. We decided not to put the attack and release numbers, as we think it doesn't really describe the pedal that well. For example, the attack is a mix of five different time constants and can be measured in a multitude of ways.

The all-in ratio on the FET mode is modelled after the all-in mode on the original unit. I don't remember which ratio it is, but it messes with the ratio AND bias of the FETs and makes the compression curve really strange. We added it as a fun feature because it's an interesting mode on the original unit. The other ratios are like you said, 4, 8, 12, 20.

SSL ratios are 1.5, 2, 4 and 10. We added the 1.5 ratio because we wanted all 4 LEDs to do something, and SSL has added it later on their compressor too.

Drybell Unit67

Thu, 13 Dec 2018 20:22:56 -0700

Cool EQ, treble booster, and 1176-style comp in one pedal!
http://drybell.com/unit67-u-1/