Emma Onomatopoeia

djspecialist

tone1 said:

Jury’s out on mine... almost no gain, just volume boost and certainly no fuzz territory 

Based on the YouTube demos (Bobby D and gearmandude) there should be a reasonable amount of drive, at least with humbuckers.

lincolnblue

djspecialist said:

meltedbuzzbox said:

How do you have the gain set on your broadcast?

I have mine at 12 o'clock. Which gives me a light sparkle and a bit of drive when I dig in.

I tend to have all four knobs around the 9 - 11 o'clock mark.  Like you, I aim for almost clean when played lightly (using humbuckers).  I have fiddled with the internal trimmers though - so the position of the external gain knob may not tell the whole story.

Reading the comments on here, I do slightly wish I'd gone for an Emma before Thomann apparently sold out.  That said, I have a Liquid Sunshine incoming which I think may be in the same ballpark, so I should be pretty well sorted for low-gain gritty drives  

I didn't know there were internal trimmers. I assume their website gives details.

lincolnblue

I'm sure they'll be some going on eBay soon if people bought more than 1

meltedbuzzbox

djspecialist said:

tone1 said:

Jury’s out on mine... almost no gain, just volume boost and certainly no fuzz territory 

Based on the YouTube demos (Bobby D and gearmandude) there should be a reasonable amount of drive, at least with humbuckers.

I get drive on single coils easily enough. I didn't realise there is an internal trim pot. 
Can't be arsed to get at it though, there isnt much need in my instance. 

tone1

Mine’s gone back for refund 

lincolnblue

How are others getting on with the pedal?

Voxman

Based on the youtube demo it sounded positively horrible to my ears - I personally think you're likely to be better off with a tube-screamer or blues-driver type pedal. 

meltedbuzzbox

Voxman said:

Based on the youtube demo it sounded positively horrible to my ears - I personally think you're likely to be better off with a tube-screamer or blues-driver type pedal. 

Dude you play through a vox tonelab. Sssshhhhhh 

:-p

impmann

lincolnblue said:

How are others getting on with the pedal?

Love mine - it’s a fab low gain pedal with boost. 

As for the comment above about Tubescreamers - I think the reason I like this is BECAUSE it sounds nothing like a TS. Not everyone likes that mid hump... and as for the blues Driver, the Emma has character and doesn’t sound bland. The Boss, however...

lincolnblue

People still liking the Onomatopoeia?