Lazy J cruiser pedal.

markj

Who’s got one, had one. Any advice would on this pedal would be very welcome.

Lebarque

Worked great with the J20, but no tone control was a deal breaker for me.

Majorscale

As @Lebarque said, it works great with a Lazy J amp and probably goes great with all tweed style amps. I have one, it's a very different sounding overdrive pedal to the masses out there in the sense that its very pre-amp like...it has a very clear rawness and a fast attack to it so you cannot be sloppy as a result. If you've played a Hudson Broadcast then you know what I'm talking about in terms of pre-amp style response and lack of compression, even though the Broadcast and Cruiser are two very different sounding pedals.

I'd say that it sounds best in a loud setting and plays very well in a band context where clarity, tightness and attack are often needed to get through a band mix. At louder settings it's the amp that provides an element of compression so having an uncompressed drive can only be a good thing! 

On the topic of tone controls, I've never missed not having a tone control on the pedal, I have plenty of those on my amp and guitars! I'm sure having a tone stack would have robbed the Cruiser of some of it's directness / transparency. 

In summary, I really like my Cruiser, it has a very different vibe & flavour to my more "ordinary" dirt pedals and sounds killer with my Tele! 

markj

It would be going with my Gartone Bluesman tweed, so would probably suit it well.

scovell001

I’ve got the cruiser deuce so can reiterate what majorscale has written. I don’t find the lack of a tone control an issue at all. I’d say get the deuce if you can find one/afford it. It’s certainly a very pleasing overdrive and just sounds great through the j ‘as is’.

SidNewton

I had one for a short while. Wish I'd kept it as it sounded great into my Cornell Romany Plus.

tone1

SidNewton said:

I had one for a short while. Wish I'd kept it as it sounded great into my Cornell Romany Plus.

LOL... I wish you hadn’t said that... I’ve had 2 cruisers in the past, but now have a Romany Plus

To answer OP’s original question.... I A/B’d against my Hudson Broadcast and the Broadcast won.... Hudson is bolder and more interesting, the clarity was better for me.... and that was into a Tweed Deluxe 

ricky50

Now I wish you hadn't said that @tone1 - my Cruiser Deuce ended my search for an OD and that search included some wonderful ODs - Gunshot, Timmy, Okko Diablo, XTS Precision, Boss BD, Prince of Tone, Kingsley Squire, Barber LTD.  The Cruiser is the cliched sound in my head and until you mentioned the effing Broadcast I had no interest in looking any further.  Still don't think I'm going to look - the Cruiser is perfect.

tone1

@ricky50 Have you still got my Skylark? I did love the Cruiser deuce but you gotta trya Broadcast If you get the chance 

crunchman

Lebarque said:

Worked great with the J20, but no tone control was a deal breaker for me.

This was my experience.  It's a great pedal, but had a fraction too much top end for my tastes, and no way to tame it.

ricky50

@tone1 yes I sure do. Don’t want to hijack this thread so will drop you a message.

Majorscale

crunchman said: It's a great pedal, but had a fraction too much top end for my tastes, and no way to tame it.

I do agree about the top end when played in isolation, but if needed I will slightly roll back my guitars tone knob. I have found that in a band situation that extra top end makes it sit in the mix much better as tweed amps can sound woofy/too bassy up loud...

razorblade_beat

Amp defo needs to be loud for this pedal to properly sing and to find the sweet spot IMO and also very amp dependant I feel.