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Check up : Marcos de Ros Wavebox This
month we tested the Marcos De Ros Wavebox Distortion/Booster pedal. Construction The first thing that calls the attention is the
looks – its orange color and personalized painting. The pedal is constructed
on a metal chassis and features two metal footswitches, distortion and
booster with leds that turn on when they’re activated. It features an input jack on the right side and two output
jacks on the left side (left/mono and right, respectively). Also on the left
side is a 9vDC adaptor input. On the top part there are 4 knobs: Level, Tone,
Dist. and L.Booster, as well as a ‘filter’ key. The 9v battery compartment is
on bottom, which is finished with
texturized rubber. The
sound Using the left/mono output the pedal produces a tone which goes from Overdrive to a
Hard Rock and even Metal distortions, depending on how you adjust it. The
Level and Tone knobs feature optimum variation in all their extension. The
Tone knob can bring the sound to a dark, closed tone as well as make it a
bright, crisp tone. The Dist. control features good variation up to 3 hours
and then becomes constant. The L.Booster control only works when your
footswitch is activated and works well with the Distortion on or off,
becoming an excellent booster for clean sound as well. The Filter switch functions as a midrange attenuator
and is recommended for heavier sounds. Following Marcos De Ros’s recommendation I used the
Right output at the front of the amp. This output was originally designed to
be used as a line output with loudspeaker simulation. But when connected to
the front of the amp it produced more body and punch, changing the original
pedal sound radically. When I connected it to my soundcard the pedal featured
enough gain for direct recording, but the tone featured excessively high
frequencies – a common feature on distortion pedal line outputs.
The
bottom line Marcos De Ros’s Wavebox Distortion/Booster is a
versatile, easy-to-use pedal. It can produce optimum tones using different guitars
with different pickup configurations. The Booster is useful for the distorted
pedal sound as well as for the
amplifier clean sound. The sound produced was consistent throughout
the test. Website: www.wavebox.com.br |
