Green Day
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:28 pmWhat a way to start off the week! Found 2 new shiny green pedals from Sweden in my mailbox:
I've been wanting an EGDM for the longest time and my turn finally came!
And I have always been curious about the Pine Green Compressor.
First impressions: EGDM- just wow! Before this, my favorite BJF dirt pedals have been my early v2 Model H and Pink Purple Fuzz [also own recent vintage Dyna Red and Honey Bee], but the EGDM gets my vote now!
Backing the guitar volume down to 7 gives a nice crunch with power chords, turning it up to 10 yields glorious sustain.
My favorite settings are with distortion at either extreme- either at 8 or 9 o'clock for a little sparkle, or cranked all the way for rocking distortion.
My one nitpick: the voice control doesn't seem to change the tone much, even from one extreme to the other. At least it doesn't affect the tone anywhere near to the way the corresponding control does on the Model H, Dyna Red, or Honey Bee.
Now- on to the PGC.
I am not a compressor guy. The only compressor I ever bonded with was the Barber Tone Press.
I figured if the PGC did not work for me, I could easily sell it for a princely sum with the way current demand is.
But this is a keeper. I like it always on, with compression around 11 AM.
Tried it before the EGDM and tried it after it- both are good, but if I had to choose, I would keep it before distortion.
What I really need is one of those doo hickeys that let you switch the order of a pedal in a chain by flipping a switch- any suggestions on a particular brand/model?
Anyway, glad to see that
is still producing these models- go green!
I've been wanting an EGDM for the longest time and my turn finally came!
And I have always been curious about the Pine Green Compressor.
First impressions: EGDM- just wow! Before this, my favorite BJF dirt pedals have been my early v2 Model H and Pink Purple Fuzz [also own recent vintage Dyna Red and Honey Bee], but the EGDM gets my vote now!
Backing the guitar volume down to 7 gives a nice crunch with power chords, turning it up to 10 yields glorious sustain.
My favorite settings are with distortion at either extreme- either at 8 or 9 o'clock for a little sparkle, or cranked all the way for rocking distortion.
My one nitpick: the voice control doesn't seem to change the tone much, even from one extreme to the other. At least it doesn't affect the tone anywhere near to the way the corresponding control does on the Model H, Dyna Red, or Honey Bee.
Now- on to the PGC.
I am not a compressor guy. The only compressor I ever bonded with was the Barber Tone Press.
I figured if the PGC did not work for me, I could easily sell it for a princely sum with the way current demand is.
But this is a keeper. I like it always on, with compression around 11 AM.
Tried it before the EGDM and tried it after it- both are good, but if I had to choose, I would keep it before distortion.
What I really need is one of those doo hickeys that let you switch the order of a pedal in a chain by flipping a switch- any suggestions on a particular brand/model?
Anyway, glad to see that
is still producing these models- go green!
