Cliff Hanger Distortion review?

[emjee]

EXCELLENT review Pic! After playing thru my CH (which I STILL cant believe I own!)for the last few weeks, I am realizing more and more how much of a tremendous pedal it really is. Some pedals are easier to describe for me than others, and so when someone else writes a review sometimes it is easier for me to agree or disagree with that review than write one of my own. Mr. Picard nailed every thought I have had about the CliffHanger. Its like he was reading my thoughts exactly about everything. One thing I will expand on is the pedals unique ability to seperate my guitars frequencies while distorting them. I guess some people would use the word "Dynamic" to desrcibe this feature. Its like having another gain stage for your amp. That is one thing I have noticed about most all of the BJF pedals, they all seem like they have two major things in common: Not only are all of them eq'd superbly, but they also act a lot like another gain stage to your amp instead of coloring the sound like other brands of pedals as Mr. Pic said. Also, I did notice this dynamic quality stand out more with my single coil guitars than with my HB equipped axes.

I think after I first got it and played it for a couple days I wrote a short review somewhere on the site that said it reminded me of the "Wall of guitar" sound very reminescent of the first "Boston" album.

[mrpicard]

EXCELLENT review Pic! After playing thru my CH (which I STILL cant believe I own!)for the last few weeks, I am realizing more and more how much of a tremendous pedal it really is. Mr. Picard nailed every thought I have had about the CliffHanger.

Thanks emjee, most appreciated It is definitely another great pedal.

[emjee]

Yep! In fact, out of the multitude of distortion pedals I have had and tried, the Cliffhanger is the one I like best. All others seem to pale in comparison...the reason is because BJF pedals are very open and uncompressed sounding to my ears. Some pedals sound good with some compression built into them, but not distortion (And ESPECIALLY BJF's) pedals IMHO. No goop init good id'nit!

MG