No one sounds like Satch, but Professor Satchifunkilus himself. THE SATURATOR WILL NOT MAKE YOU SOUND LIKE JOE SATRIANI!!! Okay… if you read no further, please read this: Now back to our regularly scheduled program…. 🙂 I scored a 5, which is on the high side of still considering the gear and just one point below of getting it, but I didn’t score a 6 or above, so I held back on my purchase for now (honestly, it’s a matter of available funds 🙂 ). Luckily I have my trusty GAS Calculator to keep those impulses in check. But luckily, I’m not THAT impulsive that I left the store with one in hand – though I have been known to buy first think later. In fact, I’m writing this review right after my test. So I knew that it would be a good bet that I’d get this pedal. Plus, with VOX being known for high-quality, I knew that whatever was produced from this partnership would not be crap. I figured anything that was designed and built to Joe Satriani’s specifications had to at least be something to take a good look at, if not outright buy. When I first heard about the VOX Satchurator, I got excited. It now looks like I’m going to add to my lineup. Each pedal has its own unique character, and I employ all of them either individually or by chaining a couple together. Thus, I’ve had several stomps over the years from DS-1’s to MXR’s to my current line up of a Tube Screamer, Bad Monkey and an OCD.

In fact, to me, there’s nothing like the sweet, sustained, and compressed tone of saturated power tubes, or the dirty color that comes from a great overdrive or distortion box. But that doesn’t mean I don’t love the sound of distortion and playing with a distorted sound. I am not shredder never was, never will be. Cream chicken-head knobs for precise positioning and high visibility on dark stages.Dynamic circuit is highly responsive to rolling off the guitar’s volume and preserves the guitar’s high end when the volume is rolled off.High gain, low noise design provides vintage to modern distortion sounds.Down is pad ‘OFF’ for full Satchurator effect. ‘Pad’ switch pads down input to allow for high gain pedals (such as modern wahs) placed before Satchurator.This gain boost is dramatic when gain knob is set low, and is a subtle solo boost when gain knob is set to maximum. ‘More’ gain boost switch enables two footswitchable distortion sounds in one pedal.Analog distortion pedal designed under the complete supervision of Joe Satriani.Pros: Incredibly versatile, this box has the ability to deliver a wide variety of tones.Ĭons: Just a nit: True character of this pedal doesn’t come out until you’re at gig levels in volume. Definitely gig-worthy! “More” switch is awesome! Built like a tank, with chicken head knobs, and a fire engine red paint job. Summary: From grind to snarl, the Satchurator can deliver it.

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