Thursday, July 28, 2011

God Box

So we got these two things into my Factory! God Box Inferno and God complex Tesla edition!
First off, they were well packaged and got out of the box from this LONG trip (of thousands of miles literally) without any dents or scratches. They both look solid. well the God Complex does. The inferno one has been in fire literally so it doesn't look that solid really. looks like it's been dragged up thru the hell... well it should, cause it's smokey! ok prepared my power supply and started plugging the cables on, one of the pedals did lit up and caught me at the 'No' (in a good way). Carl had batteries included. that thing was really nice and attentive since all that power (supply) issues could totally be a bummer. of course the second one also had batteries! one thing also to say is that the legs for the pedals came on a little piece of paper not on the pedals which was a cool idea. I guess it's an idea towards those who want their pedals on a pedalboard and have to remove those legs and stick a velcro. Well, with God Box you decide if you want them for a pedalboard or no. So the inferno: this thing doesnt just look smokey but also sounds smokey! Just plug it in, put the volume to your liking and start fiddling with the Spark or Flame knobs (both are drive knobs)! it's really straight forward, choose the amount of drive you want! with my custom Fender Strat. it can sound from very bluesy to very hot kind of overdrive. With my phase cancelling positions it sounded like a tube amp even tho I plugged them to a Solid-State amp. Nothing to add, a burnt block of hi gain overdrive, simply can't wish for more. Well may be just a bit of more treble to my liking but that's easily EQable. It cleans up very well with the roll of your volume knob (only not when it's at it max ;) ), has tons of clean boost. The drive knobs do crackle when you turn them around as GOD BOX says but that's a no problem, you turn them, you set them and you're ready to take off. As i said a solid block of win. I also opened it up to take a look inside and so nice, Leah and Carl both signed on the backplate and also had the day of birth of the pedal and the number of the pedal that's been made. Mine is #3. God's number. Coincidence or...?

Now the God Complex Tesla edition. This one is a special pedal, it's the #1 Tesla edition that's been made. The very first model. The pedal has got 4 knobs out of which one is a rotary switch labeled Tone. Then there's Input Output Drive and a NPD switch. What can I say, bunch of possibilities in just one pedal, The Tone knob makes it from very low gain sounding to very woofy fuzz. tweak it a bit and you get a nasal sounding fuzz, a bit more and you get something very close to octave up. I myself liked keeping the drive and input all cranked up and going thru the tone switch. Just tweak the thing till it sounds great. I didnt get enough of it however and turned the Inferno as well which was before the Tesla one. Got some octave ups and higher gain fuzz, just to my liking!

Well this is it, 2 awesome pedals, well balanced, well built with solid knobs and switches, 9v negative center polarity to the modern standard, true bypass and really tough cases. Certainly looking for their new products!

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