Archaic
02-16-2011, 03:35 AM
So even though I've got my big board with an ME-70 and all my other goodies, I've been building a small board to go with my Blues Jr. I got a Electro-Harmonix Nano Clone since I wanted some kind of chorus or delay effect and it was cheap.
The Good: Very nice chorus effect, very subtle. Can go from quite slow with a nice bloom to very quick, almost tremolo like. Really nice fills out the sound of the guitar, especially clean.
The Bad: Volume drop. Not as bad as some people seem to say but it's noticeable. Apparently can be partially controlled with a trim pot inside the case but I haven't tried that. Also, the pedal lacks the external depth control, this is controllable by another trim pot inside the case but if you like playing with that, the regular Small Clone is a better choice.
The Ugly: Noise. NOISE. Very pronounced hiss from the pedal when engaged, noticeable even when playing. Not just my unit apparently either from doing some digging around the interwebs. More than loud enough to drive me crazy any time the pedal was turned on.
Verdict: Was kind of a fun experiment, but really wishing I'd grabbed the MXR micro chrous instead. The Nano Clone is going to be going back to where I got it.
The Good: Very nice chorus effect, very subtle. Can go from quite slow with a nice bloom to very quick, almost tremolo like. Really nice fills out the sound of the guitar, especially clean.
The Bad: Volume drop. Not as bad as some people seem to say but it's noticeable. Apparently can be partially controlled with a trim pot inside the case but I haven't tried that. Also, the pedal lacks the external depth control, this is controllable by another trim pot inside the case but if you like playing with that, the regular Small Clone is a better choice.
The Ugly: Noise. NOISE. Very pronounced hiss from the pedal when engaged, noticeable even when playing. Not just my unit apparently either from doing some digging around the interwebs. More than loud enough to drive me crazy any time the pedal was turned on.
Verdict: Was kind of a fun experiment, but really wishing I'd grabbed the MXR micro chrous instead. The Nano Clone is going to be going back to where I got it.