I got my Box Of Rock yesterday and man it sounds awesome. It's classic Marshall crunch in a stompbox. I think I could get away with only this drive pedal on my board. It's got a build it booster as well which works well for lead stuff. It sounds really cool with my duo jet and weeping daemon.

Used it at practice last night. Can't wait to play it at church this weekend ?

I got my BBE Mind Bender Yesterday. My manager was in Las Vegas so I had the pedals shipped to him. Unfortunately my AD9 did not arrive on time and now I have to wait for the hotel to send it back to the guy I bought it from.
I decided to squeeze my Fuzz Factory while I was at it.

What do think of the Mind Bender so far?
My bassist was looking at ordering a BBE Opto Stomp Compressor, so I'm also interested to hear your thoughts on the build quality of the BBE Pedals as well.

I like the analog chorus a lot. It's not as harsh or sharp as the CE-2 and you can get some cool warbly sounds out of it when you kick the depth up. It's not as good as the Analog chorus on my Memory Man, but it's close enough. The vibrato is really nice although it does darken my tone a little. Overall I'd give it a 7/8 out of 10. Build quality feels good and I like the fact that it's a true bypass pedal. I'm probably gonna end up with only 2 or 3 non-TB pedals.

Thanks for the opinion! We might just end up getting the BBE Comp.

It's just my 50 cents and might sound like absolute rubbish to someone else. I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder or something like that ???

I used my new setup at church last night and was a bit irritated. When I used the Mind Bender with my Drive on it kept boosting the signal. I used it once or twice with the big ben and then relegated it to when I was playing clean.

JoeyBones wrote: I used my new setup at church last night and was a bit irritated. When I used the Mind Bender with my Drive on it kept boosting the signal. I used it once or twice with the big ben and then relegated it to when I was playing clean.

Yeah that sadly is the problem with alot of modulation effects. You only know if it works with your drive pedals when it's on our pedal board. It's something I've often encountered in the past, so I make sure the modu pedals I buy all have volume controls, something that is missing from alot of them (esp. EHX pedals) for some reason.

I'll have to play around with it a bit more. I hope I can get around it. Getting kinda tired of looking for gear that works with my setup. If all else fails I might just go back to my Memory Man.

Swapped some stuff off my board to try a different setup. Loving the PB1 booster :



Everything except for the DD-5 and Weeping Daemon are True Bypass pedals. Sadly the cables have still not been replaced. The new Lava Cable right angle heads should be available within a month or so.

Hey Joey, how much you pay for the Radial PB1 Booster and where did you buy it?

I paid R500 for it. Bought it of a guy in the states.

That was a really sweet deal man! Those are $140+ new!

I'm thinking of getting one for myself for the buffer and the boost part of it (tried the MI Audio Boost 'n Buff, but it wasn't my cup of <insert favourite beverage>), but I suppose in SA with a US RRP of $180 it's probably going to be around R1300+ in SA. I'll have to go and speak to the guys at Music Connection.

I see you're using it near the end of your signal chain. I'm currently using a Visual Sound Visual Volume, like you, with the buffer and booster enabled and it works great for both jobs. I have it set at half volume for unity gain and I step on it further for a volume boost. It's just that I'd like to use it more for the volume part of it, and use a seperate booster/ buffer at the end of my signal chain. Plus I like the idea of the drag control.

What are thoughts on it?

I was leening towards the Zvex Super Hard On, but the PB1 was just too good a deal to pass up and I'm pretty happy with it.

Try out thegearpage.net . I've bought a few pedals of guys there. It helps if you have an ebay profile with good feedback.

Mr M wrote: I see you're using it near the end of your signal chain. I'm currently using a Visual Sound Visual Volume, like you, with the buffer and booster enabled and it works great for both jobs. I have it set at half volume for unity gain and I step on it further for a volume boost. It's just that I'd like to use it more for the volume part of it, and use a seperate booster/ buffer at the end of my signal chain. Plus I like the idea of the drag control.

What are thoughts on it?

I actually run the PB-1 first. I haven't played around with it enough. I've been really busy at work and am only getting to play guitar a couple of times a week. On the Visual Volume, my buddy used my board for a concert a couple of weeks ago and he did a comparism with his ernie ball junior VP. He said that the Visual Volume dulled his tone slightly. I'm probably gonna go see him this weekend to jam and test some of my pedals with his amp. Will let you know what the verdict is.

JoeyBones wrote: On the Visual Volume, my buddy used my board for a concert a couple of weeks ago and he did a comparism with his ernie ball junior VP. He said that the Visual Volume dulled his tone slightly. I'm probably gonna go see him this weekend to jam and test some of my pedals with his amp. Will let you know what the verdict is.

I had the same issue, but it's because you're running the pedal in passive volume mode. Take the bottom plate off the pedal and set the two switches (it explains in the manual) to "on" which will enable the buffer. With that on you tone will improve because the buffer in the pedal is a quality one. There's two adjustment wheels to boost the volume/ gain from unity (at the minimum setting), up to melt your amp with volume!
The reason there's two controls for each setting is because the pedal is stereo. You can leave one channel passive and the other buffered or have more boost on the one than the other etc. Lots of options!
That help?

Wow ! I had no idea it could do that ?
I bought mine of ebay and didn't get a manual.
To think I was gonna sell it and buy an Ernie Ball VP.

Glad I changed your mind!

I bought it BECAUSE of all the awesome features and nowdays I just cannot live without the LEDS to show me where the pedal is set.

BTW, the Ernie Ball is cool, but when that cord - yes that's right NYLON CORD - that attaches the pedal to the volume pot snaps during a gig (it's happened to one of my mates - read some of the online reviews as well) you're stuffed. Not bashing it 'cos it's a great pedal, I just see that as a downside.

Didn't know about that either. I bought mine for the LED's. Just love it. Would've thought they could've built it a bit sturdier though. Luckily I'm not that heavy and I don't jump on my pedals.