So what is the Mooer Flex Boost? Well, it's one of the closest sounding clone pedals of the AC booster by Xotic effects that I've come by. Whilst the Mooer Flex Boost and the AC Booster have the word "boost" in their name, it is actually important to note that both of these pedals are in fact overdrive pedals. I also discovered that the Mooer Blue Comp uses an Optical TA7136 chip. Which, if I'm not mistaken is the same chip found in the Boss CS-1 There are a few pedals on the Mooer clone list that are not clones of other pedals. The LoFi Machine happens to be one of these Mooer pedals. If you're wanting a guitar pedal that can achieve the Super Mario theme song sound (and more), then this LoFi Machine is definitely for you. Many really love its rich and complex distortion character - including myself, while others prefer a slightly smoother type of distortion - which is why it's handy that there are so many clones and mods around - you can find your preferred derivation of the core flavour that best suits your preferences.

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Do you need this pedal? This is an exceptionally hard Mooer pedal to review. Due to the fact that, in my opinion, does not serve much of a purpose on the average pedal board. This is not an essential effect. Unless of course, you've written a song/part with this pedal. Or, you're trying to recreate a particular sound that this pedal can produce. Other than those two reasons, it is quite hard to recommend this pedal for any specific need. Unless of course, you need a guitar pedal for super Mario sound. I'd love to be able to get my hands on a Mooer Blue Comp Vs Boss CS-1 comparison. Or even a Blue Comp vs Boss CS-2 comparison. However, I've yet to find any of these. For the meantime, I have added a demo of the Mooer Blue comp so you can get an idea of how it sounds like a compressor pedal. Many have asked about the difference between the two sounds of the "Normal" and "Treble" switch. Essentially, the Normal setting accentuates the sustain more. Whilst the Treble switch accentuates and sustains the top end. Blue Comp vs Yellow Comp Vintage: Based off of the 1974 Phase 90, often referred to as the "Script" version because of its script-like font. Note that the following list, although expansive, is far from exhaustive, and still only just a part of what is available - and you will most likely disagree with some / several of my choices. I run the pedals into dual amps - a digital Boss Katana-100 and an all-tube Carvin VM3C via Radial Twin City ABY. And these choices are what work for my ears and my particular settings and setup. SMALL - Movall Minotaur, Often FX Meta Driver, One Control Cranberry OverDrive, Tone City Bad Horse, Wampler TumnusThere is quite a big difference between these two. The flex boost is, in fact, a drive pedal which can also be used as a boost. Whereas the pure boost is a clean boost. In my opinion, the flex should actually be called an overdrive pedal. There are quite a few Mooer pedals which are clones of delay pedals such as the Reecho and Ana Echo. However, this echolizer is the one Mooer delay pedal that stands out the most to me. Some guitar players believe that this Mooer Echolizer should only be used through your amps effects loop. I tend to find this true, especially if you're looking to get the best out of the echo pedal. Having said that, I don't believe that it is fully necessary to have to put it through the loop. I use a pedalboard with my delays and modulation hitting the front of the amp. This has been on my board and I did not experience any problems running it straight into my amp. Mooer Echolizer vs Ana Echo LARGE - Dr J Effects Green Crystal, EarthQuaker Devices Palisades, Ibanez Tube Screamer TS808DX, Way Huge Green Rhino Apparently, the Pitch Box by Mooer pedals is a clone of the Boss PS-5 Super Shifter. I somehow don't think that this Mooer pedal is actually a clone of the PS-5. That is not to say that it didn't draw inspiration from the Boss. In fact, it is quite obvious to see that this Mooer pedal is based, loosely, on the PS-5, but is certainly no clone. In my personal experience, these Mooer clone pedals were some of the first mini pedals I came across. And they were some of the first mini pedals that were made available at prices that most guitarists can afford. Whilst the Mooer clones might not have been the very first mini pedals to come out, they surely played a massive role in popularising mini guitar effects pedals. I must note that I've tried to add video comparisons of each of the Mooer clone list and the originals for which they were based off. My hope is that the videos will give more context to my written explanation of these pedals by Mooer. I also aim to review each of these Mooer Mini clone pedals below. How Do We Know These Are Definitely Clone Pedals?

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Mooer's bass graphic equalizer pedal. This is based on the Boss GEB-7, the bass version of Boss's famous graphic eq pedal. However, this is the bass version therefore both the Mooer graphic B as well as the Boss GEB-7 have a different frequency range to that of a regular guitar eq pedal. My choice here is an excellent mini Japanese pedal (sister company to Xotic) - the EWS Little Fuzzy Drive - this has two toggle option voicings - regular and fat - giving you a tremendous range of tones from such a small format. In the smallest form factor, the soon-to-be-released in Europe - One Control Golden Acorn OverDrive Special seems to do an amazing job of approximating some of the key Dumble tones too. Once it is out I will do a head-to-head with the Simble to see which one stays in the chain. I’ve tried OCD alternatives, but the full-regular-size OCD still holds its place. My chain is very long, so if I can find a worthy champion at the smaller size I usually go for it. An important consideration is that several of these pedals could be assigned to different categories with different tones / levels of gain dialled in, and while some have a huge range of soundscapes, others are more fixed within a type or have very specific timbres which make them instantly audibly identifiable / stand out within a very specific context. The Mini Tube Screamer is very close to the full size TS9 tone, although I readily agree that the best overall sounding Tube Screamer is the 808 variety in either its regular format or extended Deluxe / DX version. The One Control Persian Green sort of gives you the best of both worlds here. We must not forget either that Maxon developed the Tube Screamer (808) sound for Ibanez before those two companies went their separate way.

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I don't think that it is any secret that the Mooer pedals are, for the most part, clones of other popular and/or discontinued pedals. Like I've mentioned, Mooer have since begun making their own original pedals. But it was these mini clone pedals that have made Mooer so well known. And, gave them the platform to eventually start creating and producing their own pedals. But, if you'd like confirmation that these are definitely clone pedals, we don't have to look too far to actually recognize which pedals these are clones of. let's look at two giveaway factors right off the bat: The sweeper is without a doubt inspired by and based on the EHX bassballs. However, it is not an identical clone. The EHX features only a "distortion" toggle and a resonance knob. Whilst the Mooer allows you to control the intensity, range, and resonance. So on paper, the Mooer has more features and should be the better choice. I have several distos underfoot. This e Ci used for solos and sometimes I also cheat a little grain of gain that is dirty sound just right. To be honest, I hesitate to take a second. Mooer Hustle Drive Pedal had a really wide dynamic range of sounds that you can use to alter your guitar’s sound. There are high peak and low peak modes that you can use as you wish. However, the features of this pedal are not limited to that.

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The Hustle Drive comes with a tone knob, volume, a large white drive knob, and a High Peak and Low peak toggle switch. All of these knobs seem fine. The large white drive knob does kind of feel like a cheap plastic?which I guess the small tone/volume knobs are too?but the drive is what people see, and I adjust the most. As long as it lasts, it should be fine. The size of this pedal, however, can be troublesome for some people. If you will be using this pedal in a pedalboard, we should warn you about something before you do it in your Mooer Hustle Drive Pedal review. When I acquired the Hamstead Odyssey Intergalactic Driver shortly before Christmas, I initially bought it because of its superb sound quality and enormous versatility. It was only when tweaking around with the various dials and toggle switches that I figured out that the Odyssey could very closely match the entire OCD profile I used, and do quite a bit more besides. Meaning that the Odyssey has bumped the OCD from its number 11 slot in my chain - as my now main ’OCD’ pedal of choice - which is something I did not really expect to happen. Explaining this 3-way toggle switch, and this auto wah pedal, in general, is very tough. As describing an auto-wah is immensely difficult to put into words. However, the video below should give you more than a sufficient look at this pedal as well as the tones you can achieve from it. Mooer Funky Monkey For Bass? Pedals are supposed to last a very long time. Otherwise, there is no point in buying these by paying unreasonable prices. For that reason, build quality is a very important aspect that you should be aware of according to our Mooer Hustle Drive Pedal review.Secondly, The fonts of each of the Mooer pedals match up to the originals. From here it's quite easy to tell which pedals they're cloning. For me this is a tone that the Strymon Riverside does really well - giving it an added 80’s sheen through its digital processing. I have my Riverside set to two quite different gain stages - Brown on the favourite switch, and a very mild, smooth boost-like overdrive on the manual dials. The Riverside has a fairly smooth profile, it does do high gain distortion, but not with that really dirty grit that certain analogue pedals are so capable of. Hence, the Riverside is not quite the complete all-rounder it needs to be, but it does do certain things very well.

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Along with these three knobs, the LoFi machine has, as I mentioned above, a 3-way toggle switch. The toggles include Bass, guitar, and synth. Now I'm sure your first assumption, like mine was, is to think that this toggle switch changes the sound of the pedal to that of the instrument of either bass, guitar or synth. However, we'd be wrong in thinking this. That is because this toggle was rather designed to optimize the pedal for the instrument that is being used. For example, if you're a bassist, you'd have the toggle on bass mode. If you're running a synth through it, you'd have it on synth mode. And, if you're playing the guitar through it, you'd have it on guitar mode. So you can see here that this toggle doesn't actually change the sound at all. Conclusion on the MSE1 Sample Reducing Pedal Proper Pounding Metal tones for me are the providence of the 3 German powerhouse amp manufacturers - Diezel, ENGL and Hughes & Kettner. I really love my Diezel VH4 pedal for this kind of compressed / processed filthy distorted sound. It requires careful dialling in, but contrary to many reports it can sound great in the front of the amp as well as of course into the power-amp / effects loop. I have the MK1 Channel 3 version which is barely a few months old - a new MKII Channel 3 + 4 version was introduced at NAMM and is imminent, I will of course upgrade immediately when this happens - it’s amazing to have such relatively low-cost access to the signature Diezel sound. The Mooer Shimverb is a reverb pedal that has three options. The main feature to sway someone to get this pedal over other reverbs is because of the Shimmer function. The affordable reverb pedal allows you to toggle between three different reverbs. The first two are your standard room and spring reverb. The third is, as mentioned, the shimmer. This is Mooer's unique verb sound which allows one to create soundscapes and dreamy shoegazing guitar parts. Think along the lines of post-punk and guitar-based indie music from the 1980s. Even if you ignore the shimmer function, the simple spring or room reverb that comes from this pedal is great. If you're in need of reverb at an affordable price, this is a fantastic option. You could perhaps use this on bass however I would not recommend doing so before doing more research on the topic. In my opinion, I'd recommend going for the SWEEPER pedal, also on this clone list. The pedal compares well but not spot on exactly. It certainly does an incredible job of providing a clean and transparent boost with the ability to add the drive as well as the bass to fatten up the sound. But, the RC Booster is expensive for a reason. And that reason is that you really get one of the smoothest sounding boost pedals around. The Pure Boost can get a bit noisy. But is still a great pedal especially considering the price and size.This is indeed a clone of the Big Muff by Electro-Harmonix. All of the characteristics mentioned above about the Mooer. Are those typical tonal characteristics of a class Big Muff. We all know the original muff to be an exceptionally large pedal. And, one this is not pedalboard friendly. For that reason, the Triangle Buff is a good choice as it is quite literally a fraction of the size of a proper Big Muff Fuzz. This modification is said to enhance the tonal capabilities of the Boss BD-2. Which is something I would have to agree with. Something definitely worth mentioning is that the Blues Mood also sounds great when used on the bass guitar. There's a video down below which is a Mooer Blues Mood review. It also compares it o the Boss BD-2. But unfortunately, the BD-2 in the video does not have the Keeley mod.