Westwood Translucent Drive Manipulator Review

Super transparent (really)

And I like that it can add a good amount of distortion. Sounds awesome with other effects too.

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Westwood earthquake

the peddle does drverything as advertised will buy more earthquake products

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EQD WestWood

This pedal is amazing! It works well as a clean boost, Classic Rock overdrive and it even gets some very cool and thick fuzz tones that are great for Doom Metal. The active EQ is a joy to use. Leave that Tubescreamer on the shelf and get this instead. You will be glad that you did.

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The Metal Players Dream

Forget the TS9, this is the pedal you need to tighten up your tone. I use this with my Orange amps to get the edge needed to cut in the mix better and it's all thanks to this beauty. I haven't tried it with a 5150 style amp yet but I can only imagine you can dial in that perfect tone to cut in the mix. Works great with Les Paul style single cuts and high output humbucker loaded… read more guitars. I can't recommend it enough!

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I LOVE This Thing

First and foremost, I have had this pedal for a month (ish) as of writing this. So far, I love the Westwood. With this review, I hope to create an all encompassing report as to the Westwood. Appearance: -First of all, I find the color to be kind of ugly. Some of my buddies like it, but it's not my thing. I'm not going to ding it for it's color though, I care about how it sounds.… read more -The indicator light is stupid bright. We had a church service where the lights were dimmed and you could see the blue light on the ceiling. Quality/Craftsmanship: -The switch is one without a loud click. I like it. -The EQ knobs have a notch at the noon position which keeps the knob in the center if you want it there. Sound: -This has a good range of sounds on the gain knob. Noonish and below is transparent, while above noon it loses some transparency in exchange for nice cranked Fender Champ-esque grit. -The EQ is very effective. However, it's only useful from 9 to 3. -One of my favorite things to do: Crank the bass and gain, and it becomes a fuzz! -It actually is an OK tube screamer alternative for boosting a high gain amp. -Mine tends to have bass around 3, treble at noon, gain at 10-11, and volume at unity. Works great with some reverb for Sunday worship. Overall, this is a great pedal for many styles of music. It is very versatile and would fit in on most pedalboards. I would recommend it to anyone.

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