Friday, August 21, 2009

MojoHand Copperhead Dual Boost - Review

Hey there folks. I doubt very much that product reviews will ever become a regular thing for two reasons; firstly, we don't change out effects or guitars that often, and secondly, this crap is expensive, and there ain't nobody flowing us free stuff!
That being said, I did buy a MojoHand Copperhead dual boost the other day. After several practices and using it live, I figured I'd throw up some info on it. According to the builder, this pedal is two of the same circuits on the same board. Each side of the pedal is a boost with volume and gain knobs, the main feature being the "cascaded" effect of using both sides together. Now, right off the bat there was no instructions in the box. No big deal, I hear you say. Well it kinda was. Powering this effect is quite finicky, and without guidance I bumbled along and was actually on the verge of sending it back!
The issue seems to be that the Copperhead munches power like a hungry T-Rex. I first stuck it at the top of my pedal chain powered by my Boss tuner/daisy chain thing. No dice. Anywhere south of cranked, the pedal sucked out volume and tone. Next I got my hands on a Godlyke Powerall, and used it in place of the boss. Now this baby pumps out 1.7 amps in comparison with the Boss' meager 500 milliamp supply. I got the same result!
Basically, you need to run a devoted power supply to this pedal. End of story. Now, the tone. On one side only, you can get a very transparent boost or turn up the gain for a fairly mild crunchy overdrive. Kick in the second side, however, and we're off to the races. Again you can dial in a very transparent drive/boost, or you can crank the gain knob for wailing Blackface-style overdrive. The pedal is built very well. I opened it up and the wiring is very tidy and economical. Overall, a solid and adaptable effect.


The "I did more research, and played at a bigger club" update...

O.k. turns out that this pedal is more af an amp pusher than an overdrive. At any volume it's way more boost than drive, and doesn't come into it glory until your amp is at 7 or 8. But when it is... Oh baby, she cries tears of tone. The best way to describe it is "your amp on 10, with just a bit more grit."
Jer.

1 comment:

  1. Hi, i hope it's not too late but i have the same problem to power this pedal and i would like to know what kind of power supply did it for you. How many amperes? thanks
    Ermanno (from Italy)

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