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Topic: Brad Sarno's Solar Flare distortion pedal |
Ken Metcalf
From: San Antonio Texas USA
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Posted 17 Mar 2017 7:42 am
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I have been busy and out of town, Just got a chance to plug in Brad Sarno's Solar Flare distortion pedal and give a quick test.
No question that it by far surpasses all my expectations.
Tone is very nice and balanced across all 12 strings.
Sounds like very good Allman Bro.s blues or David Lindley type singing clear tone.
Actually plays chords fairly well "for heavy distortion"
Very Happy Thanks Brad !
http://www.sarnomusicsolutions.com/index.html
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Ken Morgan
From: Midland, Texas, USA
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Posted 17 Mar 2017 8:24 am
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Had a chance to test drive this with a tele or strat? _________________ 67 Shobud Blue Darling III, scads of pedals and such, more 6 strings than I got room for
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Dave Meis
From: Olympic Peninsula, Washington, USA
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Posted 17 Mar 2017 10:09 am
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Nothing on the web site...how do you get one? |
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Ken Metcalf
From: San Antonio Texas USA
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Posted 17 Mar 2017 2:43 pm
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Brad had a few at the Dallas steel guitar convention and I had a friend pick one up for me. |
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Josh Yenne
From: Sonoma California
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Posted 17 Mar 2017 9:11 pm
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cool! his earth drive is my "go to" pedal steel overdrive... almost TOO clean but doesnt seem to get confused by the pedal steel harmonic structure.. what is the difference with this pedal? |
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Georg Sørtun
From: Mandal, Agder, Norway
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Posted 18 Mar 2017 5:54 am
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Gave one a quick test at the TSGA Jamboree. Sounded as expected ... nice ![Very Happy](images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif) |
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Brad Sarno
From: St. Louis, MO USA
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Posted 18 Mar 2017 2:56 pm
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Josh Yenne wrote: |
cool! his earth drive is my "go to" pedal steel overdrive... almost TOO clean but doesnt seem to get confused by the pedal steel harmonic structure.. what is the difference with this pedal? |
The Earth Drive is really good with chords and harmonies not being too cluttered by distortion harmonics. This new Solar Flare, on the other hand, is a pretty heavy harmonic pedal and does not fare as well with full chords, maybe power chords, but it's really a bit more of a "lead" or "solo" kind of pedal compared to the Earth Drive.
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