NUPD: Lovepedal Black Panel Deluxe 4 Knob

[tsp17]

New favorite pedal, at least for today.  Bought used and as with many Lovepedals, no control labels and no manual.  Couldn’t find a manual on line either.  But - Simple to dial in once you figure out which dial does what.  Works great in front of my Mesa California Tweed 40 at low gain (both pedal and amp)  for “always on” tone enhancer then a a little hair and grit as you dial up the guitar volume and dig in a little.  With guitar volume at 10 - Doesn’t take much pedal gain to get a nice dark and complex breakup kind of like the lead guitar part on the Beatles “I Want You” from Abbey Road.  

Nice not expensive, fancy or complicated “amp in a box” for a pretty good approximation of Black Panel Deluxe Reverb base tone and breakup.  No reverb on the pedal, but my amp has that, so no problem.   Add a little delay and it is great clean for jazz and rhythm playing, dime the guitar volume and play a little more aggressively (doesn't take much) and you’ve got a great lead tone with some hair around the edges and more sustain.  Definitely a keeper. 

I’ve got a Greer Lightspeed on the way and thinking to pair the two together and see if there is good synergy between them or maybe run them separately for different flavors, or both. 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by tsp17