NcheapPD: Mooer E-Lady

[greatmutah]

So I’ve been in the Gilmour hole a bit again, especially post Christmas with some of the pedals I got and trying to see how different ones work for different things (note: the Catalinbread Octapussy does a cool glitchier take on the tone of the Time solo. Not a fuzz face but different but still kinda works for that soaring sound). I’ve been eyeing PastFX out of Australia for a couple things and thought about pulling the trigger on their Elastic Mattress - a V2 Deluxe Electric Mistress clone with a bit more tweakability. Only thing is, I only have one flanger, the venerable Boss BF-2 and never use it much. Plus my only experience with the Electric Mistress style flanger was in the Helix and I wasn’t a fan of the modeled version of that effect. So I figured I’d be cheap and order this cheap ass Mooer E Lady and see if I even like the effect. Short answer: I do.



The long answer is I like it a lot. I did the usual thing of firing it up with a boosted Muff and playing some Floyd and yes it does that in spades. I also did some Police type riffing and holy shit this is the pedal I should have had in high school when I was jamming Police tunes with some friends. Also Rush tunes and others. I now finally get why so many prefer this kind of effect as a chorus vs an actual chorus. On to the usage, there seems to be not so much a volume drop but more of a bass cut. Considering I wanted this one just to try it out and see if I even like the sound, it’s more than passed that test. $40 well spent. When I do eventually go for an updated version, it’ll most likely be the PastFX version because again, the additional options and tweaking available on it. But this little box is a blast to play and highly recommended if you want the Mistress effect on the cheap.

[spawnofthesith]

Nice!! I've had good luck with the mooers I've had in the past

[ElDirtySanchez]

I went down the same rabbit hole, came to the same conclusion to buy the Mooer instead of the PastFx. I just haven't made the purchase yet, but this reminds me that I do want one.

[greatmutah]

I went down the same rabbit hole, came to the same conclusion to buy the Mooer instead of the PastFx. I just haven't made the purchase yet, but this reminds me that I do want one.

It's great. I do plan on getting the PastFx version sometime but this is definitely holding me over until then. Actually, if I'm being honest, it's good enough that I might focus more on some of their cool drives than their Mistress take. But we'll see. Depends on how my ADHD swings.

[ElDirtySanchez]

I went down the same rabbit hole, came to the same conclusion to buy the Mooer instead of the PastFx. I just haven't made the purchase yet, but this reminds me that I do want one.

It's great. I do plan on getting the PastFx version sometime but this is definitely holding me over until then. Actually, if I'm being honest, it's good enough that I might focus more on some of their cool drives than their Mistress take. But we'll see. Depends on how my ADHD swings.

dammit, it's 40 on amazon and I've got 35 in gift cards
if you find there's some volume drop and rolls some high end off when turned on, I've heard you can safely run it at 12v which will make it brighter and no volume drop

[greatmutah]

That’s what I’ve heard too. I just don’t want to dedicate an outlet on my Cioks for it LOL.

[ElDirtySanchez]

I am glad I waited , I was about to order one over a week ago and didn't. I went back to Amazon and they had a coupon and gave me some additional savings, so with my gift cards, I only had to pay $1.81 out of pocket. All my gift cards come from taking surveys from vendors at work so that was all just company time hahaha.

[greatmutah]

Hahaha nice!!! Can’t beat even cheaper than cheap!