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August 24, 2020Big Bloom Overdrive
$399.00
The Big Bloom Overdrive is built in our shop just outside of Boston, MA. It’s a medium to high-gain overdrive pedal.
The Big Bloom captures the sounds and essence of prized amplifiers. At low gain levels, the pedal produces a very smooth and musical distortion, and at higher gain levels it will throw almost every note you play into controlled feedback. There is noticeable harmonics riding on top of the notes at all volume levels which give a very interesting sound. Some attributes that come to mind – honk, note flipping, smooth singing OD, bloom and lots of dynamic pic attack.
Video Demos
1 review for Big Bloom Overdrive
Big Bloom Overdrive
$399.00
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The Big Bloom Overdrive is built in our shop just outside of Boston, MA. It’s a medium to high-gain overdrive pedal.
The Big Bloom captures the sounds and essence of prized amplifiers. At low gain levels, the pedal produces a very smooth and musical distortion, and at higher gain levels it will throw almost every note you play into controlled feedback. There is noticeable harmonics riding on top of the notes at all volume levels which give a very interesting sound. Some attributes that come to mind – honk, note flipping, smooth singing OD, bloom and lots of dynamic pic attack.
Video Demos
1 review for Big Bloom Overdrive
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First off, do not pay attention to the keyboard warriors on gear review sites saying that this pedal is an overpriced tube screamer or that the same sound can be replicated with “insert cheaper pedal name.” This pedal has a very unique sound I have never experienced that has a lot of mojo in it. If I could characterize the sound it would be like eating a big scoop of horse radish. Upon clicking on the pedal, which by the way has a super bright LED, I was very surprised by the sound. In “jazz” mode, the pedal is tamed down quite a bit and provides a very smooth-sounding overdrive reminiscent of a cranked fender amp with the tone knob turned down. “Rock” mode however is where things get interesting and this is where the pedal gains my curiosity. What baffles me about this pedal is that the low end of the guitar sounds absolutely massive while the top end retains a lot of clarity without being fizzy or flubby. As I said, its really hard to describe the overdrive character of this pedal because it acts like a big fuzz pedal on the low end, but as you go into the high end the sound retains a lot of clarity like a slightly pushed overdrive pedal would all while providing a lot of harmonic richness. The high end doesn’t get muffled like the high end would on a fuzz pedal. The only downside I can say about this pedal is that it is very “in your face” and if your playing is sub-par, it will definitely let you and whoever is listening know. There is no hiding mistakes with this pedal. Another thing that surprised me is that this pedal’s character changes quite a bit depending on the guitar you use. I know you’re thinking, “well duhh.” Some drive pedals just sound the same no matter what guitar you plug in. Plugging in each of my different PRS guitars (DC3, Custom 24, Tremonti) yielded different results that really brought out the character of the pickups rather than making each sound the same. Overall, this pedal is very unique and I don’t have buyer’s remorse about it at all. It definitely has its own mojo and for some reason, I have not been able to NOT play with it finding different sounds and just giggling at how awesome it sounds. Whatever black magic wizardry Taylor put into this pedal will definitely get you hooked. Ohh and if you’ve made it this far in the review, the pedal comes with a 9V battery installed. At least mine did.
Steven Zarzecki (verified owner) –
First off, do not pay attention to the keyboard warriors on gear review sites saying that this pedal is an overpriced tube screamer or that the same sound can be replicated with “insert cheaper pedal name.” This pedal has a very unique sound I have never experienced that has a lot of mojo in it. If I could characterize the sound it would be like eating a big scoop of horse radish. Upon clicking on the pedal, which by the way has a super bright LED, I was very surprised by the sound. In “jazz” mode, the pedal is tamed down quite a bit and provides a very smooth-sounding overdrive reminiscent of a cranked fender amp with the tone knob turned down. “Rock” mode however is where things get interesting and this is where the pedal gains my curiosity. What baffles me about this pedal is that the low end of the guitar sounds absolutely massive while the top end retains a lot of clarity without being fizzy or flubby. As I said, its really hard to describe the overdrive character of this pedal because it acts like a big fuzz pedal on the low end, but as you go into the high end the sound retains a lot of clarity like a slightly pushed overdrive pedal would all while providing a lot of harmonic richness. The high end doesn’t get muffled like the high end would on a fuzz pedal. The only downside I can say about this pedal is that it is very “in your face” and if your playing is sub-par, it will definitely let you and whoever is listening know. There is no hiding mistakes with this pedal. Another thing that surprised me is that this pedal’s character changes quite a bit depending on the guitar you use. I know you’re thinking, “well duhh.” Some drive pedals just sound the same no matter what guitar you plug in. Plugging in each of my different PRS guitars (DC3, Custom 24, Tremonti) yielded different results that really brought out the character of the pickups rather than making each sound the same. Overall, this pedal is very unique and I don’t have buyer’s remorse about it at all. It definitely has its own mojo and for some reason, I have not been able to NOT play with it finding different sounds and just giggling at how awesome it sounds. Whatever black magic wizardry Taylor put into this pedal will definitely get you hooked. Ohh and if you’ve made it this far in the review, the pedal comes with a 9V battery installed. At least mine did.