NPD Griffin Analog: "Tone of Monkey"/Johnny Chimpo edition inspired by Super Troopers *_*

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Check it out...... This feels amazing and well made. The knobs feel sturdy yet smooth and it just feels and looks amazing before I even plug it in.


Custom color choice and LED too as well as custom graphics.

Putting it through it's paces will be fun *_*




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griff10672 said:
Nice pedal board !

Glad you like it !!!
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Bro honestly to start of I was expecting as good as the rest in regards to your usual TS Clone...... But it's by far the best clone or iteration of a TS I've ever played IMO.


I've played Bad Monkeys, Hardwire CM2s, TS9s, 808s...... Way Huge Green Rhino, MXR GTOD, BBE Green Screamer and any damn TS Clone worth a damn really......



This is actually better than any mentioned and well the only reason I keep the OGs like OD808 or TS9 is because there is nothing better...... Until this.


This keeps a lot of the flexibility something like a Bad Monkey/Hardwire CM2 brings but without the shitty tone suck...... And keeps what you love about a TS9/808 circuit and makes it better..... Keeps much of the compression but retains more air than the originals..... And it's pretty balanced as far as mids goes giving not a flat but a balanced OD in that regard in the mids and rich highs and lows troughout.


Needless to say without saying much more it's just butter and it may replace my OD808/TS9 for that position/slot in the chain *_*


Its simply amazing and I recommend anyone and everyone who loves a good TS9/OD808 to try this and order one ASAP. Its just fucking amazing and pure tits and not just a HR but a No-Hitter and a Cycle in one......


Used it with my Les Paul equiped with Gibson Burstbucker 3 in bridge and Gibson Burstbucker 2 in neck and my Charvel San Dimas Pro Mod with Duncan JB in bridge and Duncan 59 in neck with chain as pictured..... MXR Sugar Drive> SD1>Tone of Monkey/Johnny Chimpo>Turbo Tuner.


Again just pure tits and recommended to anyone looking for something that really just adds more good stuff to ones rig in general and magic fairy dust. It just makes everything come alive and gives it that extra mojo and probably the best iteration of an OD808/TS9/Bad Monkey/CM2/Clone I've played and hats off *_*


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PS.....

Im so stupid and thought it didn't work at first and did everything to trouble shoot...... :dunno:



All the controls were at zero/0 :ROFLMAO:
 
The~Kid said:
Bro honestly to start of I was expecting as good as the rest in regards to your usual TS Clone...... But it's by far the best clone or iteration of a TS I've ever played IMO.


I've played Bad Monkeys, Hardwire CM2s, TS9s, 808s...... Way Huge Green Rhino, MXR GTOD, BBE Green Screamer and any damn TS Clone worth a damn really......



This is actually better than any mentioned and well the only reason I keep the OGs like OD808 or TS9 is because there is nothing better...... Until this.


This keeps a lot of the flexibility something like a Bad Monkey/Hardwire CM2 brings but without the shitty tone suck...... And keeps what you love about a TS9/808 circuit and makes it better..... Keeps much of the compression but retains more air than the originals..... And it's pretty balanced as far as mids goes giving not a flat but a balanced OD and rich highs and lows though out.


Needless to say without saying much more it's just butter and it may replace my OD808/TS9 for that position/slot in the chain *_*


Its simply amazing and I recommend anyone and everyone who loves a good TS9/OD808 to try this and order one ASAP. Its just fucking amazing and pure tits and not just a HR but a No-Hitter and a Cycle in one......


Used it with my Les Paul equiped with Gibson Burstbucker 3 in bridge and Gibson Burstbucker 2 in neck and my Charvel San Dimas Pro Mod with Duncan JB in bridge and Duncan 59 in neck with chain as pictured..... MXR Sugar Drive> SD1>Tone of Monkey/Johnny Chimpo>Turbo Tuner.


Again just pure tits and recommended to anyone looking for something that really just adds more good stuff to ones rig in general and magic fairy dust. It just makes everything come alive and gives it that extra mojo and probably the best iteration of an OD808/TS9/Bad Monkey/CM2/Clone I've played and hats off *_*


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The~Kid said:
PS.....

Im so stupid and thought it didn't work at first and did everything to trouble shoot...... :dunno:



All the controls were at zero/0 :ROFLMAO:
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lay off the Indica dude .........

you have now experienced the Griffin Analog way of doing pedals ......... Super Low noise floor ...... clarity ..... and some more clarity .. built like a tank using nothing but high end components .


the Superdrive Gold I just did with the PRP resistors has insane clarity .....
 
griff10672 said:
lay off the Indica dude .........

you have now experienced the Griffin Analog way of doing pedals ......... Super Low noise floor ...... clarity ..... and some more clarity .. built like a tank using nothing but high end components .


the Superdrive Gold I just did with the PRP resistors has insane clarity .....
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This...... The clarity...... The low noise floor relative to the other sruff..... And yeah the controls/knobs are smooth as fuck as the tones are nvm the jacks as you put a cable plug in.....This shit is just butter smooth in all aspects and yeah..... I mean you outdid yourself and thanks man.

The OD808s is going on the shelve with the old TS9...... Not because this is better but you know..... Which it is but the old stuff needs a rest too..... Regardless and needless to say definitively recommended to anyone and to anyone who may not or don't have one check it out and order one. Its just top shelf and yeah it just elevates ones rig to another level IMO. Also yeah going into a Bad Cat Lynx 50 2206 running those EL34s and UK V30s in the cab.....


This Cat really purrs 😎

Thank you for this sincerely and very glad I got one while the getting was good...... Its just fucking amazing and again hats off *_*
 
I love my old Reissue Ibanez/Maxon TS9 and I simply couldn't find another or wanted to take a chance buying used online and the closest thing I could get to that was as close was a Maxon OD808 I bought at GC in store.


This gets even closer, more flexible and as good or better than the real thing with more controls and options yet still simple and straight forward. I've tried them all the Mini TS, Way Huge Green Rhinos, MXR GTOD or whatever else..... Cm2 Hardwire, Bad Monkey, BBE Green Screamer, EQD Plumes, EHX East River Drive etc etc.....


None of them are as good as a TS9/OD808..... But yeah this thing just does it right and better in many aspects and so glad I have one *_*
 
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hope you dont gig like that. my goodness the rats nest of wires would drive me crazy lol

post some clips of the box by itself as in nothing in front or behind it
 
griff10672 said:
releasing the Chiron 3.0 in about a month ....... wait till you see what that can do
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Been using this for bass a lot. I feel like it's a misunderstood pedal. It tightens things up so much. I feel as though it takes me a month to really understand pedals and apply them.
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70 Mach 1 said:
hope you dont gig like that. my goodness the rats nest of wires would drive me crazy lol

post some clips of the box by itself as in nothing in front or behind it
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Thankfully it don't matter thanks to the low noise and noise filtering from CIOKS unit and the low noise floor pedal too ;):LOL::ROFLMAO:
 
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The~Kid said:
Looks killer, gotta love it. What is the Chiron?
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The Chiron Deluxe is the reason my opinion of this pedal changed.

I got it working when I got my Psycho Simian version. I set it up as a transparent clean boost. It passed the test with no noise or color. I set it up with a light crunch, and it was great. I added some top end to use as a lead boost, and I loved it. I even went full tilt and used it to crunch the clean channel, and it had the juice to boost. I really liked it until I put it up against my Echoplex Preamp/Bias pedal. I just prefer the Echoplex boost. It's just preference though. The pedal is still good. I'll try it on bass.

I took it to the 8x10s and tried it out through my rig. I also came into an MXR Thump bass preamp to try out, and so I shot both out with the Chiron Deluxe. I got the boost and punch out of the Monkey with little effort. I dialed in a bigger bass and got it right where I want it, and it passed the test. The Chiron Deluxe just smoked it though. The low end saturation with the bass switch engaged is something special on that pedal that didn't girth up the same with the Monkey circuit. The Thump got me some nice warm character with great tone shaping, but no grit. I didn't get gain out of the pedal, just volume. It failed my test. The Chiron Deluxe is still the champion.

I was kinda bummed that my Monkey pedal lost all its matches. I really like it. I was starting to sour on it when I realized something: I just compared a Digitech Bad Monkey to a Klon Centaur. No shit the Chiron Deluxe is the winner! Apples to apples, the Psycho Simian pedal is the best version of ths Digitech Bad Monkey that exists. But, ummm... yeah. Klon.
 
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