NPD - Albit MG-1 germanium distortion

Zeezee · Post by **Zeezee** » Mon May 28, 2012 5:44 pm

I've just come back from Japan and i decided to pick this up whilst in Tokyo. It's a cool tiny germanium distortion pedal, with gain and volume pots only. It's a low gain distortion pedal. 9V battery and pick for size.

rps-10 · Post by **rps-10** » Mon May 28, 2012 11:34 pm

Wow that's tiny. How does it sound?

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Tue May 29, 2012 6:46 am

Cute little enclosure. Not sure that layout (knobs on the side) will save any pedalboard space however, and I'm not a fan of LEDs randomly poking out of sticker artwork.

Zeezee · Post by **Zeezee** » Tue May 29, 2012 7:37 am

It sounds pretty good to me. I'm covered for high gain germanium fuzz, so this, as a low gain distortion is pretty cool for getting organic sounding dirt, that can retain clarity, depending on where the gain knob (and your guitar vol) is. It's nice to get that germanium sound without all that extra noise, when you step on the high gain fuzzes for example. If i can round to it, i'll try to make some samples.

I'm not a pedalboard person, so fortunately the knob placements/space don't really bother me