Hi guys,
I've finally got around to recording a track with the MI Effects Super Crunch Box. The track is called "Everything Goes" and was written by Dave Sharp.
 
I thought that the best way to demo the pedal was to actually record and produce a track where the Super Crunch Box is used exclusively for all the drive on the guitar.
 
The guitar is a Tokai Loverock LS85 and was fitted with Di Marzio pickups. It has a Tone Zone in the neck position and a Super Distortion in the bridge.
 
 A lot of pedals don't like such a high output signal fed into them and they turn to mush. I can safely say that the SCB loved it. The tone still has a lot of definition and articulation.
The setting on the pedal is: Comp Switch - 1
                                                 Hi/Lo Switch set to "high"
                                                The gain was set to about 11'o clock and the tone was in the middle.
 
The amp was miced with SM57s and was set as clean as possible so that the only gain you'll hear is from the pedal. It was a Marshall TSL602 with an extension cabinet.
 
The Hammond C3 was played through a 222 Leslie cabinet and miced with two mics on the horn.
 
The song was produced in Sonar X2 and mastered in Adobe Audition.
 
We tried to get as many camera angles as possible in the studio for this recording.
 
Please watch the video at 480 quality.
 
Cheers,
 
Peter.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSXU1B61N-Q

Very nicely done. Great sound all the way around. Awesome piece of music.
 
Peace and Blessings, John

theguitarplayer
Very nicely done. Great sound all the way around. Awesome piece of music.
 
Peace and Blessings, John

Thanks for the comment, John.
 
Much appreciated,
 
Cheers,
 
Peter.

 
Excellent passage Peter, and beautifully mixed.
 
The guitar tone is superb.

SteveStrummerUK
 
Excellent passage Peter, and beautifully mixed.
 
The guitar tone is superb.

Thanks Steve,
 
Yes, this new Crunch Box is quite special.
 
Thanks for watching,
 
Cheers,
 
Peter.

Super.
 
A nice sparkle on the guitar part and a great chunka chunka on the turn arounds.
 
Drums seemed a tad loud but the playing was just right for the song.
 
I really enjoyed the bass player playing bass. The parts and tone was great.
 
The keyboard work was a real treat... all the different tones were so nice. I love it when keyboardists play keyboard sounds.
 
The very simple guitar melody that is dominating as the main motif would have bored me... (Satch and Eric put me to sleep) but the other instrumentation kept it moving along very nicely.
 
Thanks for sharing.
 
best regards,
mike

Great piece of music and a beautiful production.  The guitar tones are very nice.  

Thanks for the comments, Mike and guitartrek,
 
@ Mike, yes, it's wonderful having a keyboard player that still has most of the old analogue rigs. It's quite something to hear a Hammond C3 and a Leslie in the flesh.
 
He doesn't do live gigs with it anymore but still swears by it in the studio.
 
Cheers,
 
Peter.
 
 

NIce work all the way around.
 
I like the song and the tone was sweet.

Guitarhacker
NIce work all the way around.
 
I like the song and the tone was sweet.

Thanks Guitarhacker, your comments are much appreciated.
 
Cheers.