Post by DefJef on Mar 6, 2020 13:03:58 GMT
I got this seemingly unused pedal the other day for about £15.
It couldn't be simpler: a switch and a knob. That's it. I wanted to compare it with the Kokko Boost pedal that I already use and the comparisons were very revealing.
There is almost nothing to say about the Rush pedal other than it is nice and quiet, has a smoothly operating knob and the foot switch engages after you take your foot off it. That's quite nice but you need to be ready for that feature. Just stomping on the switch for the beginning of your solo will mean you miss the beginning of the solo till your foot steps off it. Not a problem and the switch is lovely and silent but you do need to have stomped ON the pedal ready to RELEASE it for your solo. But it's different when you switch it off. Stomp and it's gone. Not a huge technical shift in playing technique but yet one more thing to think about!
I played it alongside the Kokko pedal and all I can say is, that Kokko was a huge bargain. BOTH give a transparent gain boost but there is MORE gain to be found on the Kokko. It matched the Rush all the way up to the Rush's max gain - TC Electronic say that's 20db of gain - but the Kokko still had another fifth of a turn to go, adding a little more crunch activity to the preamp on my Bugera. Kokko don't say what the gain amount actually is other than 'massive'! So, if TC Electronic are correct, I can happily report that the Kokko Bosst has 'more than 20db of gain'!
Since the Kokko has the flexibility of those tone controls, takes up a third of the space, switches on when I stomp on it and has markers on the knobs that glow in the dark, I can't see any reason to keep the Rush pedal. If I want a second stage of boost I can always use a Joyo OD that I already have or get a second Kokko; it would be cheaper and still take up less room. Back it goes...along with the Hellbabe that it came with.
At least I'm keeping the Biyang EQ!
It couldn't be simpler: a switch and a knob. That's it. I wanted to compare it with the Kokko Boost pedal that I already use and the comparisons were very revealing.
There is almost nothing to say about the Rush pedal other than it is nice and quiet, has a smoothly operating knob and the foot switch engages after you take your foot off it. That's quite nice but you need to be ready for that feature. Just stomping on the switch for the beginning of your solo will mean you miss the beginning of the solo till your foot steps off it. Not a problem and the switch is lovely and silent but you do need to have stomped ON the pedal ready to RELEASE it for your solo. But it's different when you switch it off. Stomp and it's gone. Not a huge technical shift in playing technique but yet one more thing to think about!
I played it alongside the Kokko pedal and all I can say is, that Kokko was a huge bargain. BOTH give a transparent gain boost but there is MORE gain to be found on the Kokko. It matched the Rush all the way up to the Rush's max gain - TC Electronic say that's 20db of gain - but the Kokko still had another fifth of a turn to go, adding a little more crunch activity to the preamp on my Bugera. Kokko don't say what the gain amount actually is other than 'massive'! So, if TC Electronic are correct, I can happily report that the Kokko Bosst has 'more than 20db of gain'!
Since the Kokko has the flexibility of those tone controls, takes up a third of the space, switches on when I stomp on it and has markers on the knobs that glow in the dark, I can't see any reason to keep the Rush pedal. If I want a second stage of boost I can always use a Joyo OD that I already have or get a second Kokko; it would be cheaper and still take up less room. Back it goes...along with the Hellbabe that it came with.
At least I'm keeping the Biyang EQ!