NPD: JPTR FX Tesla Wolf v2 (and new Pedal pusher: FX Pedal Planet)

[SumOne]

This is the first time I've used https://www.fxpedalplanet.co.uk/ and it has been great service - next day delivery, well packaged....and I might need to test out their returns policy!

 

JPTR FX Tesla Wolf v2 arrived today:

 

 

It looks great (and comes with all the 'boutique' pedal trappings - plectrums, stickers, decent box (and a PCB as a company card). On paper it should be great too: Volume, Gain, Tone, Clean blend, internal switches for different gain types and internal adjustable bass boost, analogue, well built, relatively small and with top mounted jacks.

 

 I'm not sure in reality though:

• Volume: Does nothing from 8am-2pm, and then probably too much from 2pm-4pm with a massive boost. On the minimum setting there is sometimes still a volume boost - depending on how you have the tone and gain set.
• Gain: Does very little until about 2pm-4pm (max), so in a similar way to the volume you only have a small turn of the dial for a sudden big range.
• Blend: Doesn't quite go to 100% clean, so need to turn down the gain if you want to use it as a clean boost. 
• Internal clipping switches: They alter the distortion with Muff and Rat type sounds, it is good to have these options but opening the pedal up and clicking those small switches isn't an easy way to adjust things. Tough external switches would be ideal.
• ...........that all sounds negative but it does produce some good mild overdrive all the way through to muff and rat type distortions and it is responsive to playing and plays well with other pedals. I think it was partly designed to push a tube amp (I have a solid state one though so I'm perhaps missing out on a big part of what it does). 

 

The shop (FX Pedal Planet) encourages people to take their time before returning products, so I'll do just that as it has good points and perhaps I can put the negative things down to character/mojo?! Will try it out at proper volume at band practice tonight. 

Edited November 8, 2023 by SumOne

[thisisswanbon]

If it's any re-assurance, their returns policy is the most transparent, well communicated returns process I've ever used.  Love your description of this pedal, my JPTRFX jive didn't tick the boxes I wanted it to, wishing I'd gone for something like this instead!

Edited November 8, 2023 by thisisswanbon