FLAMMAFS06 Digital Preamp Pedal Guitar Effects Pedal with Built-in Cabinet Simulation 7 Preamp Models Saveable Preset

Ok, I shopped quite a few reverb pedals to end up with this one. I did some side by side comparison of this pedal along with Boss RV-6, GOKKO Creepy, Ammoon PocketVerb, Valeton Ocean Verb, and JOYO Atmosphere and TC Electronic HOF mini. I will tell you, the Price of this unit, although it is very affordable, was not the reason I ended up with it. I like this pedal best.1 - it looks awesome , kinda has that DarkGlass look to it.2 - it is incredibly user friendly3 - the design is very well thought out, and I liked it best of all pedals, including TonePrint by TC Electronics4 - has a good selection of Reverb Types5 - Sounds greatFirst, I will say, I am not a HUGE reverb buff, and saying that I mean, I don't like BIG, WARM, OVER THE TOP reverb types, I can usually find happiness in Room, Hall, Plate or Spring, and usually do not like Modulate, and am not a fan of Dynamic or Shimmer at all.For the most part, side by side, if you leave all controls neutral, out of the box, all the pedals have similar sounds. some were a little noisy and arcifacting, but overall, they all performed pretty good. My least favorite sounding was the BOSS RV-6. it was very warm and colored my bass tone. Yes, it changed the sound of my bass. none of the other pedals really did. The JOYO and Valeton had a lot of noise in many of their BIG types of reverb, but were pretty standard for the rest. The JOYO, Valeton, and Ammoon were all room temperature. The Boss was warm, but the Gokko Creepy and this Flamma were ICY COLD. This is what I look for in a reverb, I like cold, crisp, empty reverb, and these two pedals did a great job of that. The controls on the Gokko were clumsy, and you would need to continuously dial in your sound, with no real setting for the TyPES that is claims to have. The controls on the Ammoon and JOYO were big, and easy to see, pretty easy to read. The controls on the Valeton were tiny, hard to wok with, and it was impossible to read. The HOF mini, not enough control for me, and you can only use 1 tone print at a time. if they had the HOF2 regular pedal in stock, I probably would have got that and stuck with it, and probably would have passed over this FLAMMA FS02, and that would have been most unfortunate.So, this pedal, Icy cold, very crisp, and the Halls and rooms couldn't feel any emptier, and I LOVE IT.The controls are great. There is a vertical indentation on top of them all, with a dot on one end, so you can easily see how each nob is set with a quick glance. The POCKETVERB also did Delay, which I don't really care for. fi you like delay, that is not a bad pedal for the price, only problem is you have only one set of controls for both effects, but it is manageable.The design of this pedal is unique, and very good, easy to use and I love it. There is a row of colored lights across the pedal. there are 7 lights to be exact, and they are each a different color. and you guessed it, they represent the type or reverb. There is no selector nob, with no tiny lettering to try to read and see if you are on the right type. you have one button above the light bank. you press it and it moves across to the right. the types are starting on left - to the right. Room, Hall, Church, Cave, Plate, Spring, Modulate. once you remember that (and I did quickly), you are set. ALSO, you can set the controls to neutral before you move to the next type, or you can move to that type, hit the foot switch to turn it off, adjust the controls to 12oclock, and then turn the reverb back on. you get Level which is MIX, high and low cut. These do not color your sound, they are used to remove any coloring that may occur (which I found none) then you have Decay and Pre-delay. standard.So, once you dial in the sound you like for the type you are on, including the level (mix), you can hold the button for a couple seconds, and it is saved. This way, when you come back to it, you don't have to neutral out the nobs, and start over. Very halpful. Also, if you do move the control, the light will flash, letting you know that something has changed, so you can be sure to save it, if you want, or ignore it if not.It is a nice, sturdy, cool looking, well built, feature rich reverb with an ICY cold, crisp, empty sound that does not color your tone, and its only $66, what more can you ask for. I guess if you like Delay with your reverb, you could ask for that. And they answered, cuz for about $30 more, you can get the Ekoverb by Flamma, and I bet its good. that one, you can control the reverb and delay separately, unlike the Ammoon PocketVerb, but thats what you get for the extra $40 bucksFrom what I understand, the older Boss RV-2 or 3 were icy cold, and that many boss fans are unhappy with the current RV-6 because of the warmth it has. If thats you, and you need a new reverb pedal, check this one outOh yeah, all that, and its stereoYou can easily factory re-set if you want to clear all the settings, just take the power out, then hold the button and power on, when you let go of the button, it resets.Plusyou can add or remove tails.take the power out, then hold the foot switch and put the power back in. this turns it on or off. When it is off, the pedal lights up RED (everything but the color lights for the type) and when it is on, the pedal lights up blue, so there is never a question which way it is. like I said, very well designed pedal.

Can we all just take a minute to appreciate our friend, the over-worked and sometimes underappreciated reverb effect? Heck, at this very moment, there are thousands of guitarists feverously debating which little green box will make us sound like Stevie Ray Vaughn. All the while, the lowly reverb effect is dutifully working away without so much as a pat on the back! So, I put it to you, fellow citizens, isn’t it worth going beyond your amp’s built in reverb and getting a proper reverb pedal?I am a tone hound and any time I make changes to my rig I record before and after tracks with a portable recorder with 2 condenser microphones. Then, I compare with headphones. Yes, I’m nerdy that way. I had all but decided on the MXR Reverb or the EH Oceans 11. Then, I saw a comparison of low-cost reverbs on 60 Cycle Hum (a great resource for pedal fans) and decided it would be worth it to take a chance on a lesser-known brand like Flamma. Especially considering the Flamma costs about half of what the other reverbs I considered. Here are my impressions:1. Reverb is lush and varied2. Every parameter I would want to tweak is included3. You can save user settings4. Even in an effects loop with a daisy chain power supply, the unit operates flawlessly5. It offers stereo in and outs6. According to some surf connoisseurs, the spring reverb setting doesn’t truly “drip”. Maybe so, but to my ears, the spring setting is still well represented here and is one of my favorite settings7. Most importantly, it seems to build a beautiful reverb while retaining your guitar’s tone. It doesn’t transform your tone, it enhances it.So, I believe the Flamma offers great value for those, like me, who are price conscious but still want a quality product. If you are chasing a specific verb setting, like say, the spring setting on the Ocean’s 11, it might be worth spending more money to get that. If, however, you just want an all-around lush reverb, with a sturdy build and plenty of features, I would highly recommend the Flamma FS02.

This is a decent sounding preamp pedal with seven different amp types. Each amp type has a "clean" and a "crunch" channel so it's pretty versatile. I probably would not use it at a gig, but you could in a pinch. This preamp is not designed to plug into the front of your guitar amp. According to the manual doing so may result in "unexpected tone issue". It can plug into other inputs that run direct into the power amp section of your amp like the fx return or line in if your amp has either of those. Or you could run it into a PA or a FRFR powered speaker.Pros: Good value for the price and you can get some decent sounds out of it if you play around with it. The cab sim sounds pretty good when recording direct to a DAW. Do the presets sound like the amps they are modeled on? Not exactly but it's close enough for playing around at home or as an emergency backup for a gig. It's built well. The paintwork is fine unlike some of the cheaper pedals coming out lately. The knobs are plastic but solid and tight enough that they don't wiggle. The footswitch and the input/output jacks appear sturdy.Cons: There is some hiss at higher gain levels. The documentation that comes with the preamp pedal is minimal. There is a user guide on the Flamma website which covers the operation of the unit in more detail. The details on turning the cab sim on and off are slightly inaccurate in that they say the footswitch will blink slowly if the cab sim is on. It's the Save/Select button that blinks on mine. Perhaps they updated firmware or something since the manual was written. It runs on external 9 volt power only which is not included.Overall not a bad pedal and something handy to have around especially if you run your guitar through a DAW for practice or recording and want to experiment with different tones without paying for a Line 6 Helix or other modeling rig.