This module is one of Egnater's high gain modules. It's very bright, especially with single coils. I had stopped using it because I could never get it to sound good with my Strat, which is my favorite. I contacted Voodoo via email about a mod for it, and I got a response right away from Trace, the founder and president of the company. Trace told me to give him a call so we could talk more in detail about what I wanted out of this module. After our conversation, I realized that Voodoo is no ordinary company, and Trace is a really great guy who treats all of his customers right.
The module was pretty good stock, but I had some pretty specific things I asked Trace to change. I wanted the module to be more balanced across the entire EQ, because it took some extreme settings for me to even use it. The treble was bright enough but somewhat brittle, more presense than treble, and I couldn't dial that out. Midrange had a dip to it, and when boosted, it took on a very nasal characteristic that I couldn't use. Being a high gain module, it was noisy too, and when boosted with a Strat on the bridge pickup it was way over the top. Gain was good, and I figured I couldn't get more out of it due to the noise issue anyway. So off the module goes to Voodoo.
So after about two weeks Trace actually calls me to ask a couple more questions before he finishes. I thought that was great, and we talked about my rig some more, tubes used, type of guitars and pickups, etc, so he could factor in those variables into his sonic fix.
I received the module perfectly packaged a few days later and put it into my MOD 100. I used my Strat straight into the front of the amp with no effects, not even reverb. Set everything at 12:00, with no bass or bright boost, and hit my first chord.
What I heard was exactly what I described to Trace! I couldn't stop playing the thing. I didn't even touch the EQ at all, I just played and played everything I could think of to test it. Chords rung out clear and single note lines had a nice edge to them, but with more harmonic richness than before. The midrange was perfect and not nasal anymore. Trace put a pot in there to tweak the gain if I'd like more or less. As a bonus, the module was quiet as a mouse, even on the bridge pickup of a Strat, with my 100 watt amp's master set at 12:00. I was pushing some serious air, but when I stopped playing, there was just a whisper of hiss.
I played around with the volume knob on my guitar, and was able to dial this beast down to a very workable clean sound. Pretty amazing considering the gain I was using. It didn't lose any treble and stayed right out front, almost like a different channel. The module is more dynamic too, I could pick softly and it would be chimey and clean, then dig in and it would growl. Fun to play.
The workmanship on the board was incredibly neat and well done. For the money you just can't beat what they can do to improve your sound. I will be sending more modules to Trace in the future for sure. -Bill
The module was pretty good stock, but I had some pretty specific things I asked Trace to change. I wanted the module to be more balanced across the entire EQ, because it took some extreme settings for me to even use it. The treble was bright enough but somewhat brittle, more presense than treble, and I couldn't dial that out. Midrange had a dip to it, and when boosted, it took on a very nasal characteristic that I couldn't use. Being a high gain module, it was noisy too, and when boosted with a Strat on the bridge pickup it was way over the top. Gain was good, and I figured I couldn't get more out of it due to the noise issue anyway. So off the module goes to Voodoo.
So after about two weeks Trace actually calls me to ask a couple more questions before he finishes. I thought that was great, and we talked about my rig some more, tubes used, type of guitars and pickups, etc, so he could factor in those variables into his sonic fix.
I received the module perfectly packaged a few days later and put it into my MOD 100. I used my Strat straight into the front of the amp with no effects, not even reverb. Set everything at 12:00, with no bass or bright boost, and hit my first chord.
What I heard was exactly what I described to Trace! I couldn't stop playing the thing. I didn't even touch the EQ at all, I just played and played everything I could think of to test it. Chords rung out clear and single note lines had a nice edge to them, but with more harmonic richness than before. The midrange was perfect and not nasal anymore. Trace put a pot in there to tweak the gain if I'd like more or less. As a bonus, the module was quiet as a mouse, even on the bridge pickup of a Strat, with my 100 watt amp's master set at 12:00. I was pushing some serious air, but when I stopped playing, there was just a whisper of hiss.
I played around with the volume knob on my guitar, and was able to dial this beast down to a very workable clean sound. Pretty amazing considering the gain I was using. It didn't lose any treble and stayed right out front, almost like a different channel. The module is more dynamic too, I could pick softly and it would be chimey and clean, then dig in and it would growl. Fun to play.
The workmanship on the board was incredibly neat and well done. For the money you just can't beat what they can do to improve your sound. I will be sending more modules to Trace in the future for sure. -Bill
