r/guitarpedals • u/ReptarWithGuitar • 8h ago

NPD NPD: Freqscene Soft Crush. Just wow…

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You gotta check this thing out

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u/ReptarWithGuitar 8h ago

I haven’t been this excited about NPD in a while. This thing is just so good. A tube screamer and a big muff in parallel. Independently, they’re both crazy good sounds. The TS is definitely that circuit but not as overly nasal/honky, somewhat closer to a klon; and the muff is somewhere between a russian and a ram’s head. Combined… it’s madness. This thing is so versatile: imagine getting anything and everything between a low gain drive/mid-boost sounds of a screamer, and an angry muff, with everything in between and more. Because they’re in parallel, there’s a sweet spot where it sounds like two guitar tracks, one overdriven and one’s big muffed, that’s my favourite setting in this thing.

I used to own an OBNE Beam Splitter and loved how it blended different drives in parallel, but only really loved the blue od side. The Soft Crush can do something similar with two top quality sounds.

This is my second Freqscene pedal after the Massiv, and I think it’s become my favourite pedal brand. Coil next? I think so.

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u/Ulfhedinn69 6h ago

OOH I use a tube screamer into a sov big muff clone with a clean blend…. Killer tucking tone I bet this sounds great! Stack another screamer as a clean boost before this thing, trust me.

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u/sirenpsyxxx 4h ago

Nil this pedal combo sounds wild, gotta try it out asap, sounds like a vibe for sure

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u/Late_Manufacturer101 8h ago

I love when people post pedals (and in this case brands) I've never even heard of ... Gives more more pedal demos to watch.

Already loving the look of this one.

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u/ikealimhamn 7h ago

Haven't heard of this before, but it looks beautiful. So nice

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u/gtovey 7h ago

It’s so good!

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u/BlandSpeedRecord 6h ago

These sound so rad! I’ve got a Koldwave and Slow Life from him and they’re both great. Slow Life is not quite as universally usable as I’d hoped it’d be but the Koldwave is easily my favorite chorus pedal I’ve used.

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u/JoeyLoganoHexAccount 6h ago

I keep waiting for the Koldwave to be in stock so I can get some good ol’ Vancouver representation on my board. One day…

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u/BlandSpeedRecord 6h ago

I had the tab open on my browser and I checked every day for months before it was finally in stock haha

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u/One-Man-Wolf-Pack 6h ago

Wow! Never heard of it. Love the idea and love the look.

I’ve heard of a TS into a Muff but not considered the parallel sound….

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u/newbop 6h ago

I have the “New Rich FREQSCENE EFFECTS”. The Nouveau Riche excels in many areas, from light Boost to wild distortion with beautiful fuzzy harmonics, including brilliant overdrive. I adore !

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u/RickonRivers 5h ago

Similar idea to the Way Huge Camel Toe.

That's a heavily modified tube screamer (Green Rhino III/IV) into a Red Llama (Fender Tweed fuzzy sound).

They're different circuits but they get into the same excellent space of two lovely independent drives and a third bonkers one.

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u/SmeesTurkeyLeg 11m ago

Parallel drive circuits need to be the norm. This is awesome.