Blue Shoe Gai Pan Distortion

6 reviews for Blue Shoe Gai Pan Distortion

1. 

   Rated 2 out of 5

   Steve Floyd (verified owner) – June 24, 2020

   Didn’t like it at all. Not as much gain as I expected and was noisy.

2. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   Steve Floyd (verified owner) – February 28, 2021

   I wrote the previous review. I must have had some bad fets or made a mistake in my initial build. I tried again and it sounds much better

3. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   dkeclik (verified owner) – April 2, 2021

   It’s awesome, so many great sounds in here.

4. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   tcoffel (verified owner) – July 29, 2021

   Great Overdrive / Distortion pedal once you get it dialed in. I must say though, it requires some serious tinkering to nail down the sounds you really want to play. The push knob can quickly get you into a hard driven territory you may or may not like (I didn’t), but I was able to balance it out and find several tones I do like for sure. It will do a heavy rock lead sound like nobody’s business!

5. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   tcoffel (verified owner) – July 29, 2021

   Super quick follow up to this build, I forgot to add this to my review…. you MUST BIAS this pedal properly with the trimmer POTS.. It’s easy, but can be intimidating if you’ve never done it before. The forums are a GREAT resource to help with this, but a “quick and dirty” run down, is attach ground leg of your DMM to a common ground in the pedal (I either use Negative of battery input, or the negative lead of the input / output jacks) and then attach the positive lead of your DMM to the Drain leg of the JFET. Set your DMM to read DC voltage, and bias (turn the trimmer pot corresponding to the JFET you are BIASING with a screw driver) until the voltage on your DMM reads 4.5v. Then move to the next one, do the EXACT same thing, rinse repeat for all JFETS.. THIS IS A STARTING POINT… You can BIAS it higher, lower, etc.. But test the sounds you get and twist the knobs and listen to your pedal. What matters is what BIAS voltage SOUNDS BEST TO YOU, not what a book says necessarily. The “book” or “standard” is a reference point, but the sounds you like might be hotter, or weaker.. YMMV.

6. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Mitch1212 (verified owner) – December 13, 2021

   Pedal covers so much ground. The mid preamps really let’s you dial in any guitar and amp. I used smd j201 with a conversation PCB. Definitely worth the afternoon.