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Tremolo

“Nicely voiced, with very slow and very fast speeds...” - Guitar Player



Micro Vibe

“Sounds astonishingly big... This elegant little box delivers a rich, bright sound that stands up to any we’ve heard.” – Guitar Player Magazine"

Capable of producing a more authentic tone than other Uni-vibe copies.” – Guitar Shop

“Sounds great! I use it all the time.”– Michael Landau



Proctavia

“Voodoo Lab's Proctavia: it'll put a spell on you."
"Once the Proctavia is plugged in, it doesn't take long to realise that you're dealing with a quality pedal that oozes versatility from its two controls.” – WHAT GUITAR Magazine, U.K.

WHAT GUITAR Magazine, U.K. Voted #1 in Fuzz Octave Shootout!



Superfuzz

“The Superfuzz flaunts tons of output and reacts well to picking dynamics...while making a little combo amp sound like it’s pumping a big cabinet. Yeah!” - Guitar Player

I was overjoyed to plug in my guitar and hear the exact sound I used on the first four Spirit albums” - Randy California



Sparkle Drive

Guitar Player, February 2001

Bench Tests – Boost and Burn
Five New Overdrive Flavors

by Darrin Fox

While the classic way to obtain grind is to simply crank your amp, it’s not always practical. That’s the reason most of us rely on some type of overdrive device that let’s the personalities of our guitar and amp shine through. Many players opt for a volume booster that simply slams the amp’s front-end to produce a more natural, dynamic feel with different shades of breakup. (Of course, this option generally works only with tube amps.) Others want a pedal that does everything their amp can’t–such as produce blistering distortion.

The five pedals reviewed here attack the distortion dilemma from different angles. All offer true-bypass switching, 9-volt jacks for external power, and LED indicators. We auditioned each pedal with a PRS McCarty, a Gibson Les Paul, and a Fender Tele Custom. Test amps included a silverface Fender Deluxe Reverb and a ’64 Super Reverb, a Matchless Chieftain and a Vox AC30.


Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive

The Sparkle Drive ($159) combines fat overdrive with a blendable clean-boost function. Controls include gain, tone, clean, and volume. The Sparkle’s dirty section sports a timeless, Tube Screamer-esque overdrive vibe that exhibits ample booty, tons of output, and superb dynamics. The tone control–which works only on the overdrive side–is perhaps one of the most balanced and versatile I’ve heard. No single-coil/humbucker bias here, just tons of tonal range for every application.

The clean control supplies an absolutely walloping signal and is capable of turning even low-wattage amps into fire-breathing monsters. However, the fun lies in the mixing of the clean boost and the overdrive. Want a clean sound with some hair around the edges? No problem–Keith Richards tone for days. How about a searing overdrive with a dash of clean signal for more note definition? Easy. Now you can add b13ths to distorted chords and have them speak clearly. At last, a pedal that takes the tried-and-true overdrive to a whole new level.



Analog Chorus

"The Voodoo Lab Analog Chorus is a faithful sonic clone of the old CE1... warm, pulsing and sexy” – Guitar Player

“Warm where many other products are seemingly sterile and cold”
– Guitar World

“This is the best chorus I’ve ever used” – Tim Pierce, L.A. session player



Pedal Power 2 Plus

“I’ve wrestled with various store-bought and custom-made power supplies over the years, but this was the first time I was able to connect everything in minutes and get great results without hum or profanity” - Guitar Player Magazine



Amp Selector

Guitar Player, August 2004

Housed in a rugged metal enclosure and powered by a 9-volt battery (or optional 9VDC power supply), the Voodoo Lab Amp Selector ($329 retail/$225 street) gives tone freaks an easy way to practice the multi-amp religion made popular by cats such as Eric Johnson and Stevie Ray Vaughan. The Amp Selector sports dual inputs, four transformer-coupled outputs with independent Volume controls, a buffered Tuner Out jack that doesn’t load down your pickups and can be used as an additional output, and four ground lift dip switches to safely eliminate ground-loop hum.

The Amp selector offers two programmable operational modes. In On/Off mode, you simply step on the desired footswitch to turn the output on or off. This is where you want to be if you’re into stacking up several amps to construct a monster tone (with maybe the option to add in an amp with its tremolo or vibrato rocking for spice). In Exclusive mode, a foot tap turns the previous output off, and the newly selected output on. This arrangement lets you do things like set up one amp for a verse sound, one amp for a chorus sound, one amp for solos, and the fourth amp for layering tones. Here, the outputs for amps one through three would be set to Exclusive (so you could toggle from one sound to another with a single stomp) and amp four’s output would be set to On/Off (so you could add the “layer” amp to any of the verse, chorus, or solo amps). You can also split the Amp Selector in half to run two stereo rigs or accommodate a setup where two different guitars (say, an electric and an acoustic) each switch between two different amps. Switching is silent, and the Amp Selector is absolutely transparent--it doesn’t color your guitar or amp tone at all. The Amp Selector is a brilliantly configured solution for any multiple-amp application, whether you actually carry all that tonnage to a gig, or simply like to effortlessly toggle between different amps or modeling processors in your home studio. - Darrin Fox


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