Small correction. Toggling 'red' and 'blue' switches channels between low and high gain. To turn on the cab sim, hold the button until it flashes. Flashing LED indicates cab sim is on.

I have 7 and need Mooer !

Small correction. Blue is the clean input of the amp, red is the dirty side. And the if you hold that button down, it will flash. THAT is the direct record setting. The solid color is the amp mode for a speaker.

Hello, friends! I just bought 005 and I'm really impressed, it sounds better than I expected.

To me, the Matchbox sounded like one of those tiny toy amps (like the Marshall micro stack). The Taxidea Taxus sounded good, and my favorite was the US Gold 100.

Great video AGAIN!!! I CAN GET LOST for HOURS with you vids! Thanks for all the time you out in!

Which one was your favourite? Mine was the Taxidea Taxus (I'm more of a low/mid gain guy) followed closely by the US Gold 100 which has super nice high gain rhythm and lead tone. The matchbox will be good for those who like a high gain scooped mid sound. Good luck to all who enter to win this sweet trio of pedals!

I believe the red and blue are actually the 2 channels of each pedals and not an indicator for the cabinet simulation. If the cab sim is activated, the light will blink. I have the 009 Blacknight model; it's really cool for the price!

I think this is my next purchase. Thanks for the great video Darrell. A guitar nerd.

It’s so cool how you get excited every time you mention the epi

Darrell, A thousand positive things that I've been sharing with others regarding your talent, and how you choose to present it. You frigging ROCK!!! Although internet shy, I cannot refrain from complementing you on everything from presentation through virtuosity on the guitar. You have become my go-to channel, the benchmark I hold others accountable for, from basic presentation on up through virtuosity. It's now been 7 + years if I'm not mistaken, and you and your channel remain the standard upon which I still judge all others, and rightfully so. It's everything about how you present yourself in what has become another cut-throat aspect of music mania that has me comparing all vidios and reviews against those you have already published/posted, and it's your outstanding positive approach that has me searching first and foremost among your postings. Darrell, I'm on my way from recovering from a path that I have no doubt would have been a one-way ticket far beyond where I currently find myself. Is it all sunshine and roses? No, that's just another perpetuated falsehood that closes us off from the ragged truth that is life itself. Reality is another 100 shades of colors beyound that, each color percived differently, but still derived from the same base colors we opt to share with others. Although basicly all the same, we are able to disertain the subtle nuances that make everything from the first rays of sunlight, until the last rays of fading sunlight, absolutely unique, and is what helps me from just giving up, as where I still see breathless uniqueness in our universe, others look upon the cosmos as a vast void of lifenessness. It becomes extrodinarily difficult to view each and every new day with eyes wanting to clearly see into the future of mankind, although I fear that it's this very destiny that will spell humankind's fate. Just want to hug and hold you all close before it's that very action that forever stops us from doing so, as because I remain immuno-compromized, I'm still willingly wearing a mask and using hand-sanitizers. Doesn't hurt me any in doing so, but the rewards will be astronomical if my actions prevent the death of another human being that has just as much right to live as I do, especially those souls caught up in the current Ukraine conflict. Mike Dawes concert here in Napa, California on 7/14, the venue being at the Blue Note Theater, a venue that just seats 150 souls, and I'm hoping to treat my first girlfriend from 50 years ago, and a fellow music affectionado, to what I know will be an unprecedented live concert performance by the world's most astounding acoustic guitarist of our time, Mike Dawes. I know photos and videos won't be allowed, but just to see the faint smile on my friend's face while holding her hand all these years later will be all that I can possibly hope for. -E-

Great demo bud !! Good sound to hear as well !!

Man that matchbox sounded really good with the gain up

Congratulations on surpassing 250k subs!

I love the sound of the gold

Darrell’s videos always always tend to make my Monday lunch breaks 10 times better😄🤘🎸

US Gold 100 sounded great

My favourite is the Epiphone 😜 such a beauty.

Kind of an interesting approach with these units! Cheap and dirty with unique sounds of their own.

Wow great preamp pedals!!

whooo! i missed this channel! and as expected, another awesome video + awesome playing + awesome guy, always a thumbs up for you darrel! and i also like the US gold 100!

Really love them all. The sound is amzing

They all show a lot of potential but I have to admit a preference for the USA Gold....

great pedals. I don't umderstand the cab emulator, since they are preamp, so it suppose to need a powerr amp section before to be cab emulated. In fact I got two Mooer Radar. One is connected to the fx loop Send of my Marshall DSL20CR, to go then to my PA. And in this case the emulated power is "ON". The other Radar in connected to the Line out of Bugera PS1 and then to the PA and the power emulation of the Radar is Off.

Pretty sweet tones and demonstration!Thanks for sharing brother

Mooer 005 great metalica evh clone . Need to get one i think. Out of these three i would say the 'tax' pedal is that vintage hmmmm sound lol. Good demo once again

They sound really good Darrell, good luck to every one, and congrats on the subs, cheers

You should do one on the Mooer Preamp Model X2.

Taxidea KILLED IT!!

idk The US gold sounded way more organic and dynamic to me, the matchbox is really boxy and it lacks definition when fully cranked

Liked them all!!!

Great reviev Darrell, thank you 😊

love the matchbox!!

Very usefull video as usual. I think Taxedia has the most pleasent sound. Matchbox is too muddy, I think it would be good for certain people playing certain music. Again, thnx so much for telling me what these little guys actually do. Best wishes!

Great playing as always. I have bunch of Mooer pedals and they are all pretty good. You certainly can't beat them at that price point.

I use to own a matchless clubman 35; the matchbox breaks up nicely!

Good stuff Darrell, especially like the US gold 100. I will have to get one to run though my Marshall. Congrats on 250k subs!

Just got my US Gold 100, it's the only gain pedal you'll ever need

MATE!!! They sound so great, I especially like the Tex for some reason??? But, come on; that Epiphone is AWESOME!!! Wish mine sounded like that lol 😂

Demo definitely made me uninterested in any of these, odd, first saw them when cruising a Guitar Center ad today and they looked really intriguing. Thanks for the demo!

Hi Darrell, every video of yours you have a great modern-sounding lead tone. You may already have a video on the topic but...Care to share any tips on how to craft that sustainy solo tone? Love the Channel!

sounds good.

The Gold one is great!!

Ahhh those do have lots of potential my man! Pretty awesome performance from those Preamps!

I've got the Cali MK3, as well as the Two Stones. They're both great, but the MK3 stayed on my board! These are great sounding preamps.

Will these suffice as an amp and cabinet modeler? I am looking at building a very minimal, mini pedal rig...for smaller applicable situations. Want to use a pedal to model amp and cab and wonder if these will suffice.

which one is your favourite between the 3 Darrell? congrats on 250k! keep it up

Really can't tell as much difference as i expected, but, i really just use clean tones as i play mostly jazz swing tunes. They do seem ver cool though, I especially dig the us gold. I'd probably be very happy with any of them, they all sound great.!

I did not know he switched between all three pedals I didn't hear much of a difference the idea of a preamp is pretty interesting

Can you use headphones directly out with an adapter jack?

Love ur channel man! Let me say that I think red and blue leds are just channel indicators.. flashing led (red or blue) indicates cab sim on ;) personally I loved the sound of mk3 and 4 and I would like yo try them combined with the Day Tripper.. in order to get those british pushed cleans and the high gain of a boggie.

Can’t help but wonder how these little wonders compare to my Helix !

The Taxidea would be perfect for my versatile, yet hauntingly beautiful Daphne Blue MOD Shop Strat...could explore lots of tone. On a different "note", thanks for pointing out the binding on the neck of the Soloist I'm getting this month (I didn't notice), it will be my first guitar with binding and you seem to be a big fan of neck binding, so I'm even more psyched now!

Hey Darrell! Not too fond of the matchbox cranked up, but wow loved the other two!! What are amps are they trying to emulate?? Great playing as usual!!! Bob in Germany

The gold sounds amazing, however I’m pretty sure that’s due more to the player than the pre amp!

What's the nut width on that LP? With the angle of the camera, the fretboard looks pretty wide. Is it?

Awesome video. The pedals are pretty cool. When would they normally be used- if just had a powered cab or pa to plug into and didn't use a normal amp?

imo Good stuff, as always...congrats on the sub 3! imo

The US Gold was my fav by far

Gold!

The Matchbox sounded very odd, especially when AB'd with the other two. I can't quite see what Mooer were aiming at there. I preferred the US Gold for clean tones and the Taxidea for overdriven. Both sounded good.

Now I luv me some DBG and his style is solid. But anybody else get the feeling that Darrell is the guy shows up to a guitar purchase with a microscope, black light, and a CSI kit? Dude does not seem to have a guitar that has ever been touched before. LOL I mean sure we all want nice things. But sometimes the banged up '83 Strat just sounds better than the mint n-i-b one.

The US Gold 100 hit my sweet spot. I'd love to know what amps these pedals are based off of.

thats odd they must have changed it recently on mine you hold down the channel button til it blinks to turn on/off cab sim mode

US Gold 100! S2

013 was my fav!!!!

I have a strat would love to know how they compare to the Les Paul you used

Matchbox and US Gold 100

Would love to see you review the atomic amplifire box

Hey Darrell! I’m thinking of getting a 004 Day Tripper. If you have one too, could you do a demo? :) It would be GREAT if you played some Beatles classics too :) Thanks!

Could you make a tutorial with clean sounds please?

matchbox was the coolest

Hey! Me again! :P, does the combo (radar+micro preamp) works as a cab head? Can I plug the two of them into a cab (with radar cab Sim off) and make some noise?

Nice review Darrell. I'm not familiar with pre-amp pedals at all. Are they used like an overdrive or distortion pedals in front of an amp? Can they be used in front of a powered speaker? Any info would be appreciated. Thanks!

do these have a dynamic response to how hard you play? Can I get clean and distortion in the same channel depending on how hard i pick.

I wonder if i can use this as an amp to play guitar through my car stereo

The Taxus is OK, but the Gold 100 is more my thing. The Matchbox didn't do anything for me but Mooer has something for everyone in their lineup. I appreciate that even on such a small pedal you can have the option of going direct or through an amp at the touch of a button. Nice.

You ran these into an amp, straight in the front??

So whats a pre amp used for?

can they sound decent as an acoustic pre?

I just stumbled across these. I am in search of some sort of pedal board amp set up to play in church directly into the sound board via a DI box. Got any suggestions on that?

I don't get it, are these being recorded direct in to the sound card without an amp?

i liked the us gold.

That wall is getting crowded :)

So, I can run this pedals (guitar >preamp >interface>daw) without needing an amp to get a very good sound? Is this better than using bias fx?

US Gold 100

Why is it when these KZfaq cats have a giveaway ,Its always something cheap? I wanna see an Eastman guitar and a Marshall 20w. J CM and a Origion effects preamp giveaway

Great video BTW, they always are. While I work with amps more now, I've been repairing guitars for years. I started working on them myself after my place was broken into and a CS Strat that was handed down to me, and an American Deluxe that I bought brand new 31 days earlier we stolen, the place I had been working at had unexpectedly went out of business, and I ended up shattering my ankle a couple weeks after so I was laid up for months. I couldn't replace what was taken, I just didn't have the money. All I could afford was a used MIM. I know a lot of people who own mid-range guitars think they're just as good, and in some ways they are. However this one just wasn't; it sounded good, but didn't play as good, so 8 decided to make it play as good as I could. 15 years later.... One of the good things, if not the best thing b about being able to do your own servicing and modifying is that you can have REALLY great gear, that if you had to get them how everyone else does, you'd either be broke or dissatisfied. This is especially true with amps and pedals. Forget all the Dumble clones, if I had to buy just some of the Fender and Marshall clones that I've built, or vintage pedals, well I might be able to buy a few every decade. The most useful thing is that you REALLY get to know what goes into one guitar over another, or amp or stompbox, etc. You find out what the difference REALLY is been a $500 guitar compared to a $1500 ( answer; probably a lot more than you'd think), and what the difference is between a $2000 guitar and a $6-7000 guitar (answer: probably a lot LESS than you'd think; the law of diminishing returns really comes into play here). So I REALLY appreciate how you go over the gear you're demonstrating. I've seen demoed of the Cort G290 Fat models before. They were nice looking but I wasn't really blown away, PRS SEs look pretty much the same (not design but appointments). When I watched you do it though, I came out of it being extremely impressed; both with the guitar AND with the your video. Most demo videos will run down the specs, then jump in to playing it. Man though, after I watched you pull the neck off, pull the pickup out, the rear panel, etc. I came away knowing EXACTLY what I was looking at. I can see how the body is made; if it had a true maple top or just a veneer, and after finding it to be an actual maple top whether the flame top was a veneer or not (veneer). I could see how much care went into the things you don't normal see when playing like how clean the routing is, how well the finish was done, what type of block was used with the tremolo, the pots, etc. It was when I heard that in spite of the dinky little block, that the tremolo itself was machined steel, and I saw how tight of a fit the neck pocket is with the neck, I realized that that guitar was v MUCH more than the other demo and descriptions in various videos. If I were to buy a guitar like that, it would be with the intention of buying it for the platform of the neck and body, eventually I replace pickups, even on flagship models, not because of quality, I just know what I want in a pickup and it's rarely what the stock pickups are (imagine my surprise when I found that I actually really like the import 58/15 S pickups on the S2 McCarty). I always change the switching and controls; IMO they always use tone caps with values that at too high, and pots with tapers that aren't great. After that video I now know with certainty that the G290 is a fantastic platform to mod, and that the low price is in no way indicative of the body and neck (though I'm still baffled that with the design and build being such a high quality for the cost, why they decided the $2-3 they saved by using cheap Alpha mini- pots, but whatever). In close; outstanding channel, and exceptional videos. Keep doing what you're doing.

How does it actually works? It cant be used in amp without fx return?

as much I love playing word games with products can someone please tell me aside from the Gold 100 which I presume is a marshall what are the other two Fender Vox Matchless????

I prefer the US Gold

Unrelated...what kind of nut is on your guitar? Thanks.

How can i use these in a live situation with no Amp??

Love 012

I think it’s supposed to be: Blue is clean channel, Red is dirty channel You have to hold down the button to make it flashing to get the cabinet simulation for direct recording. And then alternate between clean and dirty Channels.

Great Video. I have a question. How is called the type of vibrato system in which I can do dives (Like Eddie Van Halen). Blocked? Floating or another one? I have always been confused with that. It will be cool to know how to set it up a Vibrato system to do dives

Can someone more gear savvy help me out? I think I've heard there's away to run pedals into your amp where it "skips" the preamp and only uses the power amp. Is that the point with these preamp pedals? Use your amps existing power amp with a different preamp to give you the characteristics of a different amp's tone from the preamp?

I liked the US Gold 100, based on a Friedman amp. Great tone!!! Great player!!!

Oh no.. Squier deluxe daphne blue is missing! 😧 Matchbox is more punchy.

I like 012 US gold 100 😘