MXR Smartgate Review

Review of the MXR smartgate.

This is through my Bugera 6262-212 with my EMG equipped Agile AL-3100.

The Smartgate is great at reducing the noise you get from high gain amps, especially when used at high volumes.

I got this for £93 from http://www.gak.co.uk/

Enjoy!

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Music

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• MXR
• Smartgate
• Smart
• Gate
• Noise
• Review
• Guitar
• Agile
• AL3100
• Bugera
• 6262-212
• EMG
• 81
• EMG81
• 60
• EMG60

[Sick1982]

Do you ever get the feeling it kills your initial attack? I'm a bit scared to buy it as the gate from the fullbore metal pedal tends to kill the attack of the first note that needs to open the gate, and I'm not sure whether it uses (part) of the same circuit or not.

[insatanwetrustslave]

@Sick1982 Turn the knob to full and it does definitely kill it, I've started using it at about 11 oclock on the dial and it sounds great for me now. It all depends on your gain and volume though.

As far as the initial attack I don't think it does, no. I'd recommend this pedal anyday!

[polishskaterdude32]

does this change the amount of gain or sustain taht you get?

[insatanwetrustslave]

@polishskaterdude32 It can do, I've noticed that the gain/sustain starts to be reduced when the dial is set to 50% or more. The more you have the less gain and less noise there is. You can find a setting that best suits you easily though (:

[stormshadow2k]

Reading the previous comments about putting this pedal last in the chain: What happens to the echoes from ur delay pedal? Wont they be reduced drasticly by this pedal?

[insatanwetrustslave]

@stormshadow2k Your delay pedal would be going through an effects loop surely...

[insatanwetrustslave]

@shortyxxy Because a lot of people on YouTube are full of themselves.

I don't see what I did wrong xD

I was requested to do a review, I did it. My playing was fine.

People must be jealous.

[shortyxxy]

How can somebody not like that? Its a pretty cool review and sounds like a great noise gate.

[sexyguitarboy69]

Your clean sound is slightly distorted, are you aware of this?

[paperorplastic9]

shredding takes so much skill

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[chuckburruss]

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