NPD - It's a Gamechanger!

[gearJunkie]

I remember first hearing about the Latvian company, Gamechanger Audio, a while back when they were demoing the Plus and Plasma pedals at NAMM.

I snagged these from the Austin Guitar House 50% off Black Friday deal. Do I need them? Of course not, but the fun & mojo factor for these are off the chart.

PLUS Pedal - Gamechanger Audio

PLUS PEDAL Sustain and sostenuto pedal for all melodic instruments The PLUS Pedal is more than just a stomp-box – it is a powerful compositional and arrangement tool that extends the potential of any instrument, letting you bridge rhythm and lead parts and opening the doors to new soundscapes...

gamechangeraudio.com

PLASMA Pedal - High voltage distortion effect pedal | Gamechanger

PLASMA Pedal is a quick, responsive, and extremely heavy distortion with tons of unique character. This is high voltage rock'n'roll!

gamechangeraudio.com

p.s. I'm done for the year.

 

[DrewJD82]

I wanna try one of those Plasmas. I see enough of them on boards that I’m past the point of seeing it as just a gimmick.

 

[Orvillain]

Plasma's are fucking cool. I miss my Plasma Coil.

 

[László]

My son bought one of the Plasmas when they first came out; he loves it! Enjoy yours!

 

[Whizzinby]

I had a killer capture of it on the QC. Controlled chaos, in a great way.

 

[gearJunkie]

I finally got around to demoing the Plus pedal. I placed it as the first pedal in my fx loop. Tons of fun, but I was discouraged when the pedal started to stutter and cut out when I muted my guitar strings and stopped playing.

I spent the next 15 minutes reading through the manual to see if there was a switch or setting driving this behavior.


Note to self... put the pedal AFTER the gate. Problem solved.

 

[Whizzinby]

I finally got around to demoing the Plus pedal. I placed it as the first pedal in my fx loop. Tons of fun, but I was discouraged when the pedal started to stutter and cut out when I muted my guitar strings and stopped playing.

I spent the next 15 minutes reading through the manual to see if there was a switch or setting driving this behavior.


Note to self... put the pedal AFTER the gate. Problem solved.

Interesting, I would have thought that would need to be up front early in the chain.

What are you running it in to?

 

[gearJunkie]

Interesting, I would have thought that would need to be up front early in the chain.

What are you running it in to?

Ceriatone King Kong 50.

Think of it as a looper that only plays when the pedal is.held down.

 

[Bloody_Inferno]

Congrats! Definitely a fun pedal to mess around. I've got the Third Man variant, which is also pretty wild.

 

[Jazz Padd]

The Plasma is tempting, but I haven't gotten around to trying one. I do have and love the Plus, and have also used the Light and the Bigsby. The latter I picked up used on a whim, inexpensive as the seller said it wasn't working properly. But GCA were very helpful in getting it working good as new.

I've used all three GCA pedals on stage along with a few other pedals for various solo guitar sets:

That was for a solo acoustic set featuring my arrangements of several Jobim songs. I used the Plus to create a drone or to hold certain notes while I played over them. The sound was somewhat flat, which was OK for acoustic guitar. For that set, I was running the pedals in order as shown, but in retrospect it was awkward to have the Bigsby and Plus so close when using them both together.

For a later electric set, I put always on pedals behind the others, and those that needed toe tapping in the front row while keeping some distance between the Bigsby and Plus so I could use both feet.

In the electric set, I also used the effects loop in the Plus to add some modulation to the drone tone.

For the electric set, I used a RAT on part of one song, but am intrigued by the Plasma and maybe will consider getting one at some point, perhaps funding it by selling a few of my other pedals.