The Emma OMP-1 OnoMATOpoeia Booster Overdrive Pedal may have a very odd name, but that doesn’t make it any less of a great pedal. It’s one of the most unique booster / overdrive pedals out there. One of the top features of the Emma OMP-1 OnoMATOpoeia pedal is that it can easily increase the volume of your guitar to a solo level but at the same time, the gain control allows you to distort the signal. This distortion is much like the type of distortion you’d get with a good tube amp when if first hits the overdrive stage.
The Emma OMP-1 OnoMATOpoeia includes a couple of other knobs and controls, including a saturation control and a seesaw tone knob. The saturation knob is quite unique. It was designed to mimic the distortion effects of early amps. Before distortion pedals were used, some guitar players would actually open up their amplifiers and remove one of the power tubes to create distortion. By turning the saturation knob all th way to the left, you can get this same type of distortion. Turning it all the way to the right, on the other hand, produces standard amplification.
As you can see, the several different features of the Emma OMP-1 OnoMATOpoeia Booster Overdrive Pedal make it well worth the $221.95 it costs new.
A unique booster/overdrive pedal, the Onomatopoeia can be used to raise the volume of an instrument to higher or "solo" level. Because of the addition of a Gain control, it can also be used to distort the original signal in the same manner as a tube amplifier when it first begins to overdrive.
Also included are a "seesaw" tone control and a saturation knob. The Saturation control has a unique function - before the widespread use of distortion pedals, some guitarists would remove one power tube in order to make their amplifier distort. This knob turned hard left mimics this same type of distortion - turned to the right the pedal amplifies as normal.
The Onomatopoeia offers a wide range of tonal colors from clean level boost to seething, sagging saturation worthy of the grungiest garage band. Its full frequency response makes the OM-1 perfect for Bass as well as Guitar.
It’s one of the most unique booster / overdrive pedals out there. One of the top features of the Emma OMP-1 OnoMATOpoeia pedal is that it can easily increase the volume of your guitar to a solo level but at the same time, the gain control allows you to distort the signal. This distortion is much like the type of distortion you’d get with a good tube amp when if first hits the overdrive stage.
