Attack Goat – REVISITED – 5-2009

I was having a conversation with the maker of Wounded Paw pedals about one of his new creations (the battering ram) and he mentioned that he had recently read this review and noticed that I had an older version (perhaps the last one sold before he revised the pedal) and he had made some slight changes to the tone and cleaned up some construction bits since then. He agreed to loan one to me for a little bit to take a stab at and update this review.

Construction Update

Older version on the left, newer on the right

The wiring is tightened up a little, but most importantly the circuit board is now securely mounted on posts isolating it from the accidently case contact or wire wear-and-tear that can happen on a freely floating circuit. This one also came with a battery, which also appeals to my sense of order.

Sonic Flavor

It was mentioned that there were some subtle changes made between this version (1.3) and the pedal I reviewed previously (1.2) but not having the old pedal around to compare made it a little difficult. Using the samples and sound settings that I had the pedals sounded almost identical. What I don’t remember is the cool grind sounds I was able to get at the low end of the tone knob when maxing drive & blend (there is some examples in the video).

New Samples

1. tone: 12, drive: 12, blend 12, level: 1
2. tone: 3, drive: 5(max), blend 12, level: 1
3. tone: 7 (min), drive: 3, blend 3, level: 1

Jazz Bass

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Goofy Jazz w/Looper:

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P Bass

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Updated Video

Final Notes

After looking at this pedal again, I’ve made some slight changes to the scores. I moved Versatility from 5->6, and overall from 7->8. Happy Fuzzing!