Construction and cosmetic concerns:
Basic mxr sized boxed painted in a nice red sparkle color, it seems pretty durable and after a couple of drops has yet to chip or scratch up. Logos and and label consist of single sticker adhered to on the front.
The insides appear a little unruly but the “shake test” revealed nothing at all. There is no clip for the battery, but with the case being so small, it’s not really going anywhere once inserted and this appears to be true for all of the small box Devi Ever line (or at least the 3 I’ve tried). The circuit itself is free-floating and has been swaddled in tape to keep it from bouncing around the inside of the box. I would prefer a mounted board personally, but Devi mentioned it in our conversation:
Hopefully the other pedals will please you in some way as well, and I’m already cringing at the inside shots of the Year of the Rat (we haven’t updated the inside board yet to more “boutique” standards, so it’s going to look not-so-boutique, but I’d like to go ahead and say for the record, that after five years of building and selling thousands of pedals, I’ve never had one returned to me broken due to my use of electrical tape and friction!
<repeating rant>Side layout of jacks is fine, but I still always end up struggling with power taps that are located just below the jack, I feel like I’m always fighting with it when I want to use it. Battery access is the standard 4 screw system.</repeating>
Power is disengaged when there is a battery present and a guitar cable is not inserted in the in jack. If you are using a power supply the pedal will power up even if the guitar cable is no present (not sure why this second behavior matters, but I figured I’d mention it).
Thanks for the review. I purchased this pedal because of it. It definitely doesn’t have as many options as other fuzzes, but I think I may like its sound better than my Mammoth. Thanks again.
Clifton