Today’s guest review comes to us from Marlin M. – find him on Instagram (@goes_by_fish), Twitter (@goes_by_fish) or Facebook (Marlin.Morin)!
The NuX Mod Force is a multi effects pedal boasting an impressive 12 modulation types in a compact, pedalboard friendly enclosure. This unit has a full color LCD display (128×128) to adjust parameters for each of the modulation models. These models include chorus, tri chorus, analog chorus, flanger, tape flanger, phaser, tremolo, opto-tremolo, vibrato, rotary speaker and u-vibe. More features include tap tempo, presets (up to 9), true or buffered bypass, smart technology to determine whether the signal is mono or stereo and 9 volt battery compatibility. This pedal has what is called TSAC meaning True Simulation of Analog Circuit.
That’s enough with all of the specs though, let’s be real and get down to the nitty-gritty. Overall this is a really rad pedal with a more economical price-point than any other in-depth multi effect pedal currently on the market. The amount of control over each of the parameters is extremely useful with up to four programmable settings per effect. I find myself tweaking and knob turning constantly getting as weird of sounds as possible. Having the ability to run two completely different modulation models (series or parallel) simultaneously was one of the major selling features that drew me to this unit. Not to mention the construction of the pedal is extremely sturdy. There are only a few things I found even remotely non-appealing about this pedal.
Because not everything can be absolutely perfect there are some things that make this pedal difficult to use in a live setting. While in the preset mode the tap tempo feature is canceled out and rerouted as a scroll button to filter through presets, this might benefit some players but for me it just makes the whole process difficult. Also, if in the preset mode the set parameters for that particular setting. The last downfall to this pedal is that if in manual mode in order to cycle through the 12 different models there as a small button to the left of the display that is not easily accessible on the fly or by foot, making it very difficult to get different sounds without having the presets set up.
All in all, the Mod Force has changed the way I use modulation in a given set or recording. This pedal is super cool, and with a little time to learn the ins and outs of the pedal your tone will be taken to the next level.
Who Uses It: Silas Ferandes
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