Mooer TresCab

I now have a number of the Mooer on my pedalboard.
At first I was scared that pedals so small and cheap would be inferior quality, but I took a chance and ordered them as I knew that they could always be returned if I wasnt happy.

I have a computer based multi effects unit and wanted a simple stomp pedal back up system for stage incase my system went down, and so thought Id try something from the Mooer range.

I can say right now that these pedals are fantastic and easily stand up against most of the other "name brands".
They are all metal and are true bypass so there is no noise.

I added the Tres Cab to my board to use as a back up if my amp goes down and I must plug direct into a PA.
The Tres Cab has a lot of options to fine tune your sound to get exactly what you want.
I recommend this to anyone needing an amp/cab sound when going direct into a PA system or for recording.

*The pedals are able to be so small as they have no option to use batteries, so you will need a power supply.

After using a Palmer DI box with a small laney tube amp, i wanted to get rid and go for a 'light' setup. This means getting rid of the amp.

So on first plug in, its far better than any sounding guitar going straight into a mixer (sounds horrible), however through this pedal it does sound more like a guitar amp.

The different settings, the changing of 'cabs' just changes the EQ for that setting.

for eg, a small 10" cab is going to have less bass and more top end, and a 4x12" cab is going to have much more bass. The pedal basically replicates this, and it does it fairly well.
I have only given it a 4 for sound initially because its taking a bit of getting use to, and anyone would need to spend some time, tweaking this pedal, and also other pedals like overdrives or distortions to get a sound your happy with.
Its not so much plug and play like a guitar amp, but this is the closest you will get for the price.

As for Mooer pedals go, i have been a few of their others for a year now and they last well. 5 star for quality.

I bought this originally for recording the guitar to the PC directly from the pedal board. With the selection of multiple cab configurations, mic positioning and tone tweaking, you really can get a realistic cab sound direct form the pedal board.

Also tried putting output directly in floor wedge monitors i the studio and go a very pleasant (no bees in the jam jar) overdrive and distortion sound.

Based on various sound testing, would now pair this with the Mooer ABY box and in a live situation feed one signal through the TresCab and one to the amp or actually due to the quality of the sound, ditch the amp amp and use the foldback monitors and save my back for a few more years.

Due to the multiple selection for cab configurations, I just try all of them until I find a sound that suits the situation. For the price, there is not a lot to complain about ..... apart from the size of print on the unit, a microscope would be handy to read the labels, but at the end of the day it is a tiny pedal.

All in all well worth the money when you compare with other cab simulators some costs many many times more. In my view a bargain!