All-Pedal crafts suitably potent The Devil's Triad all-in-one Drive, Boost, Delay and Reverb Box for Jeff Loomis

It’s fairly rare I do a double-header for the same brand on the same day - while it has happened a few times with Boss for sure. This time around it’s the time of All-Pedal - where their new pedal launch just happened to coincide with my publication date of their previous and exceptional Slamurai Bushido Drive - Limited Parlor Edition.

One thing you can consistently say about All-Pedal is that their attention to detail is extraordinary - with exceptionally intricate and appealing artworks covering every side of the enclosure.

They have painstaking and meticulously worked with Jeff Loomis to deliver exactly to his requirements. Or namely a single box with Soft-Clipping Overdrive, Boost, Digital Delay and Plate style Reverb - The Devil’s Triad. There are 4 clusters of knobs which control each of the segments - which are activated by three footswitches and where the Delay and Reverb are on the same Footswitch - simply turn down the pertinent level knob if you don’t need one of those effects.

The topology could not be simpler - with the minimal amount of controls :

Controls - DRIVE } Level, Tone, Gain, BOOST } Boost, DELAY } Level, Feedback, Delay (Time), REVERB } Level, Tone, Decay, Drive Footswitch, Boost Footswitch, Reverb/Delay Footswitch.

So you start off by applying your Drive Levels - presumably a Soft-Clipping Tube Screamer adjacent circuit, then you can further enhance / bump that with the Boost - for Solo and other accentuation purposes.

The Dual Time-Based section could not be simpler with 3 knobs each controlling a pristine Digital Delay and Plate Style Reverb.

What is really clever here is the two sets of In and Outs on the top edge - where you can simply use the two furthers apart from everything in series intro the front of your amp - or you can split off the Gain Section (Front), and send the Delay and Reverb into your Amp’s FX Loop. As I’ve tried to indicate in the above visual.

It’s a great looking pedal - which really does everything it is supposed to, but as I like my Delays and Reverbs to be rater more granular and stereo in output - then this box is not particularly suitable for my preferences.

It’s nonetheless a very compelling all-in-one guitar effects box which covers several of Jeff Loomis’s Tone Essentials all in one seamless package.

Pricing is about right too at $325 - and I feel several will be keen to board this train as such.

Available now courtesy of Reverb.com.

It somewhat flies in the face of the Guitar Pedal X philosophy of selecting the best individual pedals for each effect category. No doubt great for a grab-and-go fly-rig.

Are any of you tempted to board this train?