NUXACE of Tone Dual Overdrive Pedal stacked with Tubeman MKII and Morning Star

If you want a cheaper alternative to some of the other dual drive pedals out there, this is definitely worth a shot!I have the Amazon Basics green Drive pedal (an OEM NUX Tubeman) and the NUX Morning Star, which are the components of this pedal. Having it all in one enclosure, with switchable ordering and one less power plug, is a great plus.I bought this to try out when it was on sale last year and had low expectations. I was pleasantly surprised at the quality of the pedal itself and the variety of sounds I could get from it.I have expensive dual pedals from Strymon, Wampler, JHS, and others, and this one stands up to them. Is it going to pull my Strymon Sunset off my primary board? Of course not. Would I expect it to last through a rough outdoor tour? Nope!But, all that said, if you want a good pedal to learn/practice with and experiment with drive stacking, you can’t go wrong here.

I like the TS side of the pedal as I get great tone and breakup. The Morning Star side seems to make more noise through my amp. I'm still working on minimizing that noise.

I find the Bluesbreaker/Morning Star emulation to be very nicely nuanced and the better of the two sides. Unfortunately, he overdrive on the Tube Steamer/Tubeman emulation can't be turned low enough for me. You can use an original Tube Steamer as a boost and a mid-focussed EQ by keeping the drive pot low, but not on the NUX, it starts overdriven and stays there. It's really too bad--maybe there's a mod out there to bring it closer to the original. Possibly good for super-high gain folks. Otherwise, the options are very well implemented on the pedal, with some tonal variation switches and you're able to put either effect first or second. It appears solidly made.

Sounds great can get bluesy tones with the morning star jazzy tones. I can get indie tones like the strokes from it overall I love this pedal I was never a fan of overdrives or distortion in my set up I just crank the amps louder, but this has differently changed my mind.

This pedal had a lot going for it - beautiful build, interesting flexibility, lots of promise. Unfortunately the tone just left a bit to be desired. Its a bit honky and never really sounds dynamic or something other than a bit lifeless. The gain is pretty nice, I found the sparkle and fat modes too extreme in either instance - they also made the pedal work worse with itself. The sparkle setting sounded OK but became harsh quickly, and the fat setting just sounded sterile. I think the tone stack lopped off too much lows and openness but it seemed like what you get from digital emulation rather than analogue. The eq's sounded too brash. That said, it was close, a bit of tweaking, maybe on a V2, could make this a pretty cool pedal.

I bought this and a Wampler Pandora (way more expensive) and I like this one better for sure. The Wampler seems more compressed and not in a good way, where the Nux is a little more open and responds to dynamics a little better. I don't like either one of the switching systems though. They're using an electronic switching systems in these newer pedals and there's a tiny gap of silence while it switches, which is just enough to be irksome if you're doing quick switching between rhythm and lead. For reference I'm a 50+ year pro player and have ~10 overdrive pedals including Okko Diablo, Morning Glory, Rockett Blue Note, Soul Food, Tube Screamer, etc.Not sure what Amazon is asking with their "sheerness" star rating, though. Heard a boatload of adjectives in the guitar world but not "sheerness" LOL

Awesome sounds.

I love this pedal

Esta muy bien que tenga opción de buffer y de 9v a 18v... ya que hay power supplies que una toma es forzosamente de 18v... el Sonido de Tubescreamer es más grave de lo normal, de la misma manera el de Blues Braker, pero nada que con unos ajustes no se arregle.A demás el beneficio de que ocupa poco más de lo que necesita de espacio un pedal normal pero tienes dos te ahorra muchos problemas.