MusicRadar Verdict
A clever little box that's bigger than it looks.
Pros
- +
Nice, compact design. Excellent and versatile tones. Cheap as chips.
Cons
- -
Not really suited to bass or vocals.
MusicRadar's got your back Our team of expert musicians and producers spends hours testing products to help you choose the best music-making gear for you. Find out more about how we test.
One of the newest additions to the Electro-Harmonix Nano range is the Soul Preacher Compressor/Sustainer pedal. And very nice it is too.
Though its diminutive in size this unit is packed with warm, user-friendly musical compression. When used on fast attacks or percussive sounds such as drums, it adds a healthy dose of aggression along with a wide variety of tones.
We found it quite surprising just how many various treatments and vibes two rotary controls and a three-way switch could produce.
Using the pedal as an insert on bass and vocal sounds proved less useful however. This is a guitar pedal first and foremost.
With its high-impedance inputs and signal-to-noise ratio, it's really more suited for in-line use with the instrument it was designed for.
Major plusses for build quality too - it's built like a miniature tank - and has heaps of character and control for its teeny tiny price tag. I challenge you to find a better alternative
Use this classic free Computer Music synth to generate bubbling movement across your track
Proggy pentatonic! How to use the good ol’ pentatonic scale in cool new ways
“George is certainly not a rock player, and neither is Ringo. They’re both swing musicians”: Producer T Bone Burnett on the country roots of the Beatles
