GOKKO GK-34 American Box Guitar Effects Pedal, Acoustic Guitar Pedal, Analog Mesa Boogie Amplifier Tone

I have 5 actual Mesa amps (Single Rectifier head, Dual Rectifier Solo head, Dual Rec Roadster 2x12, Nomad 55 2x12, Titan V12 bass head) so I'm at least slightly aware of the "Mesa" sound. I bought this pedal (1) Because it was inexpensive and (2) Because I wanted to build a portable "jam" board that I could just plug into a PA. Don't. No amount of tweaking, EQing, boosting, compression or chain placement got this thing sounding anything like a Mesa. Maybe an old solid state Crate or Peavey sound but it's just too harsh, brittle and...well.... cheap sounding. Even at modest volume its prone to feedback (I used a Schecter E1 w/ Fishman Fluence Moderns, Gibson Explorer with 498/496 and PRS SE with stock TCI pickups)

Volume and Drive controls seem to be the wrong taper of pot or something way out of spec. Gain only changes in the last 1/6th of the pot. Volume range is minimal and gain seems to interact with volume to cut volume to zero despite volume being maxed out. EQ controls work fine. Tested with high output humbuckers at that. It was worth a try for $30 given a few demo videos and realistic expectations given the price point. It is moot, but the pedal build appears sturdy. I have requested a replacement out of curiosity.

i've owned several hand wired tube amps and this does a great job in my book. Amazing price. get one.

Zero gain until you turn the gain circuit up past 50%, then all the noise kicks in and makes it unusable. Has zero noise gate so unless you want to fight with a pedal all day, I’d suggest getting something a little bit better like pretty much any name brand.

I was hoping the Mesa Boogie tone was as advertised. I have owned several Mesa amps. Although a pretty cool stompbox, definitely not a substitute gor authentic Boogie tone.

Volume has to be set to max before you hear anything. Sounds okay, but it’s really missing a voicing knob. Instead they made the gain knob a hybrid of that. By dialing that it affects both the gain and the voicing , which is weird. I sent the seller(manufacturer) a message asking for help but they refuse to reply…. I’ve had better luck with the Joyo modelers. They’re twice the price, but they actually function well.

This thing is super super quiet I had to turn all 5 knobs up to 10 just to hear a very small amount of sound Do Not Purchase it is crap

This does not produce the sounds it claims it does.