Mooer 012 Micro Preamp by Leon Todd 

Cheers mate. let me know how you like it :)

You step on the stomp button same as any other stomp pedal

@@peterdadswell7998 Yeah I had to do a little more research on it. I ended up buying the 012 pedal anyway. For a small pedal they say it remembers the last positions that you use which is cool, but you have to use those setting before hand. Then you can switch back and forth between the clean and distorted channel. That might a little tiresome if you were using it on a live gig. So I might just use the distorted channel on the pedal, and set up a nice clean channel on my amp for the way I will use it. Or get another one to have one clean and one distorted and hook it to a BOSS pedal switcher. But thank you for you reply.

@@DreidMusicalX2 no, once set it's just a clean / dirty stomp pedal. Hold the stomp down for about 2 seconds and it is then stomp clean / dirty. Hold the stomp down again for 2 seconds and then it is a dirty or bypassed pedal. As for cab sim, hold the small button down for 2 seconds and that engages or dis- engages the cab sim. Great for a live backup as long as 2 sounds will get you through or adjust it on the fly. Easy as...

@@peterdadswell7998 Ok thats sounds like a cool feature. But if you were using it on the fly. Couldn't you adjust the clean setting and run other pedals thru it like distortion pedals etc...? Oh well I see when I get it. Or ruin it? haha!

@@peterdadswell7998 Well I finally got it. I have to say my Blackstar Amp doesn't like it. I have to use it straight into the return of the effects loop and run my guitar directly into it leaving all my other pedals on my pedalboard that runs thru my amp normally useless. The good thing about the Blackstar is I can close the effect loop with some of my pedals and still flip between pedals that are plugged in the front input of my amp as well. This Mooer preamp pedal hate it! So you're right, if it is basically the only thing you want to use and maybe a pedal or two in from of it direct it might be ok. Just not for me. Im selling it back off. But thanks for your input!

That's a good point; I'm considering picking up their Recto version of this so I can compare it to the real thing. i wish I had a Friedman to compare this to though.

Oh, I was thinking you could compare it to the Mesa you have right behind you. I think you were saying this preamp had shades of both Marshall and Rectifier tones.

The Friedman stuff has nothing to do with Mesa stuff, Friedman BE is a modded plexi high gain beast and that’s what the preamp is modeled after. The way to compare the Mooer is with at least a marshall amp

I haven't tried the BE OD but for less than 100 bucks the Mooer is pretty awesome

@@LeonTodd Hi Leon, thanks for your answer, I think going to the mooer, I own the Blacknight 009 from Mooer and I am already very happy with it. Thanks again, see you next time ;) !!

The BE is a distortion. The Mooer is a amp-in-a-box.

@@rangerdoc1029 Yes BE od is od and distortion, you have to try in the return, a lot of gain pedal are able to sound like a preamp. Or sounds good and differently than in front of the amp. The mooer is a capture of section "preamp" only, 2 channel, clean and drive. I like using both possibilities, having the Blacknight I took the Gold US 100 and I am very happy with the result.

Definitely, I've seen a few people do this and it's an attractive, cheap way to add another amp!

@@LeonTodd thank you so much...!

I was told the gas station was based on the Hagen.....

yeah so much gain on these

Welcome to my life! I feel the pain man