The Blessed Mother

I don't do reviews unless I'm passionate about something... so here it goes. I genuinely don't know where to start, but also long reviews aren't practical for expressing how great something is. In short, this pedal is absolutely incredible. As someone who is happy plugging a guitar with P90s straight into an overdriven amp with MAYBE a dirty pedal for lead, I've seriously debated making this an always on pedal. I've found I can get really cool hairy strat-like tones out of it with a dialed back approach, but also make it sound like the world is about to end (in a good way) when I really let the pedal do the work. The main thing that made me want the Blessed Mother is the Immaculator and it is literally everything I could have hoped for. Although I do often run a dry signal into my amp, I do have a Mythos Mjolnir and Whiteface Rat for certain situations/lead. I've found that the Blessed Mother plays nice with both pedals. I even threw all of them on just to see how ridiculous it could sound- it only sounded ridiculously good. Sometimes I judge pedals on how bad I can make them sound. With that being said, I can't make the Blessed Mother sound bad. Tinkering with over the top drive/volume/whatever just gives me another sound I never thought I needed and now I do. If you're on the fence at all PLEASE try out the Blessed Mother. It's the most impressive overdrive I've ever played.

Dear Mother of God:
I didn't attend 12 years of parochial school just to put my self into the occasion of sin when I needed a clean boost for my Rockabilly Rig. It starts with a 5w, 8ohm "Oripure" tube amp that blows thru a 12" 30w "Missing Link" speaker. This is sonically sculpted through a minimalist pedal board: "Peterson Stomp Strobe Tuner", "Wampler Mini Ego Compression", "Memphis Sun Echo/Reverb/Double-tracker" & finally "Blessed Mother Boost. With the "Immaculator" all the way up & little to no drive you have a sweet "Buddy Holly" tone. Dial in the opposite & you got a "Train Kept a Rollin' All Night Long" sound that's worth a little time in Purgatory. Valve amp & 3 pedals, pretty much takes care of this genre. Thank you Ms. Brown & crew for answering my prayers.
Michael
DenverCO

My favorite pedal ever.

Wonderful pedal- great sound- great craftsmanship!

So I'll be honest...I was a little hesitant to get this pedal because I thought it would have too much overlap with some other things I have. I have a Notaklön that I really dig, and thought I'd get the Blessed Mother to compare and then pick one to sell. Well...I'm keeping both. I use a Morning Glory as a a first stage OD, and the Blessed Mother stacked onto it is unreal. I tried really hard to get the same tones from the Notaklön and Blessed Mother, and while I got them kind of close, there's a big enough difference in what each pedal does that I'll keep them both in the chain.

The Immaculator took me some time to get used to...I think dialing in the suggested settings printed on the box is a good way to kind of learn how the pedal works. I was getting some decent sounds just kind of guessing at first, but nothing that really spoke to me. As soon as I started using the suggested settings, it kind of clicked how all the controls work together. Such a cool pedal that has a lot of nuance and versatility.

I took the backplate off to see Heather's initials and the date, and I was BLOWN AWAY at how good the build quality of the pedal is on the inside. Heather is a master of her craft...I'm hopeful that if she puts out another effect it is one I don't already have.

Finally...it's the coolest looking pedal I own. I love the cream color and the design of Mary. The always on halo and the Immaculate Heart of Mary lighting up are just too cool. Love love love.