Electro-Harmonix Soul Food

“I'd rather have a tumnus or a sugar drive for the smaller size and imo better sound, but you wouldn't get those for 35 normally so yeah, for the price you did well”

“Sounds great but I could not tame the loud click it made turning on and off. Tried a bunch of recommendations but nothing worked.”

“This pedal really shines when you stack it with something like a tube screamer or OCD. It produces this super “chewy” (best way I can describe it) sound that I love. Great pedal”

“The Soul Food is pretty good, mine pops when I kick it on and I'm not crazy about that, but it makes for a great third stage solo boost.”

“I’ve seen them compared to the Klon and my untrained ear couldn’t see why you would need to pay £5000 plus for a pedal when you could own one of these for a 100th of the price”

“I noticed the honk, yes. Some might like it, I really didn't. I gave it a couple months of forcing myself to use it to make sure it wasn't something I would come around to, and I never did. Took it off my board and replaced it with a BD-2.”

“I like it but only as a clean boost/buffer/sweetener. Really guts the bass as you turn it up past 9. Which might be ok if your setup calls for that. But with a single coil strat type guitars as my main guitar I find it gets too thin.”

“Good pedal! I used one for years before I switched to a Morning Glory. I still keep it on my practice amp though and use it from time to time, it’s a solid Klon style circuit on a budget.”

“It lived on my board for a solid month. I never fell in love. I went back to my tried and true OCD stacked with a TS 808.”

“When the pedal is engaged, I love the tone. The inability to play while bypass is engaged ruins it.”

“I like it going into my fender deluxe reverb and my little vox ac4tv. I hate it going into my Marshall JCM-2000.”

“I love mine....although I never use it by itself. I pair it with my Pharaoh Supreme and other fuzzes and it gives the pedal some extra "oomph" and makes it sound real solid and adds definition.”

“Cannot go wrong with a soul food. It’s comparatively inexpensive, and gets 90% there, in terms of Klon circuit replication. I vote YES to the soul food every time.”

“I still hold it in reserve, but I replaced it on my board with another, quieter, klon style pedal.”

“I’ve moved onto the Tumnus but they’re 90% similar and the Soul Food will have a special spot in my heart”

“Yes I noticed the same “honk” types of tones as well. Honestly, I don’t like it”

“I’ve used this on so many recordings. There are some boutique kind of Klon clones out there, but I honestly can’t hear much difference apart from if it has a couple more knobs to tweak or something.”

“FWIW, I've never had a problem with mine. It's a klone though so there is no shortage of other options.”

“I dislike the overdrive tones on this pedal but for a cleanish boost it’s perfect I keep it on 24/7”

“Inexpensive but great sounding Klon Klone. They are great for using as clean boost, but crank up the drive, and they really also excel for decent medium gain tones. Nice and crispy without becoming muddy.”

“I tried the Soul Food when I got into pedals and just didn’t love it. I recently retried it (after about 2 years of playing) and still don’t like it. It adds color (mids) more than any of the blues breaker style pedals so if you’re trying to keep your amps sound you might not love it.”

“I found mine to be quite noisy.”

“I actually appreciate both of those pedals, but I consider them quite a bit different.”

“really really enjoying the subtle boost it provides for clean parts in a shoegaze styled song. paired with my polara reverb and it makes an awesome tone.”