Any experience with the Malekko Sneak Attack and lil Buddy?

[TMFoodBass]

As I've been looking at tremolo pedals lately, I found this very unique pedal. No bass demos that I can find anywhere. The guitar demos are somewhat helpful, but...
I play primarily on a worship team that features bass quite a bit since we have no electric guitar or synth and the accoustic player is... eh. I'm looking to add another sound dimension for slower songs and atmospheric stuff to pair with a EQD Dispatch Master.

Does anyone have experience with this? Likes, dislikes? Thanks!

 

[winterburn69]

FYI You should've posted this in the Malekko Club. You would've got a faster response.

Yes. I have both, and @vegas532 also has had experience with them, that's who I got mine from.

It does a great tremolo sound but it's a bit expensive if that's all you need it for.

I've only had a few weeks of use with mine, so I'm still learning. It's not a simple pedal and if you think you'll get it all figured out in an hour, you're wrong. I like it a lot but find it hard to pick one sound.

Am I correct to assume you'll be using it for sustained notes, not straight 8th notes? because it's good for that.

This is my favourite demo so far:

 

[Alien8]

It's an awesome pedal.

IMO it is probably the most tweakable Trem out there; aside from pre defined rhythmic patterns (more on this later). Tap tempo is great, tap divisions also great.

The swell / decay is also great, certainly the most unique and controllable swell. Note that it is not like a VFE Bumble Bee or a Boss Slow Gear where the swell happens then the note sustains and decays naturally - this pedal also has a forced decay cycle in the auto mode. The manual trigger allows the sustain to trail off naturally, but you have to click the pedal to trigger it.

What is also really cool is that you can use external sources to trigger it, which means you can have any pattern you want.

The sensitivity and volume are really easy, boost is on tap, good for a pedal like this. Sounds great on bass, and chops in sooooo many awesome ways!!

Now the dislikes - really only one. Because the decay is mandatory in manual trigger, retriggering during the decay sometimes causes a blip or a not so smooth change in the volume. The fade in is smooth, but the blip happens before it. So in most cases it can be sneaky, but it takes technique, syncopation and patience to get it. There are advantages to the noise too however as it is still musical... You can get into glitch effects too.

 

[TMFoodBass]

FYI You should've posted this in the Malekko Club. You would've got a faster response.

Yes. I have both, and @vegas532 also has had experience with them, that's who I got mine from.

It does a great tremolo sound but it's a bit expensive if that's all you need it for.

I've only had a few weeks of use with mine, so I'm still learning. It's not a simple pedal and if you think you'll get it all figured out in an hour, you're wrong. I like it a lot but find it hard to pick one sound.

Am I correct to assume you'll be using it for sustained notes, not straight 8th notes? because it's good for that.

This is my favourite demo so far:

I didn't think of checking if there was a Malekko club. Makes sense...

 

[Sonoma Bass]

Some info here:

Is there an "expander" pedal for note attack AND decay? Yes: Malekko Sneak Attack