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Mini Zuul does a good job
I tried Mini Zuul, ISP Deci-Mate micro, Boss NS-2 and Stone Deaf Noise Reaper Noise Gate against each other.
The Stone Deaf does a decent job, but ended up last among the 4.
Boss NS-2 is different in how it operates and did not get as quiet as ISP or Zuul.
In the end the ISP and Zuul both do a great job. They are very silent, with the ISP maybe a notch more "clean silent" if that makes sense.
They are set up in the chain and FX loop differently, but sort of equal here. Perhaps the Zuul is easier, but requires a split signal to work at its best.
When it comes to long sustain or low guitar volume or soft picking , both the Zuul and ISP end the tone a bit pre-maturely for my liking.
They way the ISP does it is not so graceful, so here the Zuul does a better job and I would have it the winner of all 4, but with the NS-2 doing its thing a bit differently making it harder to compare them.
If you play mostly Heavy Metal or thereabouts you can not go wrong with either ISP or Zuul IMHO.
But for me the reduced sustain was too much to accept unfotunately.
Pros: Nice and quiet.
Fast to open and close the gate
Set and forget is easy to dial in
Neutral: The way it does sustain cutting is decent
Cons: Sustain is cut too early
The need for a splitter (tuner, EQ, separate splitter) can be off-putting, but it gets better with it.
The Stone Deaf does a decent job, but ended up last among the 4.
Boss NS-2 is different in how it operates and did not get as quiet as ISP or Zuul.
In the end the ISP and Zuul both do a great job. They are very silent, with the ISP maybe a notch more "clean silent" if that makes sense.
They are set up in the chain and FX loop differently, but sort of equal here. Perhaps the Zuul is easier, but requires a split signal to work at its best.
When it comes to long sustain or low guitar volume or soft picking , both the Zuul and ISP end the tone a bit pre-maturely for my liking.
They way the ISP does it is not so graceful, so here the Zuul does a better job and I would have it the winner of all 4, but with the NS-2 doing its thing a bit differently making it harder to compare them.
If you play mostly Heavy Metal or thereabouts you can not go wrong with either ISP or Zuul IMHO.
But for me the reduced sustain was too much to accept unfotunately.
Pros: Nice and quiet.
Fast to open and close the gate
Set and forget is easy to dial in
Neutral: The way it does sustain cutting is decent
Cons: Sustain is cut too early
The need for a splitter (tuner, EQ, separate splitter) can be off-putting, but it gets better with it.
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