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I got a BBE Sonic Stomp pedal a couple months back so it’s about time to give a full review on it.

If I could only have one pedal this would the the one!

If you’ve ever done any recording with the BBE Sonic Maximizer plug-in or used the 482i rack unit you know what they can do to your overall sound. Put that in a stomp box and you have the Sonic Stomp Pedal.

This is a two knob true bypass pedal. The Lo Contour knob allows you to dial in the amount of bass that is rephased. The Process knob has a similar impact as a Presence but is more than that - it really dials in clarity. With this pedal you can bring a big, full and crisp tone out of your amp. The most amazing thing about it is the vibrancy it adds to your tone. I’ve read some “it was like taking the blanket off my speaker” reviews before but never truly experienced it until I got this pedal. With my Strat I run the Lo Contour around 3:00 and the Process around 1:00 and get a crisp, huge tone! With my Les Paul with two humbuckers I roll back the Lo Contour to around 10:00 and turn the Process up to 2:30 and get tons of clarity especially in the mids and low mids.

So far, I have only tried the Sonic Stomp in one place in my signal chain, and that is directly before the amp. I have heard that it works great in the effects loop of a combo guitar amp, and I may try it there pretty soon. It has made each of my amps, and each of my guitars sound better, noticeably better. It truly is an effect I leave on all the time, the only time I turn it off is to remember what it was like before I got the BBE Sonic Stomp.