Moskyaudio Red FOX Multieffects 4-in-1 Multi-functional Guitar Effect Pedal with Overdrive, LOOP, Chorus and Delay Effects

Bought this to have a few more effects in one pedal on my board. The overdrive has quite a bit of volume to it so I replaced my main od with this Red Fox pedal. The switch when flipped down drops the volume and makes the drive sound like a broken fuzz which makes me think it may be defective. The chorus and delay are so so but still usable. The loop function helps me keep a few pedals out of the way that I would normally have to turn on individually, so now I just press the one button to engage any sequence of them. All in all worth the price I paid for it which was about as much as a Boss DS-1.

I picked up the Red Fox to make a mini pedal board to use with my Bluguitar Amp1. I prioritize simplicity, size, and affordability, so three effects in one pedal for ~$60? Yes please. Bottom line up front: the pedal great, and it's weird.First, the effects: The overdrive is "based" on a Timmy circuit per the manual, including a voicing switch. I don't have a Paul C. Timmy to compare with, but I've played several, and this is certainly in the ballpark. It's a good, dynamic overdrive.The chorus is (again, "based") on a Boss CE-2, and this seems right to me. Again, I don't own a CE-2, but I've played them and it sounds right based on memory.The manual doesn't give a comparison model for the delay, but it sounds just fine. You won't trick a guitarist into thinking it's a fancy analog tape system, but nobody else will ever care. It's perfectly useable.Next, the effects loop: If you look for other reviews, you'll see users describing how you can add effects in and turn them off with the loop button. While technically true, this isn't how (I'm expect) the loop was intended to be used. Rather, it allows you to split your signal so that the overdrive hits the front of your amp, and the amp's effects-send can return to the chorus and delay sections. This allows for modern "ideal" effect positioning.The loop is also where things take a turn for the strange. Turning off the loop doesn't fully cut the signal, leading me to believe it's some sort of strange parallel-buffer system despite the manual's True Bypass descriptor. More importantly, though, there's no great reason to dedicate a footswitch to disengaging the loop; a small toggle would have sufficed and improved the switch spacing.Continuing on the topic of questionable design choices, the Red Fox offers many to criticize:1. The decision to include four switches instead of three means that they are spaced very close together and do not line up directly under their respective effect sections. I would have much preferred three switches, or for the fourth to offer a tap tempo control rather than unnecessary loop engage/disengagement.2. The red lettering below the knobs is very difficult to read in all but the best light, regardless of distance.3. Each effect uses the same blue LED to indicate ON status. There's nothing wrong with the LEDs per se, but different colors would have been helpful, especially on dark stages.4. The red-on-black color scheme seems too... metal? In my ideal world, the pedal would be split in thirds with different colors and LEDs to indicate each effect from a distance.Realistically, though, these are minor concerns. For half the price of a most single-effect pedals, this multi-effect unit offers three excellent-sounding core effects without the need for additional patch cables, pedalboard space, etc.My only hesitation recommending the Red Fox is more philosophical than practical: I suspect Mosky's use of the phrase "based on" when describing the effects is a euphemism for "exact copy of". As I said above, the Timmy and CE-2 circuits sound dead on to me. For most users, that will be a good thing; both effects sound great. To Paul Cochrane, though, it's theft. I didn't realize this at the time of purchase; if I had, I might have bought a different product.

This unit is solidly built, sounded good, decent noise floor/not overly noisy, and was easy to operate, with a good balance between the small size and the spacing of controls. Overdrive was fine, delay was fine, but the chorus was so subtle as to be almost inaudible. I had primarily got this for use with electronic sources (keys, samplers, etc) and while the overdrive was a nice addition, I was really looking for the combo of chorus and delay; I ended up returning this and replacing with some inexpensive dedicated delay and multi-modulation pedals for about the same price.

Great for beginners

I never played a "Timmy" pedal but the O.D. section is supposed to be a clone. I really like it. Nice touch sensitive crunch, not too much compression generally realistic "edge of breakup" tube amp tones. Open sounding and really lets your expression and guitar tone come through. Not too noisy either. The delay effect is nice too. Nice range of delay and also quite clean.Negatives ? I suspect the chorus modulation effect is defective in mine. Super subtle even at full settings. Also, despite being a pretty large pedal there is no internal location for a 9 volt battery.