Mooer Reecho Pro

MOOER REECHO PRO £115
Small guitar or big electro uke? You decide…
The Chinese pedal co gives us extra echo
CORDOBA GUILELE CE £239
MORE
strings, fewer
strings? It
seems every way we turn, from
metal to folk, manufacturers are
telling us six strings are just so last
year. Of course, if you play a
ukulele, you’ll have been happily
plinking away with four strings
since good ol’ George taught us
how to lean on lampposts. This
new Cordoba six-string uke isn’t
the only one on the market –
Yamaha’s Guitalele has been with
us for some time – but this is a
proper electro cutaway and
perfectly stage-ready.
It’s pretty much a tenor-sized
uke, bigger than the standard
soprano size, with a clean, crisp
build and solid spruce top. With a
50mm (1.97-inch) string spacing
at the bridge – same as your Les
Paul – and a 46mm (1.81-inch) nut
AFTER
kickstarting
the mini-
pedal revolution, Mooer now
wants a slice of the twin-footswitch
pie. The Reecho Pro serves up a
bevy of repeat treats, including six
delay types (digital, analogue,
echo, tape echo, tube echo and
Galaxy), as well as three effects
(mod, dynamic and reverse),
which can be applied to any of the
delays, plus stereo operation, a
dedicated ping-pong button,
preset storage and a built-in
20-second looper.
The delays deliver the goods,
too: digital is as pristine as you like,
analogue is dark and chewy, while
the trio of tape echoes offer all the
wow and fl utter you could want.
Galaxy is a boon, too, removing
the attack from your notes for a
trippy string-like echo. The real
beauty lies in the ability to adjust
each delay type to your liking,
using the low and high cut knobs
to tweak the repeats’ EQ, then
adding one of the three effects.
These aren’t adjustable, but are
well-voiced, with the mod setting
delivering a pleasant wash of
chorus. Our only complaint is that
the unit adds a slight hiss when the
pedal’s engaged, but it’s not
noticeable while playing.
The Reecho Pro is a strong
competitor for units from Boss and
TC Electronic, with a wealth of
great-sounding delay types and an
easy-to-use looper to boot. And
considering you’re likely to spend
an extra £80 on other multi-
footswitch delay pedals with this
kind of fl exibility, you can’t ask for
much Mooer than that.
Michael Brown
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width, slightly wider than an LP
(though narrower than Yamaha’s
Guitalele nut width of 49mm/1.93
inches), it takes a little while to get
used to but, as ever, it’s tuned as if
you were capo’ing a standard
guitar at the 5th fret.
Coming from a guitar, then, it’s
dead easy to play without the often
confusing, “er, what chord/note is
this?” that many of us experience
when switching over to the
standard four-string uke. There’s
some added bass-end, too, which
broadens the sound, and plugged
in with two-band EQ and volume
onboard, the Cordoba will easily
get you through your next open
mic slot. A six-string uke or a mini
classical guitar? It’s your choice.
Either way, it’s a lot of fun with
serious application.
Dave Burrluck
80 MARCH 2015
CORDOBA / MOOER
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TYPE: Digital delay/looper pedal
CONTROLS: Delay type, effect type, dry,
low cut, high cut, time, feedback, wet, ping
pong button, trail switch
SOCKETS: 2x input, 2x output, power
BYPASS: True or buffered bypass
POWER: 9V power supply only
CONTACT: Strings And Things
01273 440442 www.mooeraudio.com
TYPE: Six-string cutaway
electro ukulele
TOP: Solid spruce
BACK & SIDES: Laminated mahogany
NECK: Mahogany
FINGERBOARD: Rosewood
FRETS: 17
SCALE: 435mm (17.13”)
E LECTRICS: Under-saddle pickup
w/ 2-band EQ, volume controls
FINISH: Natural satin only
CONTACT: Selectron UK
01795 41946 www.cordobaguitars.com
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AT A GLANCE
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