ISP Technologies Decimator

Quick Test
ISP Technologies Decimator £79
silencer and it swiftly squished the
noise into a manageable, controllable
state. The most impressive aspect of the
ISP’s blanketing ability is its sensitivity
to your playing attack and overall
musicality. The gate opens immediately
when you start playing and shuts
instantaneously when you stop, without
the harsh cut-off or clipping
experienced with lesser units. The
Decimator really is here to help.
Verdict
Because the Decimator does the job of
bringing down the noise so well it’s easy
to overlook some of its other cool
features. This baby is fi nished in
gleaming chrome, for starters, and is
built to withstand nuclear blasts, let
alone a pair of sweaty trainers. At £79
the Decimator won’t destroy your
pocket but it could be just the thing to
annihilate the noise of unruly pedals.
RATING
KEY INFO ❘ GODLYKE PEDALBOARD POWER SUPPLY ❘ PRICE: £39.99 ❘ TYPE: 9V POWER ADAPTOR ❘ TEL: ROCKY ROAD: 01494 535333
RATING
154 SUMMER 2005
KEY INFO ❘ ISP DECIMATOR NOISE REDUCTION ❘ PRICE: £79 ❘ TYPE: NOISE SUPPRESSOR PEDAL ❘ TEL: HIGHLY STRUNG 01235 762000
The Godlyke chaps have defi nitely done
their homework with this product. The
Power-All, as its name would suggest,
is capable of providing power for up to
20 effects pedals (depending on the
current draw of individual units).
Using advanced circuitry, the
Power-All steps down high
line voltages to nine-
volts DC
wart, you save valuable pedalboard
space and with such a healthy current
you’ll be able to juice up all your
favourite power-sucking digital pedals
with ease. The colour-coded connectors
make the job of initial set up a breeze,
and with spares easily available from
Rocky Road or Godlyke.com you can
tailor the Power-All to your particular
needs with minimum fuss.
Verdict
The only direct competition for the
Power-All is the One Spot from Visual
Sound. Although it’s notionally cheaper
at £24.95 you only get the basic unit,
and by the time you’ve bought all the
necessary adaptors at £2.95 each and
the daisy chain at £7.95, you’re up to
£47.95, so it works out more expensive
than the Power-All. Either system will
do the job perfectly well but we
preferred the one-stop-power-shop
approach of the Godlyke, especially as it
will suit the majority of players’ needs in
one easy purchase.
and automatically supplies the required
amount of current up to 1.7 amps. The
wall-wart is supplied with a variety of
useful adaptors comprising of 2 x
3.5mm phone plugs (ideal for old
Crybaby Wahs etc), 2 x nine-volt
battery clips (for pedals without power
in sockets), 2 x reverse polarity (for
BOSS pedals etc), 1 x Line 6-type and
fi nally 1 x extender cable for larger,
irregular-shaped pedals.
IN USE: The main advantage of
the Power-All over some of the
other power supplies available is
that it comes with all the bits and
pieces you need to get properly
connected. Because it’s a wall-
One of the more annoying drawbacks of
high gain overdrive, furious fuzz and
dastardly distortions is the unwanted
noise you get between notes. Sure you
can mute the strings and roll off your
volume, but if the pedal is merrily
humming away to itself when you
command complete silence – that just
ain’t gonna do it. Especially if staccato
metal riffage is your
lifeblood. It’s no surprise
that metalhead Danny
Spitz from Anthrax
has adopted the
Decimator to
be an
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Godlyke Power-All power supply £39.99
ISP DECIMATOR TEST RESULTS
Build quality
Features
Performance
Value for money
■ WE LIKED Does exactly what it promises,
musically, cleanly and with style
■ WE DISLIKED Why don’t ISP make any
other chrome pedals?
All-in-one pedal
power solution from
Godlyke
If it’s noise reduction
you’re after, the
Decimator does what
it says on the top
integral component in his pedal set-up.
Mr Metal Stop-Start himself described
the Decimator as, “fl awless auto-gating.
Simply a miracle product.” We thought
we’d try the Decimator at the end of a
chain of our trio of gainsome goodies
from Danelectro (reviewed on page
136 of this issue) to give it a fair test.
IN USE: It’s an odd situation to
describe a noise reduction effect like
the Decimator because it’s the complete
absence of sound during operation that
we’re looking for. We threw buckets of
gain into the front end of this shiny
GODLYKE POWER SUPPLY TEST RESULTS
Build quality
Features
Compatibility
Value for money
■ WE LIKED Powers your pedals with
maximum compatibility and minimum grief
■ WE DISLIKED Nothing
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