Mooer GE150

T
he past two years have
seen a radical shift from
Mooer, which has gone
from the original
purveyor of pocket
money-friendly micro pedals
with, ahem, familiar origins to
an eff ects powerhouse in its own
right, producing some
astounding fl agship devices,
including the GE300 amp
modeller/multi-eff ects. The
GE150 combines the company’s
reputation for value for money
with its more recent innovative
streak to produce a feature-
packed multi-eff ects comfortably
below the £200 mark.
For the modest outlay, you’re
getting 55 amp models – derived
from Mooer’s best-selling Micro
Preamp series, no less – as well
as a whopping 151 eff ects. While
the unit packs its own array of
Impulse Responses, what takes
this above and beyond a typical
multi-eff ects is the ability to add
in your own. It’s a handy practice
tool too, with drum rhythms and
metronome settings, an aux in
jack, and a micro-USB, which
even allows you to record direct
via your phone.
All it takes is a quick peruse of
the 200 onboard presets to
confi rm that this multi-eff ects
is punching way above its price
tag. While there are half as many
models as on the GE300, there
will be more than enough for
most players. The clean models
– particularly the Mesa Mk3
eff ort – compress beautifully,
while the Jazz 120 model is as
pristine as any recorded tones
from the solid-state classic.
The models that stand out
correspond with our faves from
the Micro Preamp range, so we
quickly found our chug saviours
in the 5150 and Engl Powerball
sounds, which deliver all the
aggression and saturation your
heart could desire, minus the
fi zz. Any sounds that have a little
too much top-end can be tamed
via the handy onboard EQ, which
is accessible on each patch.
This is no downsized GE300,
however, and that becomes
apparent while delving into the
eff ects selection. There’s a
reasonable selection, but you’re
limited in terms of tweaking:
each eff ect off ers only three or
four parameters, which limits
your choice when it comes to
modulations. We’d recommend
avoiding the shonky pitch
shifter, but the delays and
reverbs are stellar, if a bit vanilla.
If you’re shopping for a new
multi-eff ects, the GE150 is a
sound choice, particularly if
realistic tones and a robust
feature set are more important
to you than soundscaping. You
won’t fi nd better amp-modelled
sounds from any other multi-
eff ects in this price range, and
that alone makes this diminutive
unit worthy of your rig.
Michael Astley-Brown
MOOER GE150
Less is Mooer with this nicely priced amp-modelling multi-effects
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FOOTSWITCHES
Two footswitches
are your lot for cycling
through presets, but
holding the left
activates a built-in
tuner, while keeping
your foot on the right
activates the
80-second looper
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SIGNAL CHAIN
These green lights
indicate which
elements of your signal
chain are currently
active – pressing the
mode switch switches
them on or off
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CONSTRUCTION
Kudos to Mooer:
despite its light weight,
the whole package
looks sleek and feels
rock-solid, particularly
the smooth-operating
expression pedal
TYPE: Multi-effects/
amp modeller pedal
CONTROLS: Master,
value, mode; play, save,
exp, rhythm, tap and
system buttons
SOCKETS: Input,
2x output, USB,
headphones,
micro-USB,
aux in, power
BYPASS: Buffered
POWER: 9V power
supply only (included)
CONTACT:
Strings & Things
mooeraudio.co.uk
AT A GLANCE
OUR FAVES FROM THE MICRO
PREAMP RANGE STAND OUT
FEATURES
SOUND QUALITY
VALUE FOR MONEY
BUILD QUALITY
USABILITY
OVERALL RATING
SUMMARY
Photography: Olly Cur tis
£189
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DECEMBER 2019 TOTAL GUITAR
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