GURUS AMPS
SINUSOID
REVIEW BY DAVID PAKULA
STREET PRICE $429.67
Are you a player with a
vintage amp? You know, the
kind that came out before
vibrato and reverb were
added? Maybe you tote a
verb-less head and cabinet
around, but wish you had
those features. Perhaps you
want a pedal with some
features we all know and
love, but that will let you
take them to a new level.
If so, have I got a pedal for
you!
The Sinusoid by Gurus is
a handmade Italian guitar
pedal. This is a large pedal
at approximately 8.5-by-five
inches. Aesthetically, it is a
beautiful piece of work—a
five sided, black metal
frame with a black acrylic
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top, a clear win dow showing
a vacuum tube, matte silver
knobs and switches, and
two “Magic Eyes.” Have I
sold you yet?
On the back is a 9–12-volt
DC input; the instructions
indicate that there are
current requirements of
400 milliamps running at
12 volts, so it’s important
to keep that in mind while
powering. Of course, the
higher the voltage, the
higher the headroom. The
instructions also indicate
that the remote switch
jack is there to place your
Sinusoid away from the
pedal board to prevent it
from introducing noise.
I plugged the Sinusoid in to
Gurus Amps Sinusoid
my amp’s effects loop and
used a nine-volt adapter
offering 400 milliamps of
current. The controls for
the “Vibro” channel are on
the left, “Reverb” on the
right. The Vibro channel
offers intensity and speed
controls, whereas Reverb
has a reverb and a volume
control. I would liken
the intensity control to a
depth setting. The reverb
knob seems to increase
or decrease the amount
of reverb, and the volume
knob controls how loud that
reverb is in the signal.
When I first “stomped” on
the reverb switch, I learned
something important about
this pedal. It is sensitive.