GEAR SPOTLIGHT
MOOER
MOD FACTORY
PRO
REVIEW BY NICK RAMBO
STREET PRICE $169.00
No doubt, you’ve heard of
Mooer Audio by now. For
the last five years or so,
the company known for
micro-sized takes on both
classic and modern designs
has taken the world—and
pedalboards alike—by
storm.
I was first introduced to
the brand back in 2012
and since then, I’ve spent
a considerable amount of
playing time with at least a
half dozen different Mooer
pedals. Several have been
standouts—like the finely
crafted E-lady Flanger and
the optimally sized Tender
Octaver—while others have
been less stellar, but still
offered decent-or-better
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tones for a better-than-
decent price.
The Mod Factory Pro falls
right in line with those
experiences.
PEEP THIS
I’ll start with this: the Mod
Factory Pro is cute. There
might be a more highbrow
way to convey such a point,
but sometimes it’s just best
to say it like it is. And this
thing is cute.
It fits in the palm of your
hand. The footprint is a little
quirky. And for the love—it’s
lime green.
But cuteness is only
part of the story. As the
name implies, The Mod
Factory Pro is packed full
Mooer Mod Factory Pro
of modulation options
and gives you controls for
rate, depth and a bonus
parameter for each one.
THE MOD SQUAD
The pedal breaks down into
twin modulation engines that
each contain eight separate
ways to swirl, chop and twist
your sound.
Side A gives you two chorus
options, a standard array of
classic phasing, flanging and
tremolo sounds, along with a
rotary speaker effect, a funky
step-phaser and, surprisingly,
a ring modulator.
Side B offers a choppier
square-wave tremolo called
Stutter, a vibrato, a trio of
chorus, phaser and flanger