I’ve had alot of requests for cheaper, more affordable pedals in some of my demos, so I went out, and got a pile of digitech and danelectro pedals to check out. I used a Gibson SG Les Paul and my Jaguar Jr from http://www.jaguaramplification.com ROCK OUUUUT!
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http://www.toadworksusa.com The Mr. Ed classic distortion. Straight forward, thick and rich drive, built to kill. I used a Fender American Standard Strat, an Audio Kitchen Lil Chopper amplifier , and a white Bullet Coily Cable from CORE ONE. The intro tunes are from a band called BODECO, who I get alot of questions about. You can get their cd’s at http://www.cdbaby.com I’m not affiliated with the group….just trying to point you to the music I dig.
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More info at www.sweetwater.com. Five new pedals from Visual Sound kick off the innovative guitar effects makers’ GarageTone series. These effects are positioned as boutique flavor at an affordable price. They feature simple controls and small-footprint standard stompbox bodies. The line consists of the Oil Can Phaser, Chainsaw Distortion, Drivetrain Overdrive (a redesigned version of the popular Reverend Guitars Drivetrain II), Chopper Tremolo, and Axle Grease Delay.
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GEAR
Burny / EX-240P (pu Tom Holmes H453LTD×2) (Alnico-IV magnet , 2conductor , 5300turns of wire 1 bobbin , unpotted)
Mashal / JTM30W
ZOOM / G2
GAUGE/ Elixir/Light-Heavy 10~52
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http://www.premierguitar.com PG’s Joe Coffey is On Location in Nashville, TN, for Summer NAMM ‘09 where he visits the Visual Sound booth. In this segment, we get to check out three of their newest pedals – V2 Vans Warped Distortion, Open Road Overdrive and Truetone Clean Boost.
The V2 Vans Warped Distortion is limited edition pedal that has three basic controls – Grind, Edge, and Loud (translation: Drive, Tone, Volume). The Vans Warped Distortion is definitely geared towards Warped Tour inspired guitarists. The Visual Sound guys were really proud of its grinding, low-end distortion, which is pertinent to a lot of the Warped Tour bands’ tone.
Based on Visual Sound’s Route 808, the Open Road offers that tone but with a more open sounding, amp-like overdrive with less dominant mid-range. It produces clear low end, sparkling highs and none of the mid-range hump. Open Road features a very interactive tone circuit, effecting not only high-end roll-off, but gain structure as well.
Truetone Clean Boost is a way to push the front end of your tube amp. Then again, it’s also a great way to push a good overdrive pedal a bit harder. If you like the tone you already have from another pedal, just put Truetone after that pedal for a volume boost as the Visual Sound guys said its great for a solo boost or to make a certain part stand out.The Truetone can get up to a 15dB boost, but it runs internally off of 27V. So, all of that boost is clean. They bump up the voltage inside the pedal, rather than requiring use of a special external power supply.
For more Summer NAMM ‘09 coverage or to view our completely FREE digital edition of Premier Guitar magazine, be sure to visit http://www.premierguitar.com
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Here is a tone demo of the Bugera V5 driving the 12″ speaker in my Peavey Bravo 112, distortion sounds only. Dean strat copy. Stock Peavey speaker, nothing fancy. Just seeing how the Bugera drives it. Distortion sounds pretty good I think; it’s still new and the tubes need some more breaking in. It gets very, very loud when hooked up to a 12″. I am playing this on the .1 watt setting with the volume about 7.
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www.ToneFactor.com – A side by side comparison of the MI Audio Crunch Box and the Mad Professor Mighty Red Distortion.
Gear used: Gibson Les Paul Custom, Fender Deluze Reverb RI.
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Showing the versatility and tone of my new axe, Carvin CS6. I’m using the guitar’s volume control to go from clean to distortion. It has coil taps so you can get some strat-ish sound out of it too.
The setting on the Tubeking is Bass +3; Mid +5; High -2 (Tubeking has active eq); Gain 5; Level 6.5; and Noise gate off. Also, I replaced the stock tube with Tungsol 12ax7 but the stock tube sounded just fine.
The setting on the TBX is Bass 1; Mid 2; and High 0 and this too has an active eq. The gain nob is at 3 and level was around 6 on the clean channel without the over drive switch on.
I also used the zoom g2. 1u pedal but only to add slight delay.
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http://www.premierguitar.com PG’s On Location in Frankfurt, Germany, for Musikimesse ‘09 where they listen to Joe Satriani talk about his new line of pedals. In this segment, Satch talks about his Vox Satchurator distortion pedal. The Satchurator is an analog distortion pedal designed under the complete supervision of Joe Satriani and Vox team members. The pedal features three controls (Gain, Tone and Volume), a More gain boost switch that enables two footswitchable distortion sounds in one pedal and cream chicken-head knobs.
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