Xvive announce two new Thomas Blug signature pedals
The two new signature pedals offer a variety of rock tones.
Xvive's range of compact pedals continues to grow with two new signature pedals from German guitar virtuoso Thomas Blug.
The Sweet Leo overdrive allows the player to blend a cleaner, more elegant overdrive tone with shimmering high end redolent of a iconic Class A valve amplifier. Crank up the Drive and Growl controls you have an instant dirty overdriven ‘tweed’ amp sound. Designer Thomas Blug describes the range of sounds as “clean, transparent vintage tones and anything in between".
The DynaRock is an open dynamic and warm pedal that comes close to the natural tone of tube amplification. With tons of punch and dynamic expression for classic rock tones, the DynaRock has classic gain with real tubelike dynamics.
Both are available now for £59.99
Ibanez doing 'mini' properly
This year Ibanez have expanded their mini pedal range from the simple, but brilliant Tube Screamer Mini to now include a Chorus, Metal and gloriously a Delay.
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Based on the Ibanez AD-9 the Analog Delay Mini offers you all the qualities of an incredibly high spec delay in a tiny package. Still made in Japan the Mini Delay is a great example of tiny pedals done well. The market has become flooded with cheap mini pedals that offer space saving at the expense of tone, this is no such pedal. Heavy weight and high quality, when put side by side against its older sibling there is little difference, which is astounding! The AD-9 is nearly £200 and with good reason, for years the AD-9 has been the bench mark for Analog delays...the mini by comparison is £70!?! A remarkable price!
so what is everyone waiting for? We've all got a tiny bit of room on our board that we could fill up, and what better way to do it than with a tiny, brilliant, legendary analog delay.
Magnetic Effects announce Satellite overdrive/boost
This flexible drive looks very exciting indeed.
Magnetic Effects have announced the Satellite, a dynamic, low to medium gain overdrive and boost that retains the tonal characteristics of your guitar and amp. The UK-based company claim their latest creation is "the perfect choice if you like the sound of your guitar and amp and are looking for a pedal to add a bit of organic drive or push your amp naturally into breakup."
Along with typical Volume and Gain controls, the Satellite also offers well balanced and flexible High and Low controls which affect the Treble and Bass response. The High and Low controls can be configure for an even frequency response or used to smooth the top end and tighten up the low end when needed.
An internal voltage doubling circuit converts the power up to 18V for increased headroom. A high input impedance and low output impedance ensures the Satellite plays well with other pedals in your signal chain.
FEATURES:
- Top mounted Jacks and DC socket
- Volume, Gain, High and Low controls
- Internal Voltage doubler for increased headroom
- High input impedance and low output impedance
- True bypass switching
- 9V DC centre negative adapter powered
- Reverse polarity protection
- 100% Handmade
The Satellite is available from the Magnetic Effects website for £105.
Red Witch announce Zeus Bass Fuzz Suboctave
Red Witch are well known for great pedals....but this is incredible!
This is an incredibly exciting announcement for bass players everywhere! Red Witch have for a long time been responsible for some absolutely mind bogglingly dynamic effects. Their contribution to the fuzz world has been especially awesome; back in 2005 they introduced the Fuzz God II, a fuzz pedal so brilliantly quintessential of everything a guitar player wants from a fuzz pedal that bass players started trying to use it as well. Sadly, as is the case with a lot of effects designed for guitar, the Fuzz God just didn't have the range to deal with bass, and those stubby lows ended up compressed to buggery and disappearing in the mix.
As it turns out this is something that a lot of bass players mentioned to Red Witch, so much so that chief designer, Ben Fulton was coerced into building a pedal more suitable for those soupy lows. Behold, the Zeus Bass Fuzz Suboctaver. That's right, I said Suboctaver, because Ben didn't stop at making a brilliant fuzz pedal specifically designed with the bass player in mind, he went and chucked in a second effect into this box of goodness!
The Zeus allows unique control of each effect, meaning that this Fuzz has a second level of punch; tapping in that Suboctaver will add a layer of girth to the already bonkers sonic grit of the Zeus Fuzz. Truly unique, truly brilliant, a great addition to an already sterling selection of pedals from a great pedal brand!
