Tone King has unveiled the Imperial Preamp, a “high-voltage tri-tube” preamp pedal that takes the tones of the Baltimore, ...

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Brooklyn-based boutique pedal maker Pigtronix is following up the success of the Cosmosis 1 in January with the all-new Gas Giant, "a single footswitch analog jumbo fuzz pedal with a dual-function ...

At a time when the music world was obsessed with the toasty distortion of tube amplifiers, Roland took a bold step in the ...

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If someone has a pedal, they almost certainly have a guitar and an amp as well ... every string completely and without ...

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Now, as to the tube itself. Crazy Tube Circuits has chosen an ECC832 for the job, a preamp tube it describes as an “oddball” mix of an ECC83 and an ECC82. This should get you started, but players are ...