Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
I like the small ones, they only take 5 minutes, and I bet it isn’t much longer than that until someone verifies it! :o) Info from Catalinbread about their original: The Naga Viper is a booster in the grand old tradition of the Dallas Rangemaster “Treble-Booster”. The Rangemaster has been used by many influential British … Read more
Manufacturers info: The Dirty Little Secret is something we at Catalinbread have been harboring for quite a long time now and we’re finally ready after months of testing and refining to spill the beans… In essence, the DLS is a ‘foundation’ pedal – a sonic platform to build the rest of your sound upon. It … Read more
Manufacturers info: The Formula № 5 was inspired by old tweed amps, most notably the 5E3 circuit. The character of the 5E3 is very unique. It has very minimal power filtering, low plate voltages, elemental tone stack, and does next to nothing to control the low end between gain stages, not to mention the under-rated … Read more
Manufacturer’s info about the original: Sheer raw power. Dynamics that feel like a roundhouse kick to the chest. Incredibly responsive clean up with the flick of the wrist. This is the WIIO. The WIIO is an overdrive inspired by the powerfully unforgiving British amps from the ‘70s. Its all right there at your fingertips – … Read more
The marketing: The Catalinbread RAH was built specifically to nail Jimmy Page’s gigantic guitar tone from Led Zeppelin’s legendary 1970 performance at Royal Albert Hall. At the time, in contrast to the Marshalls that he eventually came to be associated with, Page was using Hiwatt heads on stage, modified for a bit of extra gain. … Read more
Info from Catalinbread about the original: What do you call an effect that isn’t quite a Bit Crusher, or an Octave, or a Harmonizer, or a Ring Modulator, or a Lo-Fi dirt box/fuzz – but a bit of a blend of each? Yeah – we don’t know either, so we came up with “Harmonic Pixelator”. … Read more
Info about the original: The Catalinbread Merkin is a fuzz pedal that’s just ‘rite’ for classic sixties fuzz sounds and beyond! Extended and refined from a classic fuzz circuit, this 3 silicon transistor circuit is very textural, varying from blunt to ripping. It’s controls are simple, a volume, and a texture knob with huge range, … Read more