OVERDRIVE- BROWNE AMPLIFICATION Carbon ...NEW for '22 ! ...a Bluesbreaker at it's best!!!

BROWNE AMPLIFICATION  CARBON OD 

$220.00 USD

This pedal needs a bit of background. Over the last couple of years 4 'Dual Drive' pedals have got the attention of a group of players. I will loosley throw them in the John Mayer Fan Club. It includes others. Often those that have put the Dumble-in-a-Box pedals on the map. It is all about pedals that are labelled 'transparent'. The pedals these players get are the Cornerstone Gladio, the King of Tone, the King Tone Duelist, VS Audio Royal Flush and the Browne Amplification Protein.

Most have some form of Tube Screamer on one side and a Marshall Bluesbreaker on the other. The King of Tone is in fact has 2 Bluesbreakers in one box. 

I am a big Bluesbreaker fan but on the whole I hate the Tube Screamers symmetric distortion. It sounds synthetic. Tubes put out asymmetrical distortion.

If I want a similar vibe I use the Boss SD-1 which is the same circuit but uses asymmetrical distortion.

What I like about the Bluesbreaker is it is the opposite of a ts. It doesn't boost the mids it scoops them a bit and adds some just right lows.

It is ideal for when you need to shift from flatpicking to single note lines or even the odd power chord thrown in. Your sound has ample fullness and sustain with zero mud or mush coming from the chords you are flatpicking.

Needless to say the 'blue' side of the 'Protein' pedal is the Bluesbreaker. You had to buy the whole pedal to get it.

The Carbon solves that problem. One nice feature is great attention has been taken to get the pedal dead smooth and at zero it can be used as a clean boost.

JOHN MAYER

In 1991 Marshall made several pedals each one was meant to imitate one of their famous amp. The tech was not there yet so the imitation was feeble but the pedals simply sounded very good and have been the blueprint for hundreds of variations by every pedal maker since. In fact the King of Tone is really just 2 Bluesbreakers in one box with a 4 year waiting list to buy.

The Bluesbreaker pedal was meant to copy the 1962 Marshall combo based on a JTM 45 circuit that Eric Clapton used and put on the map. The pedal is very clean and relatively low gain and was nearly discontinued several times because very low sales. It was defunct when John Mayer discovered it and it became the foundation of his sound used as an always on pedal usually pushed through a clean Fender amp. It wasn't long before used original pedals sold for the price of a Klon, lol.

CONCLUSION

Things are in the preorder stage so there aren't any videos other than the Protein. 

Keep in mind the Carbon is the left side of the pedal with the blue LED.

___This pedal blows me away!

Good ol' Ben is building mine so I will give you a heads up 

when it arrives!!!

Check back soon.

UPDATE: 

Read the details in a PT. 2 of this pedal.

But if you have already decided to get 

this don't put it off.

____Demo of the 'Carbon' sound is at 3:30 on the first video, 

     and 2:17 on the second

HANDS ON
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Browne Amplification Carbon __PART 3__ Bluesbreaker vs. Bluesbreaker

There is lot more to it than "It was great, Buy one"