OVERDRIVE/PRE- TUBESTEADER Roy___NEW___ Vox AC30 Dream pedal ???

TUBESTEADER

$300.00 USD

  ROY  

It is not hard to tell what these guys are all about. They make tube OD's. 

This is their 6th one. They use a single 12AX7 preamp tube for the second stage and overdrive it with a FET or two. They use a charge pump so in spite of running on a 12v adapter the tube gets some serious voltage. Some companies only use enough voltage to turn the tube into a flashlight bulb, lol. In short with some companies it is a gimmick rip off. 

The layout is Treble and Bass, but each channel has its own Volume. 

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The impressive thing is that the pedal is voiced to capture a Vox AC30 amp. Not an easy task but the pedal is in the ballpark. Or, to put it another way it will do a very good job subing for the real thing. What I really like about it is that many, many amps these days are too dark and this does more than mask it with EQ. It puts in the right overtones and harmonics in the highs so it adds some great stuff instead of just being a 

Band-Aid. Using burgandy red for the casing is a nice touch as it mimics 

the AC30 backplate and grillcloth.

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...for some excellent Beatle like Vox sounds I use the 

NUX 63 Diamond and at $60.00 USD it Rocks for me.