NEWS
Twice in the same
month, we have received excellent reviews on the Classic Chorus,
from two of the most important magazines in the industry.
Honestly, we are very pleased to finally receive the
recognition we feel the Vintage Series of pedals deserves…..
READ MORE HERE:
The
Classic Chorus get a Editors pick award in GuitarPlayer (USA) May 2008 See the
review here!
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The
Classic Chorus Guitar Buyer (UK) May 2008 See the review here!
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The Classic Chorus
offers two effects in one solid diecast housing.
By not using the compander circuitry found in contemporary
chorus’s, both the chorus and vibrato have the same warm round
tone found in the most desirable vintage pedals.
The Bypass switch engages a warm analog chorus with speed,
depth and level controls, while engaging the Vibrato switch allows
the user to dial from chorus (counter clockwise) to vibrato
(clockwise) and any blend between with the ‘Rate’ knob.
Great retro color and powered either through 9V battery or
regulated (suggested) power supply, the Classic Chorus is twice
the effect in one box!
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The
Carl Martin Echotone! 1200
milliseconds of vintage echo, foot-switchable Tap or Manual time
settings, insert loop and switchable trail function at bypass.
Imagine switching from a Manual time setting to a Tap time
setting right at your feet, so you can play with your favourite
slap-back echo on rhythm to a Tap (tempo) set echo for that
massive lead or solo! Combine this with flavouring your echo by installing a
chorus, flange or even distortion pedal in the insert loop, and
the switchable trail function at bypass,
and you have what our test players are calling ‘the best
echo they have ever heard’!
As
with all the Danish built Carl Martin effects, the Echotone comes
in our low-profile housing,
coated in our new stunning off-white colour, with the built-in 12v
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When
Carl Martin decided to create a baby-brother for his world famous
Combinator, the details of simplifying an already simple effect
controller made his head hurt.
So Carl enlisted the help of Thomas Guldmann, and the Octa-switch
was born. The concept is simple….take your eight favourite effects
pedals, plug them into the eight individual loops (all true-bypass
gold relays) on the Octa-switch, and then designate what effects
you want connected to each of 8 banks via the worlds simplest and
smallest DIP switches located over top of each of the eight bank
switches. Thomas
chose DIP switches because they are just eight individual on-off
switches in a tiny tiny package.
So if your effects are plugged into Loops 1-8, you simply
turn the DIP switch ‘on’ for each of the effects you want in
Bank 1, and then Bank 2 etc up to Bank 8.
You can use one or all of the effects in each bank, and
once you have designated a bank, do us both a favour and cover the
DIP with a bit of tape to ensure nothing happens to the DIP switch
when you are not looking……like an errant hand, or a flood of
beer. The Octa-switch
is mono-in and mono/stereo out, with a choice of a buffered signal
or not. The unit is powered by dual 9v batteries, or a regulated
power supply like the Carl Martin Big John Power Supply, and is
housed in an all metal case with heart-stopping (ok, well almost)
graphics. So, the
same basic options found in the digitally controlled units the
famous guys are using, at a fraction of the cost!
Carl’s head stopped hurting…..
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What the world needs
now is wah, more wah! Classic detailing in a diecast housing, the
2 Wah provides six different voicings with two presets controlled
via a heel switch on the rocker. Sliding switches on the unit
front allow three higher range voicings for rhythm work, and three
lower range voicings for lead work…. and a Level control to dial
in just the right amount of effect. 9V battery operation or
regulated (suggested) power supply, and the typical true bypass
on/off switch at the toe of the rocker complete this wah ‘chameleon’
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Carl Martin wins an
pedal round up for compressor's as The Best Overall in Guitar
& Bass magazine (UK) July 2007 issue.
The Carl Martin is the most complex unit in this test, and will
suit those who have experience with studio compressors. This a
studio quality unit that can deliver everything from subtle
squash to brick-wall limiting, the Carl Martin is a do-it-all
compressor.
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