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…..
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The Classic Chorus get a Editors pick award in GuitarPlayer (USA) May 2008 See the review here!

The Classic Chorus Guitar Buyer (UK) May 2008 See the review here!



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 (+-) regulated power supply.

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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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