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The Trident A-Range console dominated the UK recording scene in the late '60s to early '80s, due in part to just how good it made things sound. The heart of the beast consists of a discrete germanium-and-transformer-equipped preamp that can be adjusted to suit all tastes, from the tones of Lou Reed ..

Inspired by Black Sabbath's Iommi's Laney Supergroup amps and Rangemaster treble booster, the Sabbra Cadabra may well be the final word in nailing Iommi's tone from the foundation rather than the aftereffects. The Sabbra Cadabra can be run at up to 18 volts, which increases headroom and gives a shar..

Catalinbread are big on creating devices that serve as exacting models of vintage equipment, but part of reimagining old technology is stepping outside the boundaries of possibility. In the plate reverb realm, Catalinbread's Talisman already pushed the boundaries of what a real EMT 140 could sound, ..

Wake Chorus/OctaverOur new Wake serves up an additive chorus effect that plays well as an “always-on” tonal thickener with a twist. A clean octave down circuit runs parallel to the chorus engine and is independently mixable for even more added depth. Unlike many choruses that stand out in the mix, t..

Catalinbread knows what type of spirits lurk within the hearts of ancient tonal devices. Where would modern day fuzzboxes be if not for the faulty tube in the console at Nashville's Bradley Studios?It is these strange possessions that led Catalinbread to ghost hunting: The Adineko Ghost distills thi..

The Silver Kiss MK2 is engineered to give you three effects in one: clean boost, medium-gain OD and a powerful three-band EQ. After finding one tucked away in storage, we decided to give new players a crack at trying out our original flagship overdrive. Voiced to be a glassy drive with superior brea..

Catalinbread Knight School Synth DIY KitHere's a tale from the annals of my personal DIY history: I learned how to breadboard and read schematics right before college, and I breadboarded many designs posted on ampage.org. Shortly after that, I found a new DIY website. This one was called Beavis Audi..

Catalinbread Knight School EQ DIY KitThe unsung hero of the guitar pedal world, the humble EQ is a powerful and indispensable part of any player's setup from the bedroom to the arena. Ours is a simple and easily customizable active three-band tone stack coupled with a whistle-clean hefty boost that ..

Catalinbread Knight School Filter DIY KitIf you've ever heard a synthesizer in action, chances are you've heard of a low-pass filter, a powerful tone-sculpting tool whose nuts and bolts increase exponentially as utility increases linearly. Found on even the earliest examples of analog synthesis, the..

Catalinbread Knight School Bit Crush DIY KitLong a studio trick of the trade, sample rate reduction (commonly called "bitcrushing" though the two are different) is a relatively new effect that takes snapshots of your input signal and "approximates" them with less and less accuracy as the effect inte..

Catalinbread Knight School Trem DIY KitWhile most guitarists recognize the word "transistor" as the fundamental effects pedal amplification parts, they have several other functions depending on how they're wired. One such function is that of a switch. When voltage is applied to the base pin of a tra..

Next-generation 5E3 Tweed Deluxe inspired Foundation Overdrive with incredible range - from Grant Green to Crazy Horse! Big and powerful, yet refined, the Formula No. 55 melts into your amp, transforming it into a wide ranging tweed monster! The Formula No. 55 is a Foundation Overdrive that reproduc..