New Pedals Day

[greatmutah]

I got these within a day of each other but only because o only ordered one earlier and one later on the same day. Just some fun things:

EQD Hummingbird Tremolo



Catalinbread Katzenkönig Distortion



So the EQD is supposed to be based off a Vox/Valco style trem. Has a bit more throb and chop than what’s on my Fender but I think it’ll be a cool effect to have for my band for some songs. It has 3 modes for 3 different ranges of speed from super slow to stupidly fast. I’m probably gonna live in the middle mode as that seems the most useful to me.

The Catalinbread is a neat one. The front end is based off a Tone Bender Mk II to with the gain and transistors. The back end is based off a Rat’s clipping and filter section. It sounds and feels like a better Rat. It’s not as tight as most Rats but still tight. The input control is kind of like an impedance adjuster. You can adjust it low or high to handle different pickups if it’s first in the chain or adjust it to match your pedals. Really useful. Gain controls distortion and cranking them can get fuzzy. Filter control works like Rat. Counter clockwise for more treble clockwise for less but the sweep feels more useful to me. Can get gnarly and fuzzy with the gain cranked.

A fun couple of pedals I grabbed during Memorial Day sales.

 

[la szum]

Congrats! New Pedals are always fun and exciting!

Doesn't Catalinbread make a Valcoder or something. A Valco-style Trem.

I had the hummmingbird way back when, and really dug it. Both are
such great companies. EQD is Go-Tier Status when it comes to building
great stuff. Such a creative and prolific company.

 

[greatmutah]

Congrats! New Pedals are always fun and exciting!

Doesn't Catalinbread make a Valcoder or something. A Valco-style Trem.

I had the hummmingbird way back when, and really dug it. Both are
such great companies. EQD is Go-Tier Status when it comes to building
great stuff. Such a creative and prolific company.

I think Catalinbread does? I got onboard with EQD before Catalinbread but have really come to like Catalinbread as well. I’ve got their Tribute Drive and Octapussy Fuzz and both are great. I love EQD stuff though. My wife got me an Afterneath and had her mom get me the Hizumitas for Christmas one year and that started the obsession. I’ve now got the Dispatch Master, Disaster Transport, Zoar, Dirt Transmitter, Tone Job and Grim Reefer in addition to the Hummingbird. And I still want more. I’d like their Sea Machine or Aurelius for a chorus. The Pyramids Flanger sounds insane. And I want an Avalanche Run for a delay with tap tempo. And maybe an Acapulco Gold… and also…

You get the picture.