OVER THE LAST few decades quite a few overdrive and distortion pedals incorporating a 12AX7/ECC83 preamp tube in their circuits have hit the market that promise to deliver true tube tone. The overall result, however, is usually “close but no cigar” as many of these pedals drive the tubes at low voltages. It’s similar to using regular gas in a finely tuned, high-horsepower sports car — you will still get where you’re going, but the experience isn’t as responsive, dynamic and powerful as it could be. While these pedals often offer the warmth and satisfying crunch of tubes, the sound can be overly compressed and one-dimensional. On the other hand, Blackstar’s new Dept. 10 valve pedals, which the company describes as “the world’s most advanced valve pedals,” all feature an ECC83 triode tube-driven at more than 200 volts to provide the headroom, dynamics, enhanced harmonics and organic saturation of a genuine tube amp. The Dept. 10 Boost is the simplest of the bunch, providing boost and EQ functions. The Dept. 10 Dual Drive and Dual Distortion pedals provide two channels each of overdrive and distortion, respectively, as well as various features that deliver “amp in a box” performance.
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TC Electronic TC 2290P Dynamic Digital Delay
THE MID EIGHTIES was a golden age for digital delay, thanks to the proliferation of pro- and studio-quality rack effects units from Eventide, Korg, Lexicon, Roland and Yamaha.
Danelectro Doubleneck
WHEN I THINK back to the Seventies, the famously coined “Me” decade, it seems the only surefire way you could leave audiences awestruck was to strap on a doubleneck guitar.
CARLOS ALOMAR
The former David Bowie guitarist talks Young Americans, Station to Station and the Berlin Trilogy, plus recording (and co-writing) \"Fame\" with John Lennon
GEORGE TERRY
It turns out Eric Clapton's Seventies guitarist (and co-writer of \"Lay Down Sally\") also played on ABBA's \"Voulez-Vous.\" Below, he looks back on a decade-plus of E.C., Bee Gees, Diana Ross and more
FRANK MARINO
The Mahogany Rush frontman charts the band's Seventies lows and highs, plus SG's, pickups and how he was definitely not visited by the ghost of Jimi Hendrix
DEWAYNE "BLACKBYRD" MCKNIGHT
The jazz/funk/fusion veteran on his smooth segue from Herbie Hancock sideman to full-on Funkdaledic member -plus his '70s gear and what he learned from Shuggie Otis
PAT TRAVERS
The Canadian-born virtuoso discusses the rise and fall of the Pat Travers Band, witnessing the U.K. punk revolution and the riotous roots of \"Snortin' Whiskey\"
JOE PERRY
The iconic guitarist looks back on Aerosmith in the Seventies, the decade that literally made and temporarily broke apart those Bad Boys from Boston
DAZED and CONFUSED
Providing more hits and misses than a vintage K-Tel Top 40 compilation, the guitar industry during the '70s was anything but boring
BEST 70s SOLOS, RIFFS and FORGOTTEN HEROES
A horde of guitar stars including Warren Haynes, Doug Aldrich, Sophie Lloyd, Frank Marino, Vernon Reid and Mike Campbell (not to mention Blackbyrd McKnight, Jared James Nichols, Steve Lukather, Steve Morse and Charlie Starr) choose the best stuff from the '70s
