Crazy Tube Circuits Falcon Classic Tweed Brownface Overdrive Pedal

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£149.99

This is a New Crazy Tube Circuits Falcon Classic Tweed Brownface Overdrive Pedal from Crazy Tube Circuits, now available in the Guitar Pedals category on Guitars Pedals Amps and Stuff.. Read More below.

Description

Back in 2016, Crazy Tube Circuits built a custom amp that was designed to morph between the sounds of a 5E3 Tweed Deluxe and a 6G2 Brownface Princeton. CTC liked the sound and feel of that amp so much, that they decided to capture it in a pedal format!

The Falcon pedal was designed as a painstakingly-close emulation of the circuits found in these amps. With every detail in mind, CTC copied the behavior, sound and feel of the preamp, phase inverter and power amp of both these designs. Applying JFET technology, they managed to recreate not only the overdriven sounds, but the lower gain/clean tones as well.

The most important part was emulating the compression and sag coming out of the power amp and tube rectifier respectively. This effect enhances the pedal's dynamic, musical feel and makes it very responsive to your picking attack. Depending on amp mode setting and your guitar/pickup's output, this effect can be more or less pronounced.

Specifications

  • Voltage: 9V DC, centre negative (battery or PSU – sold separately)
  • Current Draw: 40mA
  • True Bypass Footswitch
  • Made in Greece

About the manufacturer

Crazy Tube Circuits

Crazy Tube Circuits is a guitar-effects maker. The current GPAS selection includes HI POWER Dual Channel Amplifier & Overdrive, Unobtanium RAW Dual Channel Amplifier Overdrive and Super Conductor Multi-Mode Analogue Boost and covers overdrive pedals, boost pedals, delay pedals and phaser pedals. The model name matters because each effect has a different job in a rig.

For these products, compare effect function, control range, switching, bypass or routing, power requirements and the intended guitar or bass role. The product page is the authority for exact circuitry, connections, condition and included items.

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Guitar pedals are compact effects units that shape and enhance a guitar’s sound, sitting between the instrument and the amplifier. They include gain pedals like overdrive and distortion, modulation effects such as chorus and tremolo, time-based effects like delay and reverb, and essential utilities including tuners, compressors and loopers. Understanding basic things such as pedal type, signal order, power requirements and intended use helps players choose pedals that suit their style, setup and playing environment.

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