Posts tagged "F-Pedals"
Tape echo has attained an almost mythical status in the music production world, by boosting the widespread love for this spacey effect with the "vintage factor" of analog tape and all its warmth and fluttery character. No wonder many manufacturers are attempting to recreate the sound of those old analog tape echo machines in stompbox format...
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If you belong to the category of guitarists who enjoy stompboxes that have the potential to inspire with their versatility and uniqueness, you should take a look at F-Pedals' RobotHolic. This is an interesting pedal that - quite surprisingly - manages to pack the following effects in a tiny (and truly good looking) 3.6" x 2" enclosure:
- Boost/Distortion circuit
- Analog-ringmod-resembling modulation effect
- "LOFI" mode - basically a high pass filter that emulates an old AM speaker
If that was not enough, the California based company's engineers also found room for a backlit mix knob and a connector for an external expression pedal, which affects the modulation's rate for cool sweeps and sci-fi tone shifts.
Like all the other offerings by F-Pedals, the RobotHolic comes in an Wireless F-Powered version, which uses built-in, custom designed, rechargeable and replaceable battery that provides steady power to the pedals through magnetic induction for approximately 20 hours once its fully charged. Both F-Pedals and F-Board can be used with a conventional power supply for a seamless integration with users’ existing set-up.
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