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The JDM “Red Roaster” is back by popular request. I had none of the right transistors left in my stash, so I had quietly retired the pedal… A few of you recently wrote to me saying how much you loved it. I dusted it off, and WOW! I forgot how cool this one was. There is a liquid, three-dimensional quality to Germanium-driven sounds that seems impossible to simulate, and a touch sensitivity unique to these circuits. The way the simple guitar/amplifier duo is enhanced by using a Fuzzface, a Rangemaster, or a Tonebender goes beyond the sum of the parts.
The JDM “Red Roaster” uses three separate stages driven by vintage Germanium transistors and a MOSFET driven EQ section. By cascading these vintage transistors one into another, the Red Roaster’s controls range from smoldering silky smooth boost & sustain to raw & filthy distortion sounds that can be pushed beyond pleasing into saucy and obscene.
As with all our pedals:
true-bypass switching
tested and select vintage Germanium paired with modern MOSFET transistors
UV Printed “Sparkle Red” finish enclosure, top jacks
Standard +9vDC operation. PLEASE DO NOT EXCEED 9vDC!
The JDM “Red Roaster” is back by popular request. I had none of the right transistors left in my stash, so I had quietly retired the pedal… A few of you recently wrote to me saying how much you loved it. I dusted it off, and WOW! I forgot how cool this one was. There is a liquid, three-dimensional quality to Germanium-driven sounds that seems impossible to simulate, and a touch sensitivity unique to these circuits. The way the simple guitar/amplifier duo is enhanced by using a Fuzzface, a Rangemaster, or a Tonebender goes beyond the sum of the parts.
The JDM “Red Roaster” uses three separate stages driven by vintage Germanium transistors and a MOSFET driven EQ section. By cascading these vintage transistors one into another, the Red Roaster’s controls range from smoldering silky smooth boost & sustain to raw & filthy distortion sounds that can be pushed beyond pleasing into saucy and obscene.
As with all our pedals:
true-bypass switching
tested and select vintage Germanium paired with modern MOSFET transistors
UV Printed “Sparkle Red” finish enclosure, top jacks
Standard +9vDC operation. PLEASE DO NOT EXCEED 9vDC!