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EARTHQUAKER DEVICES PLUMES OVERDRIVE
RRP: $189.99 • au.yamaha.com
One of the most important features of the Plumes Small Signal Shredder is that EQD founder Jamie Stillman used it on his own pedalboard for a long time before releasing it for everyone else. Not to say that he hasn’t done that with other EarthQuaker designs, because he most certainly has. But this is the case of a designer who wasn’t necessarily crazy about a specific circuit, created something that he enjoyed using, and brought the whole thing to another level for everyone else. The use onstage and at band practice is where one can really hear what a pedal is lacking, and which attributes rise to the top. This obsession with testing and refining a circuit into something special is what makes Plumes stand alone in a vast sea of Tube Screamer-style transparent overdrives.
MORLEY 20/20 BAD HORSIE WAH
RRP: $349 • innovativemusic.com.au
Morley’s famous Bad Horsie Wah continues in the now standard pedalboard-friendly size. This little beast is switchless, optical and built like a tank. Plus it includes the new 20/20 Buffer to defend your sound. Try one today and see why it’s used by countless professionals.
MORLEY 20/20 POWER WAH VOLUME
RRP: $329 • innovativemusic.com.au
The Power Wah Volume is the ultimate space-saving combo pedal. You get the classic Morley Power Wah with it’s vintage tone, wide sweep and 20 decibels of clean boost, plus a smooth audio volume taper. Pedalboards rejoice: your saviour has arrived!
KEMPER PROFILER STAGE
RRP: $2,899 • innovativemusic.com.au
The Profiler Stage offers the same features and the legendary sound as the well-known Profiler Head and Rack, and even a bit more. It’s a multi-effects powerhouse and state-of-the-art guitar amplifier, featuring Kemper’s unique Profiling technology to capture the sonic DNA of any guitar amp. It also comes preloaded with a Profile pool of hundreds of the best guitar amps in the world, created under perfect conditions in professional studios worldwide.
This combination of Profiler and Remote allows you to control, administer and program performances, as well as manage rig switches and complex parameter morphs, all in an unparalleled intuitive manner. The illuminated sunlight-proof display – which increases display contrast even with the sunlight’s intensity – is designed to be viewed from any distance, under any lighting conditions. And the housing is built like a tank.
FENDER REFLECTING POOL DELAY & REVERB
RRP: $599 • fender.com
The relationship between time-based effects, like delay and reverb, is critical to operating them correctly. Fender’s new Reflecting Pool delay and reverb pedal combines these two classic effects into one comprehensive chassis, making it easy to integrate into any pedalboard. Utilising cutting-edge DSP for rich and complex algorithms, the Reflecting Pool faithfully recreates classic sounds while also conjuring otherworldly new ones. Type, Variation and Quality controls make it easy to precisely shape your sound, the Time toggle adds rhythmic subdivisions, and the Tap Tempo footswitch makes sure everything stays in time.
FENDER PINWHEEL ROTARY SPEAKER EMULATOR
RRP: $469 • fender.com
A classic sound achieved with an organ speaker and amplifier, rotary speaker effects have become an integral part of modern music. Featuring three different rotary speaker voices – including Fender’s very own Vibratone effect – the Pinwheel makes it easy to add this swirling sound to your tonal toolbox. Switchable Slow and Fast speeds let you
