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FISHMAN

FISHMAN JOINS THE revolution for effects tailored to acoustic guitars with four AFX Mini pedals. They include the Pocket Blender AB/Y mixer, the Broken Record looper/sampler, the Pro EQ Mini preamp and equalizer and the AcoustiVerb reverb. Each pedal is voiced to play nice with acoustic amplification, something that Fishman, manufacturer of the venerable Loudbox, knows a thing or two about. The AFX Mini concept provides powerful 32-bit processing in a durable aluminum enclosure that has a footprint less than two inches wide, under four inches deep and not quite two inches tall. On the surface, each pedal is relatively straightforward, but there’s a lot more under the hood.

AFX effects process in parallel, meaning the effected signal runs alongside the pure direct signal, not on top of it. The pedals can operate in mono with standard instrument

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