DRIVE EFFECTS

This year’s champion dirt-dishers are a complex bunch…

FENDER PUGILIST DISTORTION £87 One of this year’s pleasant surprises was how Fender tore up the rule book on pedal design and built its new series of effects pedals almost from the ground up, adding boutique design touches, such as illuminated dials and a magnetically latched battery door, to very affordable pedals. For us, the Pugilist Distortion was the pick of the litter. There are two girthy drive voices on tap that you can run in series – or blend to taste, with discrete tone and gain controls for each drive stage – plus a bass boost switch that’ll help you fatten up single coils ready for slaughter. www.fender.com THORPY FX THE DANE £249 There are plenty of dual-drive effects pedals out there, but designer Adrian Thorpe has kept The Dane dynamic and…

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Guitarist (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 2019

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