The mxr custom shop joe bonamassa pelham blue fet driver comes in a limited run of only 300 and is exclusively sold on the official joe bonamassa store. Alex chrysostomides is playing with an epiphone dot, testing mxr joe bonamassa fet driver distortion pedal csp265. Following in the footsteps of the dunlop jb95 cry baby and jbf3 fuzz face is the mxr fet driver, which is based on joe bonamassas favourite chandler tube driver, as made famous by david gilmour and eric johnson. Dunlop way huge angry troll linear boost amplifier waltons music. Products tagged dunlop joe bonamassa official store. Rich, tubelike overdrive and distortion active eq section for fine tonal sculpting joe bonamassa signature paint jobdescription. You just heard the joe bonamassa fet driver from the mxr custom shop. The market overflows with overdrive and distortion pedals. Featuring a unique circuit design by jeorge tripps and the mxr team, the custom shop joe bonamassa fet driver captures the rich, creamy sound of an overdriven tube amplifier by. Fender blues junior iii, mxr bonamassa fet driver, boss bc60, robert keeley ts808tb, boss dd3 delay, boss bd2 blues driver. Mxr custom shop joe bonamassa signature fet driver street price.
So as a fan of his tone and phrasing i was excited to order the fet. I tried the standard mxr fet driver side by side with the joe bonamassa signature version the original black one and there is a definite difference between the two when all the knobs. The mxr bonamassa fet driver manages the herculean feat of packing the smokin tone of one of todays great blues players into a compact pedal. So my awesome bud at mxr sent me a jb fet driver to me as a get well gift after my stroke a few months ago. Dunlop joe bonamassa signature crybaby wah pedal bundle w4 free cables. The joe bonamassa fet driver pedal captures a beautiful overdriven tone in all settings. This limited edition signature pedal captures the rich, creamy sound of an over driven tube amplifier by cascading an opamp gain stage into a fet. For some time the prototype of the fet driver was a mystery pedal that had been spotted on the pedal board of mr bonamassa. Very eric johnson and joe bonamassa esque lead sounding pedal. I am looking at a hermidalovepedal dover drive, mxr fet driver. Mxr fet driver is different to joe bonamassa signature fet driver.
Hardly see how an overdrive pedal is worth that kind of dough, especially when you see on another thread that joe. Mxr custom shop csp265 joe bonamassa fet driver effects. Dave koltai, pigtronix founder, came to our shop in ct when he first decided to make effects pedals, and showed us his original envelope phaser. The joe bonamassa fet driver features a unique circuit design. Wienerdognov 3, i would kill to have a version that was smoother and had tighter bass. Mxr fet driver is different to joe bonamassa signature fet. Mxr custom shop joe bonamassa fet driver csp265 tone. Crafted on the foundation of a cascading opamp gain stage into a fet gain stage to emulate a hot tube amp, the unit features easy level and drive. Precisely tuned to work like an extension of your amp. Pedal board setup page 1 joe s guitars, amps and gear joe bonamassa forum the official forum for all things joe bonamassa. Featuring a unique circuit design, the mxr custom shop joe bonamassa fet driver captures the rich, creamy sound of an overdriven tube amplifier by cascading an opamp gain stage into a fet.
Boss bd2, ehx crayon, mxr fet driver or the svisound spectrozoid. Products tagged pedals joe bonamassa official store. Mxr custom shop joe bonamassa signature fet driver guitar pedal. The main pedals i am considering right now are an ibanez ts 808, an mxr jb fet driver, a bk butler tube driver. Mxr bonamassa fet driver rich and tubelike overdrive and distortion 100% analog and true bypass active eq section for fine tonal sculpting with hi and lo controls hi cut switch to roll off high end. I tried the standard mxr fet driver side by side with the joe bonamassa signature version the original black one and there is a definite difference between the two when all the knobs are set the same.
A twostage overdrive pedal composed of an opamp flowing into a fet, the mxr fet driver does an amazing job of emulating creamy tube amp breakup. Joe bonamassa has been electrifying and captivating audiences for decades with his blues rock guitar style and now he brings one of his signature tones right to your living room. This limited edition signature pedal captures the rich, creamy sound of an over driven tube amplifier by cascading an opamp gain stage into a fet stage. Step on the fet driver to thicken up your lead tone with musical, amplike distortion and sustain without the fragility and inconsistency associated with tubes. Tested with a fender baja tele, gibson es335 through a tone king imperial 20th anv. Joe bonamassa mxr fet driver pelham blue special edition joe. Mxr m265 joe bonamassa pelham blue fet driver soundpeers. Mxr custom shop fet driver overdrive pedal in fantastic condition with barely any signs of use. Mxr csp265 bonamassa fet driver overdrive pedal specifications. The mxr custom shop joe bonamassa fet driver captures the rich, creamy sound of an over driven tube amplifier by cascading an opamp gain stage into a fet stage. Mxr m265 joe bonamassa pelham blue fet driver effects. I just got my mxr fet driver today but the joe bonamassa version and have the same problem in terms of a highpitched noise when powering the pedal thru a daisychain. Joe bonamassa mxr fet driver pelham blue special edition. This pedal glued the loose ends of my rig together, joe says.
Joe bonamassa fet driver joe bonamassa official store. It is a clean preamp that has such a super high input impedance 5 meg that your signal will be purer than you have. I think it was designed by a request from joe bonamassa. The jb signature version has a definite extra clarity and smoothness.
Bonamassa fet driver page 1 joe s guitars, amps and gear joe bonamassa forum the official forum for all things joe bonamassa. Rich, tubelike overdrive and distortion active eq section for fine tonal sculpting joe bonamassa signature paint job description. I am looking for that pedal that sits between an overdrive and fuzz for the big violin tone. The fet driver thickens up lead tones with musical, amplike distortion and sustain without the fragility and inconsistency associated with tubes. Mxr joe bonamassa fet driver anyone else liking these. The mxr fet driver is supposedly the same pedal as the joe bonamassa fet driver, only it costs less because now you dont have to pay extra for jbs name printed on your pedal. Mxr custom shop joe bonamassa fet driver overdrive.
The mini driver can either be used to boost other pedals, drive your tube amp or as a stand alone. Using a unique circuit design, the mxr custom shop joe bonamassa fet driver pedal. Mxr custom shop csp265 joe bonamassa fet driver overdrive. Bonamassa fet driver page 1 joes guitars, amps and. Fet or fieldeffect transistor is common solutions for pedals, which claims to mimic tubelike sound and close overall scheme. Music equipment pedal joe bonamassa official store. Crafted on the foundation of a cascading opamp gain stage into a fet gain stage to emulate a hot tube amp, the unit features easy level and drive controls, high and low boostcut controls, and a hicut. Chiming in from an ej slant not gilmours or jbs, i recently got both a blue bonamassa fet driver and a dover drive to compare to my 97 bktd ri, with the intent of keeping the one pedal that does any ej era better than the other two pedals. Level and drive controls let you dial in the amount of gain and responsive, organic saturation you want, with hi and lo controls to tweak your tone and a hi cut switch to roll of excess treble in. Featuring a unique circuit design, the mxr custom shop joe bonamassa fet driver captures the rich, creamy sound of an overdriven tube amplifier by cascading an opamp gain stage into a fet stage.
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