Welcome to the Classic Optical Compressor: a 100% analog old-school compressor from the days where colouring was an important factor to the sound. The four controls (from left to right) are the Gain, which controls the ‘pre-glow’ of the optical circuit (the more you turn this up, the fatter the sound); Level, which controls the overall volume of the compressor; Compression, which controls how hard or soft the compression is, and the Attack control which takes the signal from transparent to outright total squeeze. A short time with this compressor will allow you to find some of those classic guitar sounds which may somehow have escaped you before.

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Classic Optical Compressor

As musicians, we sometimes have to supply ‘more’ gear, in order to adequately meet the demands of a show.  The Carl Martin Route Box helps simplify some of those situations. For instance, you might find yourself with two guitars, two amps and one pedal-board.  By plugging each guitar into each Instrument In, out to the pedal-board and then back from the pedal-board to the Input, and finally from Amp 1 & 2 Out to each of the amplifiers, you have full use of your pedal-board while using either Guitar 1 or 2 through Amp 1 or 2…..genius!

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Der neue einkanalige Carl Martin PlexiTone wurde zusammen mit Pete Thorn designt und ist in einem kleinen, Pedalboard-freundlichen Gehäuse mit 3 Reglern und einem Fußschalter untergebracht. Außer Pete’s leichten Modifikationen, welche diesem neuen Pedal ein tighteres Low-End und weichere Höhenfrequenzen verschaffen, wird hier die exakt gleiche Gain-Struktur geboten wie bei den High-Gain Einstellung des original Pro-Series PlexiTone… es spielt sich lediglich besser mit verschiedenen Amps. Der Single PlexiTone beinhaltet außerdem die neue DC-DC Konverter-Schaltung, wodurch das Pedal mit einem 9V DC Adapter betrieben werden kann und dennoch auf dem gleichen +-12V Level arbeitet wie der originale AC betriebene PlexiTone. Dies erlaubt die Verwendung der gleichen hochqualitativen Komponenten, die den herausragenden Ton und Headroom erzeugen für den der originale Pro-Series PlexiTone so berühmt ist!

The new `single channel` Carl Martin PlexiTone was designed in association with Pete Thorn, and is housed in a small pedal-board friendly housing with 3 knobs and 1 switch. Apart from Pete’s slight modifications that give this new pedal a tighter bottom-end and slightly softer high frequencies, it is exactly the same gain structure as the High Gain setting on the original Pro-Series PlexiTone….it just plays better with different amps. The single Plexi also incorporates the new DC-DC converter circuitry, so the pedal can be powered by a regulated 9V Power Supply but will still operate on the same +-12V level as the original AC powered PlexiTone. This allows for the use the same high quality components which provide the same tone and headroom that make the CM Pro-Series stand out from the rest!

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Trem(olo) is basically defined as a cyclical variation of volume controlled by a low frequency oscillator, or for us guitar players…something that makes the guitar sound oscillate between quiet and loud either quickly or slowly….. Made famous in the 50’s and 60’s by bands like the Shadows and Dick Dale for that infamous ‘surf sound’, the Trem stuck around for many other guitar greats like Robin Trower, Hendrix and Page, right up to SRV and beyond. The Carl Martin Surf Trem has simplified the whole effect to 2 simple controls (just like the trem circuit on our vintage Fenders and Ampegs), Depth and Speed. The Depth knob controls how much of the effect you want in your guitar signal, and the Speed knob obviously controls the speed of the oscillation.

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Multiple effects, True-Bypass Switching and large stages (with long cable runs) are some of your tone’s greatest enemies….yes pedal-boards with all their advantages can become tone-thiefs!  Long cable runs and multiple pedals using True-Bypass switching, tend to ‘muddy’ our sound and reduce the higher frequencies that help define our sound.  Even wah pedals on their own can also be suspected of stealing certain frequencies from your tone.  By plugging your guitar into Buff de Luxe (1) and out to your pedals, then from your pedals back into Buff Deluxe (2) and out to your amp, you can protect your tone.  The results are stunning with your guitar coming back to life as if there was nothing between it and the amp.  There is also a Mute switch which directs your signal to the Tuner Out….this allows us to remove even the tuner from the signal chain and mute the guitar for silent tuning.

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