Vick Audio’s newest addition to its Tau lineup of classic reproductions guitar pedals the 1861 gives tribute to the Civil War model fuzzes produced in Russia in the early 90’s. These fuzz pedals were nicknamed the Civil War model because of the distinctive blue and grey color scheme used on its graphics.

While all early Tau forefathers essentially used the same circuit with changes to the parts values, the Russian produced lineup in the early 90’s had a unique set of values that were different than the earlier Triangle and Ram’s Head versions. Those Russian models were known for their great low end, smoothness and lower gain.

The 1861 is an excellent choice for anyone that values great bottom end, needs more gain than the Black Russian and Green bubble fonts provide but also want more smoothness then the Triangle or Ram’s Head. This pedal works well with both guitar and bass. As with all Vick Audio Tau series pedals a switch has been added for three mid-range options scooped (stock) as well as flat and boosted mids.

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e Vick Audio V-2 basiert auf dem berühmten Pete Cornish G-2™ Verzerrer.   Normalerweise mache ich es mir zur Aufgabe, nur Reproduktionen von Pedalen zu machen, die vom Originalhersteller nicht mehr hergestellt werden, aber in diesem Fall habe ich beschlossen, eine Ausnahme zu machen, da die Originalgeräte so teuer und schwer zu finden sind.  

Das V-2 ist keine exakte Reproduktion des G-2, sondern weist einige Unterschiede auf, auf die ich gerne hinweisen möchte. Ich mag keine Pedale, die Buffer verwenden, wenn sie umgangen werden, also habe ich das V-2 zu einem echten Bypass-Pedal gemacht.  Der Eingangspuffer ist immer noch vorhanden, wenn das Pedal eingeschaltet ist, aber nicht, wenn es ausgeschaltet ist.  Ich habe nichts gegen Buffer, ich möchte nur, dass der Gitarrist die Wahl hat, ob und wann er Buffer in die Signalkette einbaut. 

Manche mögen das für ein Sakrileg halten, aber ich vermeide die Verwendung von Germanium-Komponenten.  Ich habe mich entschieden, Bat41 Silizium Clipping Dioden anstelle der originalen Germanium Dioden zu verwenden.  Ich weiß, dass viele Leute auf Germanium schwören, und vielleicht rührt meine Meinung daher, dass ich in einem so rauen Klima lebe (Arizona), aber ich finde die Inkonsistenz von Germanium inakzeptabel. 

e Vick Audio V-2 is based on the famous Pete Cornish G-2™ distortion unit.   Well usually I make it a point to only do reproductions of pedals that are no longer made by the original manufacturer I decided to make an exception in this case since the original units are so expensive and hard to find.  

The V-2 is not an exact reproduction of the G-2 but has some differences I would like to point out. I dislike pedals that use buffers when bypassed so I made the V-2 a true bypass pedal.  The input buffer is still present when the pedal is engaged but not when turned off.  I have nothing against buffers I just want the guitarist to have a choice if and when to put buffers in the signal chain. 

Some may consider this sacrilege but I avoid using germanium components.  I chose to use Bat41 silicon clipping diodes instead of the original germanium diodes.  I know many people swear by germanium and maybe my opinion stems from me living in such a harsh climate (Arizona) but I find the inconsistency of germanium unacceptable. 

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Diese Black Russian Reproduktion ist weicher als sein amerikanischer Cousin und hat etwas weniger Sustain, behält aber den unverwechselbaren Big Muff Sound. Dieses Pedal hat tonnenweise Bässe und funktioniert gut mit Gitarre oder Bass.

Ein Schalter bietet drei Optionen für den Mittenbereich: Scooped (Standard) sowie flache und verstärkte Mitten.

This Black Russian reproduction is smoother than its American made cousin and has slightly less sustain, yet retains that unmistakable Big Muff sound. This pedal has tons of low end and will work well with guitar or bass.

A switch has been added for three mid-range options scooped (stock) as well as flat and boosted mids.

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Das Vick Audio Mount Pleasant ist ein Overdrive-Pedal nach dem Vorbild des Marshall Blues Breaker. Es wurde entwickelt, um warme, natürliche Overdrive-Sounds mit einem ausgewogenen Frequenzgang zu liefern. Das Pedal verfügt über Standard-Regler für Volume, Gain und Tone sowie über einen High-Cut-Schalter, der verschiedene Einstellungen zur Anpassung der hohen Frequenzen bietet. Der Mount Pleasant eignet sich für Blues, Rock und verschiedene andere musikalische Anwendungen und bietet einen klaren und subtilen Overdrive, der das Breakup von Röhrenverstärkern gut ergänzt.

The Vick Audio Mount Pleasant is an overdrive pedal inspired by the Marshall Blues Breaker. It is designed to provide warm, natural overdriven tones with a balanced frequency response. The pedal features standard controls for volume, gain, and tone, along with a high cut switch that offers different settings to adjust the high frequencies. The Mount Pleasant is suitable for blues, rock, and various other musical applications, offering a clear and subtle overdrive that complements tube amp breakup well.

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Delay effects have been used since before the electric guitar was invented.  The first delay effects (line delay) were made by radio stations sending their signal over hundreds of miles of copper telephone wire and mixing that signal in with the original dry signal to enhance the quality of their audio broadcast.  Things got a lot easier since then with magnetic tape based delays, Oil can delays and finally the invention of solid state delay chips such as the MN3001 Bucket Brigade chips of the mid 70’s.

The Hypocenter Delay is built around the PT2399 chip by Princeton Technologies.  This chip though digitally based is often used to emulate the sound of older analog based delays.  This delay will work equally well with a clean guitar signal or with a distortion unit before or after it in the pedal chain.   The Hypocenter Delay is capable of providing a delay time from 25ms all the way to 450ms with a very low noise distortion (THD<0.5%) and repeats all the way from a single repeat to infinitely repeats.  My personal favorite is to use the Hypocenter Delay with the Tree Of Life overdrive and a vibe pedal to nail those Gilmour tones.


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