26 December 2022

  For vintage amp aficionados, the Silvertone 1484 Twin Twelve amplifier is in the pantheon of great sounding amps from the 1960’s.  Silvertone Guitars has partnered with Jackson.Audio to create the new Silvertone 1484 Twin Twelve Guitar Pedal.  The Twin Twelve pedal resembles the vintage Silvertone amp with old, styled knobs, amp jewel light and laser cut stainless steel pedal chassis.  The Twin Twelve pedal can be utilised as a clean preamp, gentle distortion, or a booster.  Controls on the top of the pedal are straight forward like an amp featuring volume, bass, treble and gain.  There is an included card that provides knob position suggestions to achieve certain sought-after sounds. The pedal sounds like a vintage tube amplifier when you run your guitar through it and the overdrive is smooth.  For preamp and booster usages the Silvertone pedal would be ideal to build your other pedals around and bypass the preamp of your usual amplifier. It is powered by a 9-18v DC power, output is 100k OHM impedance and the Input is 1m OHM impedance.  Silvertone and Jackson.Audio took their time in releasing the Silvertone 1484 Twin Twelve pedal and it is worth the wait.    www.silvertoneguitars.com 

The new Woman Tone guitar pedal by Aclam is an amazing effects unit that faithfully recreates Eric Clapton’s sound from back in his Cream days.  The pedal is essentially two effects in box with the Plexi amplifier footswitch to the right and the Woman Tone activation to the left.  The Volume and Gain knobs are designated to the right footswitch and the centre Woman Tone knob controls the left.  There is also an internal dip switch to make the sound even darker.  Aclam pedals also come with their standard pedalboard locks on each side so you can secure them to one of their Smart Track pedalboards without attaching Velcro on your pedal.  The designers behind the Woman Tone pedal truly did their homework as you can easily dial in Clapton’s vintage sounds with this pedal and then mod them to your own taste.  The beauty of it is that it doesn’t require a Gibson SG to reach this sound thanks to the circuitry you can achieve with a Strat or Tele also.  If you’re an EC fan or just relish vintage 60’s guitar tones the new Woman Tone by Aclam is a must have effect!  www.aclamguitars.com