It Actually Smells Like Cinnamon! The team over at Aclam has a great ear for re-producing amp-like tones in a pedal. They've done this by following amp circuits and swapping out the Valves/Tubes for FETs which behave in a very similar way but are much smaller. On the Cinnamon drive however the aim wasn't to replicate a single amp, instead, it's the sound of an era. The '60s and '70s saw the likes of Hendrix, Clapton, and many many more pushing their amps like never before, so by using a mixture of a soft-clipping circuit as the main tone and a hard-clipping circuit in the boost section you can recreate your favourite classic rock tones to an epic degree!Oh and did we mention, it smells like cinnamon.
Tones You Never Knew You Knew Aclam has been extremely successful in creating amazing tones of classic famous rigs outside of the normal "Marshall in a box" territory. The Cinnamon drive focused on tones of an era where-as Dr. Roberts unlocked George Harrison's tones from Sg. Peppers all of which we've grown up with. Now ... it's the turn of The Who, and in particular Pete Townsend's secret tone device. You may have heard how some guitarists such as Jimmy Page used the preamp of an Echo Plex delay to thicken up their tone and to give their amps a nice push!? Well, Pete Townsend got his unique tones around '67 from the pre-amp of a reverb unit called the Grampian 636 Spring Reverb. The Windmiller is Aclam's recreation of this extremely rare reverbs pre-amp, they've fine-tuned it to remove the original phenomenal amount of hiss and it now works well with all types of amps and pick-up types. Each of the Aclam pedals is a slice of history recreated for you to recreate on your board.
The Woman ToneThe Woman Tone from Aclam is an overdrive with a twist. Aclam has been making pedals to reproduce specific musical moments in history for some time. This new release is in the same vein as their other pedals while simultaneously being in a new and exciting direction for them.Woman ToneThe Woman Tone replicates Eric Clapton's Cream era tone which many people think is simply a case of turning down the guitar's tone knob. The truth is unless you're running a PAF-loaded 60's SG into a 100W Plexi then your tone control alone won't get you there. The striking visuals may seem a little familiar and there's a good reason for this! Marijke Koger, the artist behind Clapton's iconic "The Fool" SG also designed the art for this pedal. Now that's some heritage, paired with Aclam's great form factor and unique pedalboard system this looks great. Special featuresThe Woman Tone isn't just an overdrive, thanks to these features it offers much more:Pickup Simulator - This is designed to create the Gibson PAF tones from Clapton's SG.Woman Tone - Just like Eric did, roll down for "that" tone. This is also foot-switchable making woman solos super easy to kick in. Plexi Style OD - Turning this up will provide that Marshall aggression which changed music in the 60s. Remember though, Clapton didn't use much gain!Vintage ToneAll in all this pedal is aimed at those looking to have the Woman Tone in a box. Most of the people buying this pedal will be fans of Clapton or those who need to get that tone in a covers band of sorts. But there's so much more this pedal has to offer and in the right hands, this can easily become the signature tone for modern artists. The Woman tone switch aside this still replicates an SG into a Plexi which has been used by artists from Mark Bolan to Page to Slash and much further. This pedal has much more to offer than it first seems and we can't wait to hear how you use it.
No Beatles Were Harmed In The Making Of This Pedal It's a funny thing that the biggest guitar band in history has little signature or inspired by gear. Aclam, a Barcelona-based company must have thought this too as they have released a pedal to emulate one of the Amps George Harrison used on Sg. Pepper & Revolver.The amp in question is Vox UL730, this was very much ahead of its time as a hybrid amp with a transistor pre-amp and valve/tube power amp. The tones are instantly recognisable yet this overdrive sounds like no other drive pedal on the market which is refreshing yet amazing since these are 60 + year old tunes weâre chasing here. At Tonepedia we LOVE the Beatles and the level of detail has not gone amiss, such as the artwork by Klaus Voorman (Artist for Revolver) and the Mach Schau! switch which are lovely touches. So this pedal is a real treat to work with. Hope you love it as much as we do.