JAM Pedals
Wet Wet BassIf you're new to chorus take a moment to go listen to the 80's because that's what that sound is! There are a few revered choruses from the 80's such as the Boss pedals (CE-1, CE-2, Dimension C etc) which many would argue are the quintessential chorus tones. So Jam went in another direction. Jam have created an analog chorus pedal which sounds modern ... this is clearly a double negative but somehow they've done it. Even long time chorus haters have been turned onto this pedal such as Greg Koch who would only use chorus as a faux Lesley sound and now loves the Jam Waterfall. In fact this pedal is so well received that even the mighty Steve Lukather has one as a mainstay on his board.Enough name dropping, lets talk about the controls. We have Depth and speed, an extra switch for a different flavour of Chorus giving a more 3D sound. The right switch kills the dry signal and therefore provides us with a vibrato tone.Yes that's right you get two effects in one pedal! Being the bass version this pedal is tweaked for bass frequencies and sounds great!
The Bass OD Bassist Deserve It's fair to say the Lucydreamer Bass is more than just a guitar pedal with a Bass sticker on the box.Where-as the Lucydreamer accentuated certain guitar specific low end frequencies the bass version has been fine tuned for Bass friendly tones. Likewise it pushes the mid range in a way which suits basses and bass amps while maintaining your core tones. If you think this mean "transparency" you would be right and added clarity comes courtesy of the clean blend control which allows you to add just the right amount of drive to your tone. BUT WAIT what if you want to go from a light crunch to full on driven bass lines. Well the High Gain footswitch allows this at a simple stomp. Dynamics is what this pedal is all about and it offers you this from many different angles, "transparent" tone, Clean blean, high gain footswitch. Nice!
Bass Rattle!When people talk about overdrive and distortion pedals there are a few which normally tend to pop up in conversation. Tubescreamers are the obvious name drop as are Klons and even the infamous Boss Metalzone MT-2 and rightly so as these are all massively influential pedals which have inspired numerous drive pedals since. There is another pedal sitting with the greats which may be seen as the underdog in sales terms but for many including most in the TonePedia team the Pro Co RAT is one of the best. Edging on distortion/fuzz territory with a totally non smooth break up when playing chords, RAT style pedals can sound very amp like. That changes massively when playing lead notes as RAT style pedals sing sweetly in what feels to be a junkster position to gritty aforementioned chords.So JAM know a thing or two about classic pedals, especially the original RATâs featuring the elusive LM308N chip which they have found a source of NOS (new old stock) parts for. This has resulted in the RATTLER, a near faithful recreation of the best RATs ever made and what has changed is all for the better such as featuring an LED on/off indicator.What's amazing for you is we have an original first version small box RAT on TonePedia and now we have the Rattler too so you can now experience both pedals side by side. This is the Bass version which is tuned for bass frequencies and features a mix control AND a boost footswitch, neither of these feature on the standard guitar Rattler!
When Bass Muffs Collide Muff aficionados commonly fall into one of three groups, Op-amp, Triangle or Russian. Of those the Triangle and Russian have the least in common with the triangle muff being the most aggressive of the bunch. What Jam has done here is simply taken the best qualities of the Triangle and Russian muffs and stuck it all in a pretty little box a fraction the size of a 70's big muff. Then they've created a boost tuned to get every single delight out of the fuzz and squeezed that in there too.The result is pedal that would even make David Gilmour blush.This is so well respected, just check out the list of famous users:David Hidalgo, Cesar Rosas, Graham Coxon, Jim Campilongo, Greg Koch, Dweezil Zappa, Lee Ranaldo, Adrian Legg, Guy Pratt, Robert Randolph, Julien Kasper, Sean Ono Lennon, Red Fang ... This is the Bass version tuned to suit bass frequencies and featuring an added mix control.