Matt
Schofield has been exclusively using the Free The Tone Custom SOV-2 for
many years now and Free The Tone is now honored to announce a special
Matt Schofield signature model overdrive pedal, the MS SOV SPECIAL
(MS-1V). This model is the most advanced special version of the SOV-2
combining the custom SOV-2 Matt has been using in the past with a newly
developed and very special input circuit, called the HTS circuit. As in
the FTT SOV-2, the power is increased internally to +/-15Vdc to provide a
wide and dynamic range, and at the same time, it prevents guitar signal
degradation when bypassed by implementing the HTS circuit. It also has a
very low S/N ratio, and provides a fatter and smoother overdrive tone.
The Matt signature model was born out of his request to prevent guitar
signal degradation and at the same time, provide a natural guitar tone
when bypassed, and we therefore implemented the HTS buffer circuits
instead of true-bypass. FTT provided Matt with a prototype and he made
the following comment: “The latest pedal is great! I used it, and loved
it, for the whole of my last tour. Best version of the SOV ever for me.”
and they are now announcing the Matt signature model with the same
specification as the prototype they provided Matt with.
