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Wampler Pedals Brent Mason: Hot Wired v2*This is not SMD component type but old school DIP A lot of people think they’ve never heard of Brent Mason. We would bet that although they may not recognize the name, chances are huge that they have heard him. Brent is, without doubt, the number 1 session guitarist working out of Nashville and has been since the early 1990’s. Not only is he a legendary studio figure, but also a renowned composer and songwriter. His compositions have been used in countless films, TV shows and commercials. His solo albums, in particular “Hot Wired” (from which this pedal got its name) has become almost mythical in its reputation for guitar tone and quality of musicianship. With Brent, you will not believe it until you hear it.Built on the foundations of the extremely popular v1, v2 stands alone in terms of versatility. The studio scene in Nashville has changed over the last few years, so we changed the Hot Wired to mirror the industry Brent works in. v1 was geared towards all out chickin’ pickin’ and beyond. Expanding on that, the v2 brings you a broader range of subtlety in channel 1. You can still find the chickin’ pickin’ tones, but you can also find a deeper, warmer overdrive section that will allow you to play as smooth as you like. With the added blend control, you won’t believe how fat your tone can be without it sounding too overdriven. Channel 2 still has the same “British Plexi” flavor that Brent loves.Two pedals in one (overdrive and distortion), the Hot Wired is without doubt one of the most versatile pedals available today. One channel of the Hot Wired has all your overdrive needs, from a gentle break up to all out crunch, the other gives you dirt… Loads of fat, creamy distortion that is tonally perfect from top to bottom. If need be you can stack them both together for a huge, huge sound.Contorls:Bypass Switches – Simple enough, these relay based soft switches are wired up for true bypass switching to ensure that you don't have anything in the way when you disable either channel. Stomp on each channel's respective footswitch to turn the pedal on, and the LED indicator light will show that it's active. Channel One has a blue LED indicator light, Channel Two has a red LED indicator light. When both channels are on, so are both LEDs.Volume – This control works the same on each channel, and simply allows for more or less volume. There's a great deal of this on tap, and if you like you can use it as a clean, fattening-up boost – Brent has used it like that in the studio and on the stage many times. It's great for kicking in your amp, or cranking up Channel 1 with low Overdrive settings and then hitting Channel Two's heavier sound hard. Channel Two has plenty of volume as well. It's up to you how you want to set up their relative volume levels.Tone – This adjusts between a much darker, bassier sound at the fully counterclockwise position, to a very highs-forward, present sound fully clockwise. Channel One's Tone is a little bit more open sounding, while Channel Two has more of a focus on its specific areas – characteristics normally associated with overdrives and distortions, respectively. It's not a bad idea to start at noon and adjust in small increments from there to let your ears get used to the sound of the pedal as you raise or lower the Tone knob, on both channels. The Tone knobs work together with the Fat/Normal/Fatter switches to determine the overall shape of the sound.Overdrive / Distortion – For better accuracy, these controls have been renamed to fit the channel they're on, but they still perform the function of raising the amount of dirt regardless of the name. When stacking the channels together, keep in mind that you can end up with way too much distortion if you crank both controls.Channel 1 Blend – This control works to go from a totally clean signal at fully counterclockwise to just the overdriven signal at fully clockwise. We think you'll find a lot of magic in the space between those two extremes, where you can dial in some great clarity, some cut-through of your great clean tone into the overdriven sound. If you like the Ego Compressor's blend functionality, you should love this! Raising the Blend does raise the overall volume, so watch out for that when you're still learning how the pedal works.Fat/Normal/Fatter Switches – A big change from the original Hot Wired, Brian made sure to have two three-position switches, one per channel, and really hot-rod how they interact with the tone control. Normal is the middle position and doesn't affect the sound. Fat starts to add some low-mid punch. Fatter is for when you want to have a tone that's BIG! Perfect for dialing in each channel's sound individually to work with guitars that have an inherently leaner or fatter sound, they also contribute to a lot of flexibility on the Tone knobs since you can dial in more highs with the Tone set higher but then switch it to Fat or Fatter and ensure that you don't lose any of your midbass frequencies.
Original PriceC$375.41
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