Video: Jack White Demos the Double Down, Third Man & MXR's New Collab

"I'm not big on the, 'This is the Jack White distortion pedal—get that Jack White sound'—I don't really want to sell that concept," White says in our interview above. "I'd rather try to make something useful that other people can get their sound out of."

And with the Double Down, that's exactly what Third Man Hardware has done. The brand new pedal—including a Reverb-exclusive, limited-edition yellow variant—is available now in Third Man Hardware's official Reverb shop.

The music gear offshoot of White's expansive Third Man Records universe, Third Man Hardware has made a name for itself by collaborating with some of the world's most exciting pedal builders, including Gamechanger Audio and Coppersound.

For its latest, Third Man has teamed up with MXR to create the Double Down, a stereo take on MXR's classic Micro Amp preamp pedal. The limited-edition yellow colorway, available exclusively on Reverb, also comes with a six-pick guitar pick tin.



The inspiration for the Double Down comes from White's own career. He's used the Micro Amp as far back as the White Stripes, and for a decade or more, he's been splitting his guitar's signal to two different amplifiers. By putting two Micro Amp circuits into one Double Down enclosure, he now has the best of all worlds: two independent channels of classic MXR preamp gain.

"It's very simple," White says. "But coming in very useful in the studio and on stage."

In our video, White demos a few ways he might use one himself: Keeping one channel clean and the other drenched in Bumble Buzz fuzz. Adding a Triplegraph on one side and Flex pedal on the other. What you make of it is up to you.

"We want to make things that appeal to people from all kinds of genres, and a Micro Amp like that has a vast appeal to people for all kinds of applications," White says. About the Double Down, he adds, "You could see people using this for vocals or some kind of stereo effect for instruments."

Watch the full video above to hear more about the Double Down and Third Man Hardware's collaborative ethos. Find the Double Down and more now in the Third Man Hardware Reverb shop.

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