Tech 21 has introduced the SansAmp Marty Friedman, a signature stompbox constructed for the electrical guitar virtuoso.
The collaborative challenge seems to ship Friedman’s tone whereas staying true to his streamlined on-stage and in-studio setups. The silver-finished design affords a “neat, compact, plug-and-play” pedal that gives built-in clear, soiled, and lead tones curated by Friedman.
Constructing on the inspiration of the operationally comparable SansAmp PSA 2.0, the signature construct serves Efficiency and Studio modes. The previous comes pre-loaded with Friedman’s trio of go-to reside tones for on-the-fly taking part in, whereas the latter unlocks 128 preset slots.
Controls embody Drive, Low, Mid, and Excessive, in addition to autonomy over Reverb and its built-in Noise Gate to wash up extra noise. Moreover, a Filter management has been dropped in, which helps form the mid-range by way of Friedman’s most well-liked voicing.
Elsewhere, there’s SansAmp cab sim tech to emulate cupboard audio system with out having to lug them about, a chromatic tuner, results loop, and MIDI interface for gamers averse to faucet dancing on stage.
As Tech 21 explains, SansAmp inventor Andrew Barta has staunchly caught by analog gear all through his profession. He believes digital amp modelers fall flat as a result of they “sound one-dimensional and are not touch-sensitive, so the nuances of your taking part in fashion get misplaced”.
Nevertheless, Barta additionally believes he is “cracked the code” with this pedal, consequently “replicating the dynamics, responsiveness, and fluidity” of analog gear in a digital setting. The code-cracking coincided with the prospect to work with Friedman.
“That is it! This pedal has been a very long time coming, and solely a really distinctive design engineer like [Tech 21’s] Andrew Barta might craft one thing with these lovely tones and make it so extremely easy to make use of,” says Friedman.
“Such bonehead easy-to-use results haven’t been identified to have world class sounds in them till now. I’m proud to place my title on the primary one.”
“The Marty Friedman Signature SansAmp affords Marty’s core sounds and the flexibility for a lot of completely different types,” provides Tech 21.
Proudly owning a Tech 21 SansAmp Marty Friedman pedal will price gamers $349.
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