Ep. 190 - So It's An Ear Pearl

The Tone Control

• Justin’s first proper recording session in over a year
• Derek’s new pedalboard (Catalinbread Adineko)
• Should we talk about the new John Mayer single? (Janus Fuzz)
• Apple Music with Dolby Atmos (MS Tree of Life)
  • Some sound incredible, some sound incredibly bad. Sup with that?
    
• Thorpy Pulse Doppler ~$375 (CM Bass Drive)
  • This is a weird one, but it’s the most exciting thing I’ve seen with regard to Phasers in a while.
  • 4 stage phaser/vibrato sounds on board but you can get harmonic trem sounds from it too
  • Has a manual control like a flanger, so when the depth is increased, manual sets the frequency range of the sweep
  • Essentially two notch filters, but the Dual switch allows you to sync them or arrange them in figure 8 pattern
  • You can also invert the phase effect which results in more hollow tones, or switch it to Pulse mode for more trem based things.
  • Features a dry blend
    
• PRS Archon 50 (TC Viscous Vibe)
  • Relaunched combo and amp head, this is the high gain offering from PRS
  • Combo comes with a Celestion V-Type
  • 6CA7 power tubes, ECC83 preamp tubes
    • Basically EL34 power stage
    • Ships with JJ’s
  • Gain structure and EQ have been redesigned, generally more usable and not as gained out all the time.
  • Now more affordable, built in Indonesia
  • Head: $1000, Combo: $1200

We ran into an issue with the PS-5 Demo playback! If you want to hear it, check out the live stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWEAwrWa6h0

• Suggestions of the week (DBA Interstellar Overdriver)
  • Audible original podcast Hit Job\

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