I tried the standard mxr fet driver side by side with the joe bonamassa signature version the original black one and there is a definite difference between the two when all the knobs are set the same. Featuring a unique circuit design, the mxr fet driver captures the rich, creamy sound of an overdriven tube amplifier by cascading an opamp gain stage into a fet stage. Music equipment pedal joe bonamassa official store. Fet or fieldeffect transistor is common solutions for pedals, which claims to mimic tubelike sound and close overall scheme. The mxr bonamassa fet driver manages the herculean feat of packing the smokin tone of one of todays great blues players into a compact pedal. Rich, tubelike overdrive and distortion active eq section for fine tonal sculpting joe bonamassa signature paint jobdescription. I will be stacking into a bogner blue or red pedal. Mxr custom shop fet driver limited edition joe bonamassa. I think it was designed by a request from joe bonamassa. I am looking at a hermidalovepedal dover drive, mxr fet driver.
Mxr fet driver is different to joe bonamassa signature fet. It is a clean preamp that has such a super high input impedance 5 meg that your signal will be purer than you have. In a sea of fancy boutique pedals that seek to replicate some amp or some other musthave tone, the new fet driver is a seemingly basic overdrive pedal. Page 1 joe s guitars, amps and gear joe bonamassa forum the official forum for all things joe bonamassa, guitars and blues music the official forum for all things joe bonamassa, guitars and blues music. So my awesome bud at mxr sent me a jb fet driver to me as a get well gift after my stroke a few months ago. Joe bonamassa mxr fet driver pelham blue special edition joe. Chiming in from an ej slant not gilmours or jbs, i recently got both a blue bonamassa fet driver and a dover drive to compare to my 97 bktd ri, with the intent of keeping the one pedal that does any ej era better than the other two pedals.
The joe bonamassa fet driver pedal captures a beautiful overdriven tone in all settings. Products tagged dunlop joe bonamassa official store. Level and drive controls let you dial in the amount of gain and responsive, organic saturation you want, with hi and lo controls to tweak your tone and a hi cut switch to roll of excess treble in. Mxr m265 joe bonamassa pelham blue fet driver soundpeers. Dave koltai, pigtronix founder, came to our shop in ct when he first decided to make effects pedals, and showed us his original envelope phaser. The mxr custom shop csp265 fet driver pedal is the latest joe bonamassa pedal to be released from mxr. Mxr bonamassa fet driver rich and tubelike overdrive and distortion 100% analog and true bypass active eq section for fine tonal sculpting with hi and lo controls hi cut switch to roll off high end. Using a unique circuit design, the mxr custom shop joe bonamassa fet driver pedal. Hardly see how an overdrive pedal is worth that kind of dough, especially when you see on another thread that joe.
The mxr fet driver is supposedly the same pedal as the joe bonamassa fet driver, only it costs less because now you dont have to pay extra for jbs name printed on your pedal. Bonamassa fet driver page 1 joes guitars, amps and. Mxr fet driver is different to joe bonamassa signature fet driver. Featuring a unique circuit design by jeorge tripps and the mxr team, the custom shop joe bonamassa fet driver captures the rich, creamy sound of an overdriven tube amplifier by.
The mxr custom shop joe bonamassa pelham blue fet driver comes in a limited run of only 300 and is exclusively sold on the official joe bonamassa store. The joe bonamassa fet driver features a unique circuit design. Mxr custom shop csp265 joe bonamassa fet driver overdrive. Dunlop joe bonamassa signature crybaby wah pedal bundle w4 free cables. I am looking for that pedal that sits between an overdrive and fuzz for the big violin tone.
The market overflows with overdrive and distortion pedals. Mxr custom shop joe bonamassa signature fet driver guitar pedal. Products tagged pedals joe bonamassa official store. Rich, tubelike overdrive and distortion active eq section for fine tonal sculpting joe bonamassa signature paint job description. Joe bonamassa fet driver joe bonamassa official store. Crafted on the foundation of a cascading opamp gain stage into a fet gain stage to emulate a hot tube amp, the unit features easy level and drive controls, high and low boostcut controls, and a hicut. The mxr custom shop joe bonamassa fet driver captures the rich, creamy sound of an over. So as a fan of his tone and phrasing i was excited to order the fet.
This limited edition signature pedal captures the rich, creamy sound of an over driven tube amplifier by cascading an opamp gain stage into a fet stage. Following in the footsteps of the dunlop jb95 cry baby and jbf3 fuzz face is the mxr fet driver, which is based on joe bonamassas favourite chandler tube driver, as made famous by david gilmour and eric johnson. Pedal board setup page 1 joe s guitars, amps and gear joe bonamassa forum the official forum for all things joe bonamassa. Tested with a fender baja tele, gibson es335 through a tone king imperial 20th anv. The fet driver thickens up lead tones with musical, amplike distortion and sustain without the fragility and inconsistency associated with tubes. This pedal glued the loose ends of my rig together, joe says. Featuring a unique circuit design, the mxr custom shop joe bonamassa fet driver captures the rich, creamy sound of an overdriven tube amplifier by cascading an opamp gain stage into a fet. For some time the prototype of the fet driver was a mystery pedal that had been spotted on the pedal board of mr bonamassa. Mxr custom shop csp265 joe bonamassa fet driver effects. Mxr custom shop joe bonamassa signature fet driver street price.
Crafted on the foundation of a cascading opamp gain stage into a fet gain stage to emulate a hot tube amp, the unit features easy level and drive. The main pedals i am considering right now are an ibanez ts 808, an mxr jb fet driver, a bk butler tube driver. Wienerdognov 3, i would kill to have a version that was smoother and had tighter bass. You just heard the joe bonamassa fet driver from the mxr custom shop.
The jb signature version has a definite extra clarity and smoothness. Dunlop way huge angry troll linear boost amplifier waltons music. The mxr custom shop joe bonamassa fet driver captures the rich, creamy sound of an over driven tube amplifier by cascading an opamp gain stage into a fet stage. Mxr custom shop joe bonamassa fet driver csp265 tone. Bonamassa fet driver page 1 joe s guitars, amps and gear joe bonamassa forum the official forum for all things joe bonamassa. Mxr m265 joe bonamassa pelham blue fet driver effects. Featuring a unique circuit design, the mxr custom shop joe bonamassa fet driver. A twostage overdrive pedal composed of an opamp flowing into a fet, the mxr fet driver does an amazing job of emulating creamy tube amp breakup.
Mxr custom shop fet driver overdrive pedal in fantastic condition with barely any signs of use. Boss bd2, ehx crayon, mxr fet driver or the svisound spectrozoid. This limited edition signature pedal captures the rich, creamy sound of an over driven tube amplifier by cascading an opamp gain stage into a fet. Mxr joe bonamassa fet driver anyone else liking these. Joe bonamassa has been electrifying and captivating audiences for decades with his blues rock guitar style and now he brings one of his signature tones right to your living room. Mxr is one of those companies that is not swayed by the digital world. I just got my mxr fet driver today but the joe bonamassa version and have the same problem in terms of a highpitched noise when powering the pedal thru a daisychain. Alex chrysostomides is playing with an epiphone dot, testing mxr joe bonamassa fet driver distortion pedal csp265. The mini driver can either be used to boost other pedals, drive your tube amp or as a stand alone. Mxr csp265 bonamassa fet driver overdrive pedal specifications. Joe bonamassa mxr fet driver pelham blue special edition. Step on the fet driver to thicken up your lead tone with musical, amplike distortion and sustain without the fragility and inconsistency associated with tubes.
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