Thursday, July 21, 2011

MAXON RTD800 Real Tube OD/DIST: Distortion basic (PRS to HIWATT)

Maxon RTD800 Real Tube Overdrive/Distortion | Real Tube II Series ... www.maxonfx.com http www.maxonfx.com Wow. This is a mother of a pedal. Tube warmth, Overdrive and Distortion (Overdrive component demo coming shortly), a seriously good Noise Gate, 3-9dB Boost and a rugged but handsome build. Nice. And then there's the sound. Hallelujah! I'm sold. This one is staying with me. It brings the rock, big time. Well done Maxon. I can see that I'm going to have to further investigate more of your gear soon. This video was recorded with a PRS Studio guitar. The amp is my trusty HIWATT Custom 50 SA212. The mic is a Violet Design 'The Amethyst Standard' condenser planted dead centre and about 4 inches away from the left speaker. It was LOUD in the room. Pro Tools 9 recorded it. You'll notice some reverb on the intro and outro parts: this was courtesy of the mighty Waves CLA Guitars plug that I use for light compression as well. There's also a Waves L3-16 Limiter over the master output to keep levels at -.02dB. From the Maxon website: "The RTD800 features independent Overdrive and Distortion circuits combined with a dual triode tube to offer a massive array of saturated tones, from traditional tube overdrive through full-on gated metal distortion. No other tube overdrive pedal offers this degree of versatility in a single package. Every aspect of the RTD800 has been re-thought and redesigned to provide a lifetime of trouble-free performance. As soon as power is applied to the ...



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