PFX Bipolar Buffer Boost Overdrive - Pedal of the Day

PFX Bipolar Buffer Boost Overdrive

Posted By Pedal of the Day on Monday, October 24, 2016 in Boost, Buffer, Overdrive / Distortion, PFX | 0 comments



PFX Bipolar Boost Buffer Overdrive3-In-1 effects pedals usually require, well, 3 switches, a huge enclosure and a control panel that rivals something at a NASA launch site. Today’s pedal brings the versatility of 3 pedals to one super-small enclosure, providing a bunch of tones all with a user-friendly mindset. The Bipolar from PFX is a Buffer, Boost and Overdrive all rolled into one – curious yet?

The Bipolar features just three control knobs, but they are all important to the success of this pedal. Volume adjusts the overall output, as you’d expect; Mood acts as a Tone knob, sort of, but with overdrive properties as well. Finally, Gain adds in boost to your signal, with a wide sweep for any and every musical occasion.

The Buffer portion is a clean, transparent and silent buffer, perfect for long pedal chains and cables (set the Mood knob at 0, Gain at 0, Volume full). Add in some of the Gain control, and the Bipolar becomes a wonderful Boost. Clear and transparent with lower gain, rich and dynamic at higher gain, adding sparkle and “fatness” to your tone and responds to your picking style. Last comes the Mood/Overdrive section – use this control to add progressive distortion and facets to your sound, from just a bit crunchy to full overdrive.

PFX LogoRolling in all the way from Italy, the Bipolar is a surprisingly versatile 3-knob effect pedal, with three truly separate functions that can be mixed and matched with ease, especially if you need them all during a live set. Boasting an anti-noise and anti-RF filter, True Bypass, high quality WIMA caps and being completely handmade, there’s a lot of care and detail that go into each and every one of these pedals. Thanks so much to Fabri and everyone at PFX for allowing us to check out the Bipolar. If this is any indication of what’s to come from these guys, keep an eye out on your effects pedal radar in the near future – you heard it here first!

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