ONE KNOB. ONE KNOB TO RULE THEM ALL… And so it goes for today’s pedal, the Calico Effects Pounce Preamp. The simplicity you might expect from a one-knob pedal, regardless of genre, can sometime be deceiving. Is that the case with this golden beauty? Let’s delve in and see what’s in store…
The Pounce is NOT a transparent, clean, preamp booster…no siree Bob. Quite the opposite, in fact, it adds sparkle to your tone, as well as character, gaining in power and breakup as its lone knob is turned to the right. Based on the DOD 210 FET Preamp, it slowly adds volume and dirt into your signal path, until you hit that sweet, sweet point of no breakup return. Use it with a clean amp, or to boost your already broken up valve tone instantly.
Well, there you have it. One knob is all it takes with the Calico Effects Pounce Preamp, and sometimes these simple pedals are just the breather that we need around here. Not to be underestimated, however, as you don’t always need a thousand bells and whistles to produce incredible tone, or to enhance and already incredible one. Cheers to Calico Effects on an extremely useful and excellent-sounding one-knober – be sure to check out their website, as well as our tasty demo below. Thanks for your support as always!!
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