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Seymour Duncan on the Pedalboard

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Seymour Duncan on the Pedalboard

To celebrate classic sounds in the finest audio quality – that's one of the passions of Seymour Duncan's team in Santa Barbara, California. Another one is to drive forward the evolution of music gear with their own ideas. The current pedal releases of the brand are good examples of how these two passions act in concert:

Diamondhead – amp distortion at its finest

As one of the first manufacturers of great-sounding amp-in-a-box pedals, Seymour Duncan is a specialist for authentic amp sounds. Now, the Diamondhead Multistage Distortion pushes it a bit harder and reveres all those iconic high gain sounds associated with Hard Rock and Metal music since the late 1970s. No matter if Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Pantera, or other influential heavy bands – all of them use(d) a booster in front to send their already overdriven tube amp stacks even further into distortion. Exactly this trick can be performed with the help of the Diamondhead’s saturation switch, which adds 24 decibels of pre-gain boost. On top of that, up to 15 dB adjustable boost can be added after the distortion with the help of the footswitch. Very practical: The latter boost can also be used separately, i.e. without distortion – and this "metal pedal" is so versatile and powerful that it even works as a preamp.

Polaron – analog phaser with digital benefits

The cyclic swirl of a classic phaser is all well and good. But, with up to 16 filter stages there is so much to explore in the psychedelic world of rich and vibrant modulation effects so that an incredible amount of tonal colors and sound textures can be discovered in the Polaron – including auto-wah, talkbox, robot voices, rotary speakers, flanging, as well as interactive dynamic phasing. To make this huge variety more easily accessible, digital control functions are added to the 100% analog signal path. For example, editable presets to store settings, or Tap Tempo to synchronize effects.

PowerStage 200 – more wattage and control

A couple of years ago, the Seymour Duncan PowerStage 170 kicked off the trend of integrating amplifiers directly into the pedalboard. Now, a successor model with 30 more watts still follows the same concept and offers guitarists a neutral pedal platform with full and warm sound. In addition, some practical new features open up new possibilities at the end of the signal chain:
● switchable 4-band equalizer with controls for Bass, Midrange, Treble, and Presence
● switchable Speaker Cabinet Simulation
● Aux Input for drum loops, backing tracks, or other signals
● balanced DI output (XLR) to connect with mixing consoles or recording interfaces
● headphone output for silent playing
● ready to power cabinets with 4-16 ohms

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