Xploration • Curation • Recommendation
T-Rex release 2 innovative mid-size pedals - The RoomMate D'luxe Tube Reverb, and Fuzztopia Fuzz / Distortion with Blend controls per Channel
The RoomMate D’luxe was announced at NAMM, where the Fuzztopia was out late last year - where I did not manage to fit it into my schedule.
It seems very timely now since the RoomMate D’luxe is in the same format - and those 2 pedal pair very well together.
The RoomMate D’luxe delivers 8 x Tube saturated Modes covering off all the main Reverb food groups - Room, Hall, Plate and Shimmer Hall.
And the Fuzztopia Dual Channel Fuzz + Distortion is fairly distinct for having separate Dry Blends per Channel - so you can configure those in various interesting ways.
Further details on each below, including demos :
8-Mode RoomMate D'luxe 12AX7 Tube Reverb - €299 / $299 / £261
www.t-rex-effects.com/roommate-dluxe
Controls - Input Gain, Decay, Reverb, Volume, Tone, Optional (X variable per Mode : Low Damping, Pre-Delay and Shimmer), MODE : 1-8.
- Short Spring Reverb
- Long Spring Reverb
- Plate
- Medium Room
- Large Room
- Medium Hall
- Large Hall
- Shimmer Hall
A handy classic Tube Reverberator - with Spring, Plate, Hall and Shimmer Modes.
Decent price too for the versatility here. A good size / format. This might be a handy alternative to my Cornerstone Nucleo - but it doesn't cover nearly so much ground.
This really is very commendable, and distinct from most everything one release in its makeups - while overall it covers very familiar ground.
Fuzztopia 2-Chanenl Fuzz-Distortion with Clean Blend Control per Channel - €149 / $189 / £129
www.t-rex-effects.com/fuzztopia
Controls - FUZZ } Fuzz, Tone, Blend, Volume, Fuzz Footswitch; DISTORTION } Distortion, Tone, Blend, Volume, Distortion Footswitch.
A fairly classic Fuzz + Distortion Dual Channel Pedal - which distinguishes itself by having individual Clean Blend controls per channel - for maximum Blend-ability! I believe this pedal was release late last year, and I was unable to fit into the schedule - so it's timely to tack it onto the RoomMate D'luxe which released at NAMM.
This is actually a really potent format - where you can combine the Fuzz and Distortion Channels in various ways. Would have been cool to have had a parallel mode here - in addition to the more conventional series stacking.
This is the same format near enough as the RoomMate D'luxe - minus of course the 12AX7 Tube.
I feel both these pedals are worthy of consideration - while I'm not sure either of these lie in my future - at least not imminenty. I do quite like both of these - but have so many existing variants - that I'm not sure I would get that much use out of these.
Very decent sounding, and something slightly different for T-Rex.
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