Catalinbread Revamps Drive Line and the addition of 2 new pedals

Dateline: June 28th, 2011 Portland, OR

Announcing the revamped line of Catalinbread's Amp Emulation Overdrive Pedals!

Since the 2009 release of the ever popular Dirty Little Secret, 

Catalinbread has been continuing to release a line of overdrive pedals 

that emulate the sound and feel of some of the most highly regarded 

and sought after tube amps.  Each of these pedals has unprecedented 

realism to the actual amp, and covers a range of amp sounds, and the 

feel that players are looking for.  All of this has culminated in a 

concise line of 5 pedals, each with its own distinct page in music 

history.  This new line includes two new pedals, the DLS MKII, a 

continuation of our successful Dirty Little Secret, and the brand new 

CB-30.  The other three pedals, Formula No. 5, SFT, and WIIO have 

undergone a transformation, both inside and out, using hand selected 

components to bring you the best sound and the best solution to 

getting cranked tones out of low volume or clean backline amps.

The DLS MkII is an overdrive pedal designed to bring you the sound and 

response of a '70s-era Marshall amplifier.  It, like other pedals in 

our "amp drive" range of pedals, is designed to be a "foundation" 

overdrive pedal - it is your "always on" pedal that forms the core of 

your guitar sound which you can enhance and embellish by adding 

boosters, fuzzes, filters, and other overdrives in front of it and 

riding your instrument volume knob- just like you would in front of a 

real amp.

Equally powerful on bass or guitar, the Catalinbread SFT heralds the 

big bottom tones of an Ampeg. Full and rich and clean when you brush 

lightly and some nice wooly edge when you dig in.  The SFT was a real 

labor of love for us ? we wanted a killer, super-versatile bass pedal 

the likes of which nobody has heard before, and for guitar we wanted a 

faithful recreation of those classic Taylor-era (Ya Yas & Exile) tones 

with the ability to morph into more modern heavy sounds ala Queens of 

the Stone Age.

The WIIO is an overdrive inspired by the powerfully unforgiving 

British amps from the ?70s. Its all right there at your fingertips - 

your picking attack determines how much gain is delivered to the 

speakers. There is none of the typical compression found in most other 

overdrives to hide behind or to soften the blow - this is brass 

knuckle to the jaw type sonic impact we?re talking here - you 

literally feel as though you plugged straight into the power section 

blasted through a Fane loaded stack.

The Formula No. 5 was inspired by old tweed amps, most notably the 5E3 

circuit. The character of the 5E3 is very unique. It has very minimal 

power filtering, lower plate voltages, elemental tone stack, and does 

next to nothing to control the low end between gain stages, not to 

mention the under-rated output transformer and speaker. The entire 

system runs inefficiently resulting in a loose bass, greasy mids, 

cutting treble, and incredible grit ? none of these qualities were 

ideal or intentional back in the day. In spite of this, over the past 

five decades the amp inspired some of the coolest, most sought after 

guitar tones ever recorded.

The CB30 is our newest creation, designed to give you jangly, dynamic, 

responsive overdriven tones, just like it's British 30 watt 

counterpart.  The tone controls work exactly the same way as the 

actual amp, where the more the treble and bass increase, the more 

scooped the mids become, making it capable of being quite hollow and 

jangly. The CB30 can be dialed in for that immediate attack, 

compressed mid range honk, finished by the shimmery high end jangle, 

an elusive sound for many players.  Like all the amp-like pedals in 

our line it sounds excellent on its own, or when stacked with other 

pedals (no really, just wait until you put a treble boost in front!)

All Catalinbread pedals are hand built in the USA, and we continually 

strive forward with our commitment to quality of sound, feel and 

appearance.  This line is powder-coated and silk-screened locally, by 

fellow small Portland, Oregon based businesses. The pedals come with 

high quality machined aluminum knobs, a stylish and environmentally 

friendly packaging, and a 3-year warranty to the original owner.  We 

spend a lot of time in the development of our effects, testing with a 

multitude of guitars and amps, and hand selecting the components that 

ensure you will achieve the sound and feel of these classic amps, no 

matter what your rig is.

AVAILABLE: Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

PRICE: $189.00 each