Boss FDR-1 '65 Reverb Emulator...

[stealyerface]

Boss rolled out a new pedal at the NAMM show, which supposedly recreates the 65' Fender Deluxe Reverb amp to a proverbial "T".

Anyone tried one out or heard one yet?

I am assuming that the pedal is only as good as your amp is? I mean, if you play the pedal through a JC-120 versus a Marshall Stack, won't there be some tonal differences in what the pedal sends the supposed 65' signal through? The pedal does have some sweet controls attached to it, and Fender actually put their stamp on it...

Thoughts?

syf

[surfoverb]

Originally Posted by stealyerface

Boss rolled out a new pedal at the NAMM show, which supposedly recreates the 65' Fender Deluxe Reverb amp to a proverbial "T".

Anyone tried one out or heard one yet?

I am assuming that the pedal is only as good as your amp is? I mean, if you play the pedal through a JC-120 versus a Marshall Stack, won't there be some tonal differences in what the pedal sends the supposed 65' signal through? The pedal does have some sweet controls attached to it, and Fender actually put their stamp on it...

Thoughts?

syf

There are a couple of threads about these already...I think they came out last winter.

[aunchaki]

Originally Posted by stealyerface

if you play the pedal through a JC-120 versus a Marshall Stack, won't there be some tonal differences in what the pedal sends the supposed 65' signal through?

The BOSS/Fender Deluxe Reverb and Bassman pedals have been out for over a year. There are a few reviews here (I did one) and lots of comments. Some love 'em, some hate 'em. Other don't care.

I still like mine. You hit the nail on the head with your question above, about how your amp will color the pedal. How, for example, will the '65DR sound come through my cranked Marshall half-stack? In essence, you're blending two tones (the pedal and the amp).

To minimize that effect, and give me as much '65DR as I can get, I use it with a CRATE PowerBlock, a pretty "vanilla"-sounding amp to me.