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Boss SD-1
The SD-1 Super Overdrive is the second overdrive pedal made by the Boss Corporation. Released in 1981, and produced continuously since, the SD-1 was an update to the brand's groundbreaking List of distortion pedals#Boss OD-1 Overdrive, OD-1 Overdrive, adding a tone control and refining its predecessor's circuit for slightly more gain and aggression in its voicing. The changes made the SD-1 especially popular within the growing hard rock and Heavy metal music, heavy metal subgenres upon its release, with guitarists frequently using it to boost already-overdriven amplifiers like the Marshall JCM800 into even higher-gain sounds. The SD-1's design has remained unchanged since its debut, and it remains a Guitar pedalboard, pedalboard staple among both amateur and professional players. History Following the releases of the MXR Distortion+ and List of distortion pedals#DOD Overdrive 250 Preamp, DOD Overdrive 250 Preamp, both of which combined newly-available op amps with hard-clippin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boss Corporation
Boss is a manufacturer of Effects unit, effects pedals for electric guitar and bass guitar. It is a division of the Roland Corporation, a Japanese manufacturer that specializes in musical equipment and accessories. For many years Boss has manufactured a wide range of products related to effects processing for guitars, including "compact" and "twin" effects pedals, multi-effect pedals, electronic tuners and Guitar pedalboard, pedal boards. In more recent times, Boss expanded their product range by including digital studios, rhythm machines, Sampler (musical instrument), samplers and other electronic music equipment. From the mid-2010's, Boss has also made digital signal processing (DSP)-based amplifier modeling, modeling amplifiers and speaker heads such as the Waza and the Boss Katana, Katana. These digital products also feature multi-effects units emulating classic Boss effects pedals. History The earliest Boss product was called ''B-100 The Boss'', released in 1974. This cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive
Boss may refer to: Occupations * Supervisor, often referred to as boss * Air boss, more formally, air officer, the person in charge of aircraft operations on an aircraft carrier * Crime boss, the head of a criminal organization * Fire boss, a person in charge of mine safety * Pit boss, the person who looks after the employees who work in a casino pit * Political boss, a person who controls a political region or constituency Places * Boss, Missouri, United States, an unincorporated community * Boss, Texas, United States, an unincorporated community * Boss (crater), a lunar crater People As a real name * Boss (surname) *Boss Mustapha, politician, Secretary of the Nigerian government (2017–2023) As a nickname or stage name Athletes * Lance Armstrong ("", born 1971), former professional cyclist * Sasha Banks (born 1992), American professional wrestler * Tomás Boy ("", 1951–2022), former Mexican professional football player and current coach * Bobby Lashley (born 1976), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirk Hammett
Kirk Lee Hammett (born November 18, 1962) is an American musician who has been the lead guitarist of heavy metal band Metallica since 1983. Prior to joining Metallica, he co-formed the thrash metal band Exodus in 1979. In 2023, Hammett, along with bandmate James Hetfield, was ranked 23rd on ''Rolling Stone'''s list of Greatest Guitarists of All Time. In 2009, Hammett was ranked number 15 in Joel McIver's book ''The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists''. Early life Hammett was born on November 18, 1962, in San Francisco, California, and raised in the town of El Sobrante. He is the son of Teofila "Chefela" (born Oyao) and Dennis L. Hammett (a Merchant Mariner). His mother is of Filipino, specifically Cebuano, descent and his father was of English, German, Scottish, and Irish ancestry, although he has referred to him as a "a full-blooded Irishman who liked to drink and liked to scrap. He was always fighting people, even fighting his friends. He would get together with my uncles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klon Centaur
The Klon Centaur is an overdrive pedal made by the American engineer Bill Finnegan between 1994 and 2008. Finnegan aimed to create a pedal that would recreate the harmonically rich distortion of a guitar amplifier at a high volume. Finnegan struggled to meet demand, and used units sold for inflated prices. He made around 8,000 units before discontinuing the Klon in 2008. In 2014, Finnegan redesigned it as the Klon KTR, which is simpler to manufacture by contracted firms. Numerous manufacturers have created Klon clones. As of 2024, used Klon Centaurs sold for up to $20,000 USD. Development In the 1990s, the American engineer Bill Finnegan sought an overdrive pedal that would recreate the harmonically rich distortion of a guitar amplifier at a high volume. He wanted a "big, open" sound, with a "hint of tube clipping", that would not sound like a pedal was being used. He experimented with the Ibanez Tube Screamer, but was not satisfied. With electrical engineer friends, inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Of Tone
The King of Tone is an overdrive pedal manufactured by boutique electric guitar effects pedal maker Mike Piera and his company Analog Man. Released in 2005, the King of Tone is a modified version of the then-discontinued Marshall Bluesbreaker pedal. Among guitarists, the King of Tone has gained "near-mythical" status, with a famously years-long waiting list and prices on the used market greatly exceeding the cost of a new pedal. To meet demand, Piera launched a simplified, lower-cost version, the Prince of Tone, as well as collaborated with the brand MXR on a mini-format, mass-produced version, the Duke of Tone. History In 1991, Marshall released its "Bluesbreaker" overdrive, an attempt to recreate, in pedal format, the tone of the brand's famous Bluesbreaker amplifier. While later regarded as a classic overdrive circuit, the Bluesbreaker pedal was limited in its gain and tonal range and failed to sell well, with its discontinuation coming the following year. Jim Weider o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guitar Magazine
BandLab Technologies is a Singaporean company founded in 2015 that operates a social music platform, called BandLab, and also owns a variety of music-related brands, including Harmony and Heritage Guitars; media platforms ''Guitar.com'', ''NME'', '' Uncut'' and ''MusicTech.com'' ; and musical instrument retailer and distributor Swee Lee. In December 2021, the company announced a reorganisation under the newly formed parent company Caldecott Music Group (CMG). BandLab Technologies is the music technology division of CMG. History BandLab Technologies was founded in 2015 by Kuok Meng Ru and Steve Skillings. Kuok was a Singaporean mathematics graduate from Cambridge University who is the son of agribusiness conglomerate Wilmar International's billionaire founder and CEO Kuok Khoon Hong, and Skillings was the developer of the JamHub audio mixer. Kuok is also the owner of music retailer Swee Lee, acquired in 2012. BandLab Technologies' first product, a Cloud Digital Audio Workstati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Edge
David Howell Evans (born 8 August 1961), better known as the Edge or simply Edge,McCormick (2006), pp. 21, 23–24 is a British-Irish musician, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the lead guitarist, keyboardist, and backing vocalist of the rock band U2. A member of the group since its inception, he has recorded 15 studio albums with them as well as one solo record. His understated style of guitar playing, a signature of U2's music, is distinguished by chiming timbres, use of rhythmic delay, drone notes, harmonics, and an extensive use of effects units. Born in England to Welsh parents and raised in Ireland, the Edge formed the band that would become U2 with his classmates at Mount Temple Comprehensive School and his elder brother Dik in 1976. Inspired by the ethos of punk rock and its basic arrangements, the group began to write its own material. They eventually became one of the most successful acts in popular music, with albums such as 1987's ''The Joshua Tree' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince (musician)
Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958April 21, 2016) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation, Prince was known for his flamboyant, androgynous persona, wide vocal range, which included a far-reaching falsetto and high-pitched screams, as well as his skill as a multi-instrumentalist, often preferring to play all or most of the instruments on his recordings. His music incorporated a wide variety of styles, including funk, disco, Rhythm and blues, R&B, Rock music, rock, New wave music, new wave, soul music, soul, synth-pop, Pop music, pop, jazz, blues, and hip hop music, hip hop. Prince produced his albums himself, pioneering the Minneapolis sound. Born and raised in Minneapolis, Prince signed a record deal with Warner Bros. Records at the age of 18, soon releasing the studio albums ''For You (Prince album), For You'' (1978) and ''Prince (album), Prince'' (1979). He went on to achieve critical succe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
