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2009 Premier Gear Awards

Premier Guitar Editors

2009's award-winning gear - all in one place! Read our picks for awards in these categories: Small Package-Big Tone, Two-for-One, Tons O'Tones, Toe-to-Toe, The Kitchen Sink, Artisan, Fresh Approach, Redux Deluxe, Tone Enhancers and Nice Price.
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Two-for-One
We’re suckers for those deals where you buy one and get more than one, whether it’s burritos, haircuts or belts. When it’s two award-caliber pieces of gear in one package, we’re over the moon. The new Two-For-One award is presented with gratitude to two pedals that gave us the best justification for a new gear purchase.
Jetter
 Jetter GS3 Dual Overdrive

We’ve all done it … running one overdrive into another to have three tonal options available. The Jetter GS3 (October 2009) simplifies things significantly—giving you two distinct overdrives in the same housing. Michael Ross described Channel 1 as ranging from “a clean boost that was virtually indistinguishable from the original British sound of the Orange head” to an “excellent dynamic breakup that responded to every variation of guitar volume knob or pick pressure like a $3000 boutique amp,” and Channel 2 as “more aggressive than Channel 1… though not into serious metal territory.” Using both yielded “an almost infinite variety of distortion sounds from Dumble to Plexi.”
Street $289
jettergear.com
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Cool MachinePedalworX Cool Machine

The wah and auto-wah modes in the Cool Machine (November 2009) provides two wildly different mods. Using the pedal as a regular wah gives you “sweet, vintage wah tones and super quiet function,” wrote Steve Ouimette. There’s also a “Q” setting to deepen the tone … a lot. Using the auto-wah feature, Steve “was able to pull out slow Uni-Vibe and faster Leslie-like tones with ease—and even some early Jimmy Page-style ‘Dazed and Confused’ sounds without a trip to the foot doctor!” The speed of the auto-wah is controlled by a knob on the side of the pedal, and displayed by a flashing red LED, so you can lock in the tempo.
Street $259
pedalworx.com
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Chris Tomlinson
on 03/14/2010 		These are great. However, everything from floyd upgrades is a rip. You can get it all for less in other places. Heck, even the big block is all over ebay from some other dude. It works just as good and a much better price (and his is the 42mm version). But yes, the stuff you can do to a floyd is great, just don't waste your money with "floydupgrades.com".
Garrison Vest
on 01/29/2010 		yep the Floyd rose "big Block" upgrade is worth the $. alot more sustain and clarity added
Garrison
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Vince L.
on 12/11/2009 		I ditto Dave V's comments about floydupgrades.com's products. I own a couple of late 80's Jackson's. The tone improvement and weight balance is almost immeasurable!
Dave Valliere
on 12/09/2009 		floydupgrades progresses my guitar tones to new dimensions! Superb resonance with Herculean sound! Sustainability reaches new levels, allowing me to hang on a few choice notes while enjoying my music! Dave Valliere (Val Year) www.davevalliere.com
Dan Marois
on 11/20/2009 		"Economic woes may have put a damper on the grand plans of buyers and sellers alike, but the gear … the gear that came our way this year was every bit as cool, innovative, beautiful, ingenious, exceptionally crafted and great sounding as it was the year before." There was still a lot more expensive new gear than I expected to see in these so-called hard times. I guess not everyone is feeling the pinch. Or maybe only consumers and workers got the memo - companies are still sifting through their hate mail. :-) Manufacturers and builders could have used the opportunity to reinvent themselves. One would have thought they could have used a bit of ingenuity to make their products more affordable. You know, to get them out there. The media must take a large portion of the blame - they didn't stop parading expensive equipment these past two years. Of course, we all know why they do that right? Magazine reviewers want to get their hands on the "best" stuff not for our benefit but for their own. :^)



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