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Future Rock - July 2014

Line 6 introduces the Catalyst CX family of guitar amplifiers, featuring Amp Voicings from the award-winning Helix processor.

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Monstrous sounds from a Muff with a buzzy op-amp twist.

Big, big, Big Muff tones with a buzzy, midrange blast. Massive-sounding, full-frequency tone bypass mode. Beautiful construction.

Op-amp sizzle could put off fans of creamier Sovtek and Ram’s Head sounds.

$324

Wren and Cuff Eye See ’78
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It was only a matter of time before Big Muff wizard/scientist Matt Holl built a big-box version of his Eye See '78 V4/V5-style op-amp Big Muff. It is worth the wait. I’m not sure I even knew how much I loved this circuit. A good friend had one that he blasted through a Twin Reverb (yikes!) and it sounded memorably amazing. But I always stayed within my own Big Muff safe lane—sticking with familiar Sovtek tones and chasing canonical, definitive Ram’s Head sounds. The Eye See ’78 is most certainly different than those circuits. It’s aggressive, with a buzzy mid-forward voice that tops out with an acerbic, searing, almost giant Tone Bender-like character when you crank up the treble. It’s not a subtle pedal, and it is definitely most satisfying when it’s setting an amp on fire and exploding with jet roar and gritty harmonics.

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An ultra-compact headphone amplifier that delivers authentic sounds from the stage-class Katana amp series.

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