Montreal, Canada (January 16, 2015) -- Join Godin Guitars at the 2015 Winter NAMM Show, from January 22nd to the 25th in Anaheim California, where the company will be showcasing the latest additions to its brands of guitars.
Electric model updates include the thinline, semi-hollow body Godin Montreal Supreme Lightburst Flame HG, featuring figured flame top, bound headstock & bound Richlite fingerboard with large dot inlays, Seymour Duncan custom humbuckers and vintage style trapeze tailpiece. New solid body models include the Godin Session Custom 59, featuring a Seymour Duncan ’59 humbucker in the neck, Godin Custom Cajun single-coil in the bridge, and a 5-way switch for a versatile array of tones. The Godin Progression Plus features a new ergonomic, rounded contoured body, three single-coil pickups including two Godin GS-2 pickups in the neck & middle along with a Seymour Duncan JB Jr. in the bridge. Both models feature the Godin High-Definition Revoicer system, Godin Tru-Loc Trem, and new 5-ply pearloid & tortoise shell pickguards.
Other new solid body electrics will include carved top models such as the rocking Godin Core CT and the stunning Summit Classic CT. Both models feature a 24 3/4” scale, Spanish cedar body and mahogany set neck. The Core CT includes the Graphtech ResoMax wraparound bridge, and available pickups options include two Seymour Duncan P90s (neck: Vintage SP90-1 / bridge: Classic SP90-3), or one Godin GHN1 (neck) & one Seymour Duncan 59’ humbucker (bridge). The Summit Classic CT features a beautifully bound Richlite fingerboard & headstock, large dot inlays, the Godin High-Definition Revoicer system, and Graphtech ResoMax bridge. Available Seymour Duncan pickup options include a P90 model (neck & bridge: Vintage SP90-1), Humbucker model (neck: Alnico 2 / bridge: 59’) and Convertible model with P-Rails, which allows the player to select between humbucker, single-coil or P90 tones.
New acoustic additions include the new Concert Hall acoustics, OM body styles, in the Seagull and Simon & Patrick brands, including the exquisite S&P Showcase Rosewood Concert Hall, featuring solid rosewood back & sides, solid spruce top, mahogany neck with ebony fingerboard and vintage style slotted headstock with high-ration butter-bean tuning machines. Godin will also have the latest TRIC cases, Italian-made Godin Acoustic Solutions amplifiers and SARGA Percussion instruments on hand. All guitar models in the Godin family of brands feature Graphtech’s “Laser Etched” Tusq nuts & saddles.
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Revv G3 Purple Channel Preamp/Overdrive/Distortion Pedal - Anniversary Edition
The Revv G3 revolutionized high gain pedals in 2018 with its tube-like response & tight, clear high gain tones. Suddenly the same boutique tones used by metal artists & producers worldwide were available to anyone in a compact pedal. Now the G3 returns with a new V2 circuit revision that raises the bar again.
If 3 Were 6
With six times the controls found on the 1 and 2 versions (if you discount the original’s on/off slider switch,) the LPB-3’s control complement offers pre-gain, boost, mid freq, bass, treble, and mid knobs, with a center detent on the latter three so you can find the midpoint easily. A mini-toggle labeled “max” selects between 20 dB and 33 dB of maximum gain, and another labeled “Q” flips the resonance of the mid EQ between high and low. Obviously, this represents a significant expansion of the LPB’s capabilities.
More than just a booster with a passive tone, the LPB-3 boasts a genuine active EQ stage plus parametric midrange section, comprising the two knobs with shaded legends, mid freq and mid level. The gain stages have also been reimagined to include a pre-gain stage before the EQ, which enables up to 20 dB of input gain. The boost stage that follows the EQ is essentially a level control with gain to allow for up to 33 dB of gain through the LPB-3 when the “max” mini toggle is set to 33dB
A slider switch accessible inside the pedal selects between buffered or true bypass for the hard-latch footswitch. An AC adapter is included, which supplies 200mA of DC at 9.6 volts to the center-negative power input, and EHX specifies that nothing supplying less than 120mA or more than 12 volts should be used. There’s no space for an internal battery.
Power-Boosted
The LPB-3 reveals boatloads of range that betters many linear boosts on the market. There’s lots of tone-shaping power here. Uncolored boost is available when you want it, and the preamp gain knob colors and fattens your signal as you crank it up—even before you tap into the massive flexibility in the EQ stage.
“The preamp gain knob colors and fattens your signal as you crank it up—even before you tap into the massive flexibility in the EQ stage.”
I found the two mid controls work best when used judiciously, and my guitars and amps preferred subtle changes pretty close to the midpoint on each. However, there are still tremendous variations in your mid boost (or scoop, for that matter) within just 15 or 20 percent range in either direction from the center detent. Pushing the boost and pre-gain too far, particularly with the 33 dB setting engaged, can lead to some harsh sounds, but they are easy to avoid and might even be desirable for some users that like to work at more creative extremes.
The Verdict
The new LPB-3 has much, much more range than its predecessors, providing flexible preamp, boost, and overdrive sounds that can be reshaped in significant ways via the powerful EQ. It gives precise tone-tuning flexibility to sticklers that like to match a guitar and amp to a song in a very precise way, but also opens up more radical paths for experimentalists. That it does all this at a $129 price is beyond reasonable.
Electro-Harmonix Lpb-3 Linear Power Booster & Eq Effect Pedal Silver And Blue
