A lightweight, low-powered combo amp with 3-band EQ, flexibility, and high headroom.
Operating in Cathode Bias on a single JJ 6V6GT output tube; the new compact, 5 watt combos are a small format, light weight, low powered 110 combo amplifier that possesses professional grade tone, high headroom and maximum flexibility. Loaded with a 10” speaker by American boutique speaker company, WGS Speakers, the Spanky JR 6VEL is Cathode Bias and is compatible with virtually every octal-based power and rectifier tube. The Spanky JR 6VEL utilizes one each octal-based power and rectifier tube socket with supported power tubes including 6V6 (standard), EL34, 6L6, 5881, KT66. Supported rectifier tubes include 5Y3 (standard), 5U4, and 5AR4/GZ34. Other features include an American voiced preamp, 3-band EQ, and a tube driven spring reverb that features FLOOD MODE - turning the unit into a stand-alone all-wet reverb effect.
Features
- Clean, American Voiced, High Headroom Preamp Section
- 3-Band EQ
- Tube Driven Spring Reverb with Flood Mode Switch
- Single-ended 6VEL Cathode-biased Output Tube Section
- Runs on 6V6 (standard), 6L6, EL34, 5881, and more
- Over-sized /Overbuilt Power Transformer and Power Supply
- 5Y3 Tube Rectified as standard (5U4, GZ34 compatible)
- Hand-wired and Hand Built in Nashville, TN
- Limited Lifetime Warranty
All 3rd Power amplifiers are hand-built in the USA and feature point-to-point turret board construction. Spanky JR 6VEL is now at introductory prices starting around $1899. For sound clips and more information, please visit www.3rdPower.com.
Ibanez Pentatone Noise Gate Pedal
The Pentatone Gate is a standalone version of the GATE section in the Ibanez Pentatone Preamp. This gate achieves a quick response and natural sustain and has an added threshold mode switch which allows you to adjust the threshold in the appropriate range. Furthermore, thanks to the 4 I/O jacks, the gate circuitry can work at a proper location, such as right after distortion pedals or in between the send/return of a guitar amplifier.
•Controls: Threshold
•Switches: Threshold mode (High/Low)
•True bypass
•I/O’s: GUITAR IN, GUITAR OUT, GATE IN, GATE OUT
•Size: 70(W) x 116(D) x 63(H) (mm)
•Size: 2.8(W) x 4.6(D) x 2.5(H) (inch)
•Weight: 455g, 1.0lb (including Battery)
•Required Current: 45mA@9V
•Power Supply: One 9V battery (006P) or external AC adapter
The Gravity Well is a dual-sided pedal featuring a tremolo on one side and a wavefolder on the other. When both circuits are active a third effect emerges – a refractor – a first-of-its-kind modulation effect produced by integrating the tremolo and wavefolder to rhythmically and fluidly warp and unwarp your signal, producing a dazzling variety of never-before-heard sounds and textures.
The pedal’s five-knob control set includes wavefolder Volume; wavefolder Gain (for controlling the amount of signal folding); modulation Speed and Depth; and a Waveform control to select between 8 LFO shapes that include classic shapes as well as randomized movements.
The Gravity Well’s capabilities are expanded by three toggle switches:
- “Flow” determines the signal flow when both sides are active. Tremolo into wavefolder or wavefolder into tremolo, dramatically changing the effects’ interactions and the sonic result.
- “Voice” selects between three different output voices of the wavefolder: full wavefolding, focused wavefolding, or a wavefolder and clean signal mix.
- “Tone” allows you to select a bright, dark, or balanced output tone of the wavefolder.
The Gravity Well encompasses familiar and exotic sonic territory, creating a pedal that’s both thrilling and approachable. Its carefully spaced control layout is optimized for easy spontaneous adjustments. Its top-mounted input, output, and power jacks ensure an efficient footprint on a pedalboard or desktop. It features faceplate artwork by accomplished pop-artist GOLDSUIT.
Gravity Well features include:
- Selectable true bypass or buffered bypass switching
- 9-volt operation via external power supply - no battery compartment
- Built in US
- Internal DIP switch controls for customizing expression pedal function, tremolo volume, and tone switch range.
The Gravity Well carries a $279 street price. It is available for pre-order at the https://www.cosmod.io/ website. It will fully launch and start shipping on November 19.
Jason Newsted spent 15 years holding down the low end in Metallica, playing bass for the band from 1986 through 2001. That era included records like …And Justice For All and Metallica—AKA The Black Album—plus the iconic S&M live album with the San Francisco Symphony.
But that was just the beginning for Newsted, an artistic polymath who has since pursued a life of balance and creative freedom. On this episode of Wong Notes, he opens up to Cory Wong about why he left Metallica, and details the “Olympian” physicality and discipline that hard international touring requires. Newsted needed a break; the band wanted to keep going. “You gotta sometimes give it a minute,” he says.
Newsted shares his thoughts on Dave Mustaine and his predecessor Cliff Burton, and goes deep on the issue of cellphone usage at concerts. (Spoiler alert: He doesn’t like it very much, and he’s got good reasons for his disdain.) But Newsted isn’t just a performer. He talks about his painting and the way that practice differs from music-making, plus his private artistic journeys with theremin, mandolin, and sequencers and loopers—rabbit holes he might not have gone down if he stayed in Metallica. “I don’t say no to any medium,” he says.
Maybe leaving Metallica created the need to explore. “I did not get to fulfill that journey,” he says, “so I’m making up for it.”
