The Carl Martin Octaswitch, already a legend in the guitar effect switching world, is on it's third evolution since the original.  These all analog units have received rave reviews throughout the guitar world and awards from companies like Premier Guitar.  The fourth version, named 'The Strip' is the smallest and most advanced, taking all the technology used in the first three and adding some amazing features that make the 'Octaswitch The Strip' the most versatile and simplest all-analog switching pedal on the market!

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Have you ever wanted two distinctly different vintage ‘wah’ sounds at your feet?   Perhaps you wished for a brighter wah for rhythm work and a deeper, darker wah for leads; and the ability to switch back and forth quickly?  Well, Carl Martin has been busy creating your wish; the 2Wah.  This familiar looking, retro-styled pedal, has an all-metal casing with a non-slip foot pad.  It can be powered by 9v battery, but we always recommend using a regulated power supply (like the Carl Martin Big John Power Supply) for maximum headroom and effect. Input is on the right and output on the left (remember your Wah should be the first pedal in your chain), and the standard effect on-off by stepping on the front of the rocker to engage the true bypass on-off switch.

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Ich wage schwer zu bezweifeln, dass Jim Marshall jemals mit dem gigantischen Erfolg seines Verstärkers gerechnet hätte, den er aufgrund des ständigen Quengelns von damaligen Szenegrößen wie z. B. Pete Townsend einfach nur fertigte, indem er einen Fender Bassman 1:1 kopierte und in der Leistung aufblies. Man mag sich kaum verstellen, wie viele technische Zufälle im Spiel waren, dass ausgerechnet der gesättigte Endstufen-Sag den legendären Klang hervorbrachte, der bis zum heutigen Tag einer der ewigen Top 5 Vollröhrensounds bleibt und der schon unzählige Programmierer in den IR-Kopierabteilung in den Wahnsinn getrieben hat. Mit dem Carl Martin Single Channel PlexiTone wagt sich ein weiterer Recke ins Gefecht, um dem legendären, aber alles andere als pflegeleichten Klang näherzukommen.

The new `single channel` Carl Martin PlexiTone was designed in association with Pete Thorn, and is housed in a small pedal-board friendly housing with 3 knobs and 1 switch. Apart from Pete’s slight modifications that give this new pedal a tighter bottom-end and slightly softer high frequencies, it is exactly the same gain structure as the High Gain setting on the original Pro-Series PlexiTone….it just plays better with different amps.

The single Plexi also incorporates our new DC-DC converter circuitry, so the pedal can be powered by a regulated 9V Power Supply but will still operate on the same +-12V level as the original AC powered PlexiTone. This allows us to use the same high quality components which provide the same tone and headroom that make the CM Pro-Series stand out from the rest!

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Plexitone Single

Der Carl Martin Ottawa ist ein Envelope-Filter, der den Sound eines Wah-Pedals nachahmt, ohne dass Sie auf ein Wah-Pedal treten und diese Frequenzen manuell einstellen müssen.  Ein wirklich großartiges Pedal für Solos und Rhythmusarbeit, egal ob Sie auf die psychedelischen 60er Jahre oder die Disco-Ära der späteren 70er Jahre stehen, oder jede andere Musik, die diesen einzigartigen Sound erfordert.  Es gibt 3 Voreinstellungen: Hoch-, Band- und Tiefpassfilter, Einstellungen für Bandbreite und Attack sowie Pegel und Ton.

The Carl Martin Ottawa is an envelope filter that mimics the sound of your wah pedal without you having to step on a wah pedal and adjust those frequencies manually.  Really a great pedal for solo-ing and for rhythm work, whether you are into ‘those’ psychedelic 60’s, or the disco era of the later 70’s, or any other music that requires this unique sound.  There are 3 presets which are High, Band and Low Pass filters, adjustments for bandwidth and attack as well as level and tone.

Ottawa

Ok, so you have eight effects pedals which you use regularly. You use various combinations of these pedals in various songs, but you are not good at tap dancing…or you are just clumsy and have (once or twice) stepped on the ultra tricked out-metalized-distortion pedal for the lead in your one ABBA cover. You have seen the digital effects controllers they use on the big stages, and have secretly yearned for one… even though you may never make the big stage. Enter Thomas Guldmann’s Octa-switch MK3. Your eight effects plug into the eight effects-loops on the back of this unit (all true-bypass, impedance free, gold relays so you can run any of your pedals, new and old without problem), and then by turning on or off the numbered switches in each of eight DIP Bank switches, you determine which effects you wish to use simultaneously in each Bank. There is a blue LED for every effects loop used and for each Bank (so once you are programmed, when you step on Bank 6 you will see the lights of all the effects you have assigned to Bank 6 and the Bank 6 LED). The Octa-switch MK3 has incorporated a couple new features as well! The ninth switch on the left side of the case is a BYPASS Switch….this allows you to completely bypass all eight pedals and enjoy only the unaffected sound of your amplifier. There are also two External Switching jacks which allow you to use two amplifiers and/or switch channels on those amps. Once you have all the Banks programmed, we recommend placing a piece of scotch or electrical tape over each DIP (….just to protect the switch from accidental switching, damage or floods….like beer). There is a buffered (or not….switchable) Mono input and a stereo Output, and the unit is powered by dual 9v batteries, or by a regulated power supply…like the PowerJack or the Pro Power (both by Carl Martin).

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