Brand

Catalinbread

Catalinbread began in 2003 when Nic Harris built a pedal on his kitchen table; the company has made its pedals in Portland, Oregon since 2006, building more than 30 designs by hand. Its catalogue often reworks characterful studio and amplifier circuits for a pedalboard. JustPedals listings include the Adineko oil-can delay, Echorec multi-tap echo, Epoch Bias preamp and Sinkhole reverb. These models show the brand’s interest in distinctive delay, preamp and ambience sounds, with each product built around a particular vintage reference or circuit idea.

Category

Specialist Effects Pedals

Specialist effects alter the signal in ways that do not sit cleanly inside one established family. They may use granular processing, frequency shifting, resonators, freeze or sustain, bit reduction, ring modulation, feedback networks or combinations of several techniques. The relevant distinction is the underlying process, its tracking or latency, and how completely the dry signal can be blended or replaced.