ThorpyFX Chris Buck ELECTRIC LIGHTNING Tube Overdrive Pedal

£399.00

This is the ThorpyFX Chris Buck ELECTRIC LIGHTNING Tube Overdrive Pedal from ThorpyFX, listed in Overdrive Pedals on Just Pedals. Read More below.

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THE ELECTRIC LIGHTNING is a pedal designed to meet the exacting needs of Chris Buck who utilizes a wide palette of sounds from crystal clear and punchy cleans through to nicely saturated overdrive.

The pedal has two sides to it: a complex valve overdrive with a 3-band EQ and a high headroom super clean boost on the right.

Key Features

  • Simple Interface – The ELECTRIC LIGHTNING has a simple interface, making dialling in the exact tone you need very simple.
  • Use as a Boost, an Overdrive, or BOTH! – Stack the Boost and the Overdrive together for pure tonal bliss, or use separate for clear articulate tone.

The pedal is designed so that the boost runs into the valve overdrive side. This arrangement yields three distinct tonal variations ranging from clean boost all the way through to full and fat saturation. The pedal is designed to clean up impeccably from your volume control and as such it is ideal for dynamic players who like to constantly adjust their playing style.

Controls

  • VOLUME: Use this control to increase the volume output of the drive side of pedal.
  • GAIN: This control is used to increase the level of drive available on the drive side of the pedal, everything from lightly crispy through to heavier sounds is available here.
  • BASS: This control gives allows you massive amounts of control over the bass response of the drive. Clockwise yields bass rich sounds.
  • MIDS: This control gives allows you massive amounts of control over the mids response of the drive. Clockwise yields mids focused sounds.
  • TREBLE: This control gives allows you massive amounts of control over the treble response of the drive. Clockwise yields treble focused sounds.
  • BOOST: This control gives you control to boost or attenuate your signal, use it on its own as part of the boost side of the pedal or when stacked into the drive.
  • LOWS: This control gives you control to add low end to the boost side of the pedal and fatten up your signal for crystal clear but fat clean sounds.

Specifications

  • Power: 12V
  • Weight: 942g
  • Dimensions: 236x163x75mm

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ThorpyFX

ThorpyFX is a British company renowned for designing and manufacturing high-quality guitar effects pedals. Founded by Adrian Thorpe, a former British Army officer, the company is celebrated for its meticulous attention to detail, innovative circuit designs, and durable construction.

ThorpyFX pedals are highly regarded by musicians for their tonal clarity, versatility, and unique soundscapes, making them popular among both professional and amateur guitarists. The company has gained a strong reputation in the boutique pedal market, with each pedal handcrafted and rigorously tested to ensure exceptional performance.

Category

Overdrive Pedals

Overdrive uses soft or moderate clipping to add harmonics and compression while retaining more of the original note shape than heavy distortion. Some circuits emphasise the midrange and trim bass before clipping; others remain broad, transparent or amplifier-like. Gain, clipping arrangement, headroom and tone filtering decide whether it supplies a light edge, a saturated drive sound or extra push into another gain stage.

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Bass

Voiced or equipped to retain low-frequency fundamentals and the higher headroom of a bass signal. Clean blends, crossovers and bass-specific filter ranges can preserve weight and articulation while the effected portion adds harmonics, movement or ambience.