About Catalinbread

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Catalinbread is a renowned boutique pedal company based in Portland, Oregon, USA. Founded in 2003 by Nicholas Harris and Howard Gee, Catalinbread has established itself as a leading manufacturer of high-quality and innovative guitar effects pedals.

Catalinbread pedals are celebrated for their meticulous craftsmanship, distinctive designs, and exceptional sound quality. The company takes pride in meticulously crafting each pedal by hand, using premium components to ensure reliability and performance.

One of Catalinbread’s notable characteristics is its dedication to capturing vintage and classic tones while also pushing the boundaries of sonic exploration. Their lineup includes a wide range of effects pedals, including overdrive, distortion, fuzz, delay, reverb, modulation, and more. Each pedal is designed to provide musicians with a unique palette of tones and textures, inspiring creativity and musical expression.

Over the years, Catalinbread has gained a devoted following among guitarists and enthusiasts who appreciate their commitment to innovation and sonic excellence. Their pedals have been used by professional musicians across various genres, cementing Catalinbread’s reputation as a trusted name in the world of boutique guitar effects.

Fuzz

Fuzz is a distinctive type of distortion effect used in guitar playing, known for producing a thick, saturated, and buzzy tone. Unlike other distortion effects that aim to mimic the sound of overdriven tube amplifiers, fuzz pedals create a more extreme and aggressive distortion by severely clipping the guitar signal. This results in a unique sound characterized by rich harmonics, extended sustain, and a pronounced edge. Key features of fuzz pedals include gain, tone, and level controls. The gain control adjusts the amount of distortion applied to the signal, with higher settings producing more aggressive tones. The tone control allows musicians to shape the frequency response of the effect, ranging from dark and bass-heavy to bright and treble-focused sounds. Lastly, the level control sets the overall output, ensuring that the fuzz effect matches the volume of the rest of the signal chain or amplifier.

Fuzz pedals are popular across various music genres, particularly in rock, blues, and psychedelic music, due to their ability to enhance different guitar-playing styles. For rhythmic riffs, fuzz pedals create thick and aggressive tones with plenty of sustain and grit, adding depth to power chords, riffs, and palm-muted passages. In lead solos, they allow guitarists to achieve soaring, saturated tones with singing sustain and harmonically rich overtones, helping solos stand out in a mix.

Fuzz pedals are versatile tools for creating experimental sounds, capable of producing oscillating feedback, glitchy textures, and otherworldly tones when pushed to their extremes. Overall, fuzz pedals offer guitarists a powerful means of shaping their tone and adding character to their playing. Whether used subtly for warmth or dialled up for extreme distortion, fuzz pedals inspire creativity and expand the sonic palette of any guitarist.

Guitar Effect Pedal

A guitar pedal, also known as an effects pedal, is a device used by guitarists to alter the sound of their instrument in various ways. These pedals are typically small, foot-operated units that are connected in a signal chain between the guitar and the amplifier. They can modify the guitar’s tone, pitch, and dynamics by applying different effects such as distortion, reverb, delay, chorus, and more. Guitar pedals come in both analog and digital formats, and they allow musicians to create a wide range of sounds, enhancing their musical expression and creativity. They are essential tools for guitarists in genres ranging from rock and blues to jazz and electronic music.

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Starcrash

Catalinbread Starcrash 70s Collection, Sidearm Overdrive

£135.85

The inductor-style Mids control lets you dial in classic tones Tilt-style equalizer replaces the old tone control letting you boost lows while cutting highs and vice versa Lets you tailor your drive sound to accompany the rest of your rig Tone control boosts lows and cuts highs when turned down, and has the opposite effect when cranked

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Catalinbread Starcrash 70s Collection, SFT Overdrive

£183.74

Features a Stones/Stoner button and controls for Treble, Bass, Volume, and Gain Delivers a rootsy, mildly overdriven tone reminiscent of vintage tube amps at low gain settings Activating the Stones/Stoner button unleashes raw power for QOTSA-style dirt You can power your SFT with any quality power supply designed for use with effects pedals

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Catalinbread Fuzzrite · Guitar Effect

£155.89

Fuzzrite Guitar Pedal It is splatty, raw, and unapologetic The Depth control adds brightness and gain, while the Volume knob controls your overall output volume From The Ventures' "2,000 Pound Bee", and Iron Butterfly's In-A-Gada-Da-Vida , to the Black Keys, the Fuzzrite has a rich history of taking guitar tones to new levels International products have separate terms, are sold from abroad and may differ from local products, including fit, age ratings, and language of product, labeling or instructions.

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