jimdunlopusa | 1 decade ago

MXR Custom Shop Joe Bonamassa FET Driver:
http://www.jimdunlop.com/product/bonamassa-fet-driver
Featuring a unique circuit design by Jeorge Tripps and the MXR team, the Custom Shop Joe Bonamassa FET Driver captures the rich, creamy sound of an overdriven tube amplifier by cascading an op-amp gain stage into a FET stage. Step on the FET Driver to thicken up your lead tone with musical, amp-like distortion and sustain without the fragility and inconsistency associated with tubes.

The FET Driver features a simple but responsive set of controls. Set your volume level with the Output control, and then use the Drive control to dial in the grit, from subtle soft-clipping to early stage distortion. Fine tune the FET Driver's sound by tweaking Hi and Lo boost/cut controls, and push the Hi Cut switch to roll off high end frequencies when playing in high volume situations where excess noise is apparent.

"This pedal glued the loose ends of my rig together," Joe says. "It's very focused and very fat, and it cuts through without being too bright. That's a hard sound to achieve."

The FET Driver features true bypass switching and comes in a heavy duty metal housing that's ready for the road.

SIGNAL CHAIN FOR VIDEO:
1957 Gibson Les Paul + MXR JB Custom Shop FET Driver + Fender 1964 Vibro Verb 1-15" combo amp

Recorded using Audix CX112B condenser microphone
http://www.audixusa.com/docs_12/units/CX112B.shtml
and a Zoom R16 multi-track recorder
http://www.samsontech.com/zoom/products/multi-track-recorders/r16/

VIDEO CREDITS:
Performance: Joe Bonamassa
Executive Producer: Jimmy Dunlop
Producer/Director: Joey Tosi
Director of Photography: Brian Relph
Editor/Sound: Max Baloian
Art Director: Graham Shaw

Special Thanks:
Joe Bonamassa, Jeorge Tripps, Rachael Iverson, Third Encore Studios Los Angeles CA, Audix Microphones