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 Our Price: $169.99 Price Includes FREE Ground Shipping! Award-Session JD-10 Preamp Pedal: Named after Jerry Donahue of the Hellecasters, the JD10 MkII is a truly pro sounding machine. Primarilly modeled on the tone of those classic American 4x10" combos of the 50s and 60s revered by bluesmen the world over, this pedal goes way beyond to cover the full gambit of rock, nu-metal and nu-country tones. Clean to mean, the JD10 MkII is great at on-the-edge blues to full-on scooped metal. This re-designed JD10 Stomp/PreAmp pedal has been re-focused as a ‘recordable’ Stomp box version of the famous direct recording preamp/pedal first introduced in 1995. It’s 110% analogue class in a small pack-age! The JD10 is a decendent of Award-Session's first ‘rack-mounted’ direct recording pre-amp from 1991 called the SessionMaster (AW10). This pre-amp was requested by Jerry Donahue for use on the first Hellecasters album ‘Return Of The Hellecasters’ which won a Guitar Player award for best instrumental album in 1993. SessionMaster was also installed in three studios at Abbey Road. Shortly afterward, Jerry asked us if we could make it into a pedal that he could slip into his guitar case, whilst travelling to various gigs around Europe and America. This we did with a few changes to make it even better. The 1995 version was used by Brooks and Dunn (seven units), Los Lobos (two units) and king-picker James Burton... to name a few. JD10 As A Stomp Box: Just plug JD10 into the input of your guitar amp, like any ordinary stomp box, and it’ll reward you with a myriad of fine rock, country, nu-metal or any other sounds you can think of. It works just like a high class preamp from boutique amps. All the controls operate exceptionally smoothly and have greater than average range, from jangly cutting rhythm tones, to chunky bass line drive. In low gain setting (Classic), the distortion character has grunt and is fizz free just like a low powered class A/AB1 boutique combo. It’s ‘the real deal’ blues tone! Think Eric Clapton 'Me And Mr Johnson' or 'From The Cradle'! Hi-gain (Rock) tones have been said to be... well, “almost too much”. The drive depth is simply more than most would ever need. This combined with clever use of it’s powerful EQ controls, can provide that classy big 4x12" tone effortlessly through many small combos! TruTone Bypass: The footswitchable TruTone bypass circuit prevents tone losses when in bypass mode. It will even drive a cable up to 100 metres long without tone loss! TruTone stops those economy chorus, flanger and delay pedals from squashing your guitars tone when ALL the pedals are in bypass mode and placed after JD10. A real bonus... thanks TruTone! JD10 As A PreAmp: Just connect JD10 to the ‘Line In’ of almost any guitar amp. Using it this way prevents the guitar amp’s own preamp from affecting JD10’s tone. Many players who travel the world playing sessions never know what amp they may be given to use, so JD10 ensures that ‘their own tone’ is guaranteed whatever amp is provided. Jerry says... “Own your tone”. JD10 As A Recording PreAmp: JD10 can be set up to plug directly into your computer’s soundcard ‘line in’ and recorded just like any other instrument. JD10’s credited G12T Speaker Simulation has been in use since 1991 by many of the worlds top players for recording albums and other projects. JD10 can be used to play along with backing tracks through any HiFi system with suitable mixing inputs (centre mic’ inputs). Many players and duos use JD10 as a guitar amp simulator through a PA system for small gigs. JD10 As A Back-up Amp: Guitarists have bought JD10 as a ‘spare amp’ for that odd time your valve amp lets you down at a gig. Just plug into any guitar amp and you have your tone right there at the end of your guitar lead! You can plug it into the PA too if things get really urgent! AutoSense Allows Use Of Most AC Adapers: JD10 runs from 9V battery or virtually any 9 to 16 volt AC Adapter giving a positive or negative voltage polarity (not supplied). Thanks to its clever AutoSense circuit, it automatically sets the correct voltage polarity, so NO harm can be done by use of an incorrect adapter. A-Class™ Distortion: Unlike other pedals and preamps, JD10 does NOT use simple diode clipping. It’s asymmetric second harmonic rich tone is generated by a unique circuit which mimics the distortion characteristics of a valve biased in true single ended Class A. No other tranny circuitry can equal the tone generation system employed inside JD10 MkII. AUDIO SAMPLES: Coming soon... TECH INFO: Owner's Manual REVIEWS & USER COMMENTS: HARMONY CENTRAL USER REVIEW 4/28/2005: "Great tone, especially on tape (computer). This thing is a recording WONDER. Just plug your guitar into it, then into a computer or mixing board. Even has an XLR for lower noise when recording... Would buy another if it was destroyed or stolen. GREAT sounding "swiss army Knife" box, that does the job of many things. Use it instead of an amp, or pedal, or direct box, or speaker simulator, you get the picture. What else on the market actually sounds good when you plug an electric guitar straight into the mixing board. OVERALL RATING: 10" |
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