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American Woman Overdrive Pedal

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Overview

Guess who inspired this pedal.

Tech 21's American Woman overdrive pedal celebrates the tone of one of the most recognized guitar solos in the history of rock. It was developed at the suggestion of Randy Bachman after purchasing Tech 21's SansAmp and discovering it contained a preset named in honor of the famed song.

Bachman worked closely with Tech 21 to design a single pedal he could use with any amp. After having captured the sound of an entire chain of Bachman's '59 Les Paul going through amps, mikes, compressors and tape compression in one preset of the SansAmp PSA-1, the electronics had to be reconfigured into an overdrive pedal.

With just the right balance of odd and even harmonics, the American Woman re-creates the cascading effect of 2 different amplifiers, including pre-amp and power amp stages. This effect is typically only achieved by running 2 guitar amplifiers into each other. For versatility, the American Woman pedal can also be cleaned up for semi-dirty and warm blues sounds.

Features

  • Controls include:
  • Drive for the amount of overdrive
  • Gate to reduce hiss and noise when you're not playing
  • Tone shifts the high cut from 10kHz to 1kHz, allowing you to remove the high end without losing mids or getting muddy
  • Level, which is capable of extremely high output up to 10dB
  • Other features include:
  • 1Meg Ohm high impedance 1/4" input (same as traditional tube amps use)
  • 1kOhm low impedance 1/4" output (drives long cables without loss of signal integrity)
  • Smooth, silent-switching custom actuator
  • Heavy-duty, all metal housing
  • Removable battery compartment door
  • Uses 9V battery (not included) or optional power supply (Tech 21 Model #DC2)
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