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****** Authorized Catalinbread Dealer ******Brand new to Murphy’s Music is the Catalinbread line of effects pedals.   These pedals are handmade in Portland, Oregon.  We are excited to offer these to everyone.   This listing is for the Catalinbread Formula 51 Overdrive pedal.  Tweed Champ inspired tone with a variac.  Ultimate Tweed tones for days.  Perfect for boosting the front end of your amp and turning it into a tweed breathing monster.  Controls for Sag, Tone, Gain, and Volume. Can run at 18v too!!! You can really do a lot with it.  Lets face it… you want one!   Thanks for looking and happy buying!

From Catalinbread’s site…

Homage to the Tweed Champ w/ Variac.

All the way back in the ‘40s, Fender introduced the Champ amplifier, then known as the Champion 800. After a lengthy series of part swaps and circuit revisions, Fender arrived at the 5F1, otherwise known as the “Tweed Champ,” named so because of its unmistakable wrapping. It featured just one knob—volume—that went to 12 (in your face, Nigel), and if you’ve ever played one, that’s about all it needs. Just that one knob can coax a myriad of tones from the humble circuit, from gently gritty cleans to honking, mid-heavy blown out distortion. Unlike most amp-in-a-box devices, the Formula 51 features a preamp, a discrete power amp simulator and an output transformer to deliver the full touch-sensitive Tweed experience, with a grip of extremely interactive controls. The Sag control loads down the transformer to your taste, giving you some real-deal blown-out leads with the twist of a knob. The Tone control is straight out of the vintage amplifier playbook, incorporating the mid scoop control of the Framus Cobra amp. This time-tested mod essentially turns the mid-leaning Tweed profile into the mid-scooped “blackface” sound of later Champs. Run it at 18V for more headroom or stack it with other pedals to really dig into that transformer!

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