New Tech21 pedal Frank Bello (Anthrax) sig. Now with video demo.

[fretmeister]

Currently at the final prototype stage apparently.

 

Could be a fun pedal.

Edited January 6, 2024 by fretmeister

[paul_5]

Not before time too! Frank's tone is always awesome.

[Gareth Hughes]

Oooooo - colour me VERY interested in this. Huge fan of his tone.

[fretmeister]

 

Sounds great.

 

£250  

[dudewheresmybass]

There’s definitely some good tones in there, as well as some real fizzers to my ears. 
However I wouldn’t spend £250 on those nice tones 😢

[Cosmo Valdemar]

On 07/01/2024 at 21:13, dudewheresmybass said:

There’s definitely some good tones in there, as well as some real fizzers to my ears. 
However I wouldn’t spend £250 on those nice tones 😢

It sounds a lot better here than in the Tech 21 demos, definitely some useful sounds in there. I'd love to try one, but probably won't.

 

[Al Krow]

Nice review:

 

 

[fretmeister]

Frank Bello seems to be a really cool guy.

[Lozz196]

Agree, I don’t know much about Anthrax but having watched a few interviews with him he seems a very decent chap 

[Big Low End]

That’s a great spectrum of drive tones, certainly for me. Seems like the general direction manufacturers have been going in the last 3 or so years is more towards this organic, tube-like tone for drives. I’ve heard more decent new bass drive pedals in the last 3 years than I heard in the preceding 10.

[Al Krow]

21 hours ago, Enormous Buttocks said:

That’s a great spectrum of drive tones, certainly for me. Seems like the general direction manufacturers have been going in the last 3 or so years is more towards this organic, tube-like tone for drives. I’ve heard more decent new bass drive pedals in the last 3 years than I heard in the preceding 10.

 

Agreed!

 

One suggestion: would have been really helpful for live use if the filth button and, especially, the dirt button had been stomp switches, so they could be easily foot stomped on / off when needed for parts of songs. Not sure how tricky that would have been to incorporate@Tech21NYC? If that had been available, I would have been sorely tempted to part with the list price for it!

Edited January 11, 2024 by Al Krow

[Cosmo Valdemar]

2 hours ago, Al Krow said:

 

Agreed!

 

One suggestion: would have been really helpful for live use if the filth button and, especially, the dirt button had been stomp switches, so they could be easily foot stomped on / off when needed for parts of songs. Not sure how tricky that would have been to incorporate?@Tech21NYC? If that had been available, I would have been sorely tempted to part with the list price for it!

That's a good point.

[Tech21NYC]

When it comes to any artist product, we only add specific features if the artist requests it. 

[markbunney]

This pedal sounds great. I have the Steve Harris version and I love it.

 

I wish Tech 21 would include a better option for headphone use on these. The Steve Harris one is supposed to be able to power a set of headphones, but I have never had much luck in doing so

[Cosmo Valdemar]

2 hours ago, markbunney said:

This pedal sounds great. I have the Steve Harris version and I love it.

 

I wish Tech 21 would include a better option for headphone use on these. The Steve Harris one is supposed to be able to power a set of headphones, but I have never had much luck in doing so

That doesn't sound right, my dug worked very well with headphones.

[markbunney]

1 hour ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:

That doesn't sound right, my dug worked very well with headphones.

The Dug one looks like it has a small headphone button on it, maybe they changed the design

[Al Krow]

1 hour ago, markbunney said:

The Dug one looks like it has a small headphone button on it, maybe they changed the design

 

Maybe Steve Harris didn't request a headphone option that works well as a specific feature? 😅

 

Sorry - couldn't resist!

 

Edited January 11, 2024 by Al Krow