By David Gedge
LASTING HERITAGE
and mahogany. Other important construc-
tion techniques are the use of the PLEK
machine, traditional jigs and fixtures,
hand-shaped necks and hand-sprayed fin-
ishes.
Edwin Wilson, Senior Manager of
Guitar R&D at BandLab Technologies,
says, “Our team in Kalamazoo has built a
collection that pays homage to great
instruments that have been well-traveled
and played through the years. The very
positive response to the Aged Custom
Shop collection showcased at Winter
NAMM 2018 showed us we’re moving in
the right direction with these guitars. In
the lead up to Summer NAMM, our team
relied on these guitars with painstaking
attention to creating authentic details that
are sure to appeal to discerning buyers.
This is a time-consuming process done
entirely by the hands of skilled American
artisans – and we invite you to try them
out, and feel and hear the results for your-
self.”
Overdrive Pedal Revival
Origin Effects Revival Drive Copact Pedal
Heritage Artisan Aged Collection
Artisan Aged Axe
Heritage Artistan Aged Guitar Collection
Heritage Guitars unveiled the Artisan
Aged Collection at the Summer NAMM
show. This collection is a limited release of
guitars with custom-shop quality aging,
offered at the same price point as the
Heritage Standard models. The collection
also provides good value, as well as creat-
ing more options for American guitar
lovers.
Comprising of the H-137, H-150, H-535,
H-575, and Eagle Classic, the Artisan Aged
Collection is hand-built by skilled
American artisans at the 225 Parsons Street
(Kalamazoo, MI) factory. The guitars retain
the same high-quality specifications as
Heritage Standard models, including the
continued use of nitrocellulose lacquer and
traditional tonewoods such as rosewood
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Origin Effects have just released the
RevivalDRIVE Compact, a single-channel
overdrive designed to accurately recreate a
range of British and American non-master
volume valve amp tones.
The RevivalDRIVE Compact condenses
the original circuit design of the original
dual-channel RevivalDRIVE into a smaller,
more pedalboard-friendly package.
Equipped with a streamlined set of
wide-ranging controls, this new pedal
promises to make the RevivalDRIVE’s var-
ied array of amp-like tones more accessible
– and affordable version for customers.
Launched in 2018, the RevivalDRIVE
houses a complete valve amp-style signal
path recreated in analog electronics, with
comprehensive controls that let users
explore expanded amp characteristics.
“We designed the RevivalDRIVE to be
as flexible as possible,” says Origin Effects
founder Simon Keats. “The response
we’ve had from players has been phenom-
enal, but we also know that not everyone
wants to deal with that many knobs and
switches! With the RevivalDRIVE
Compact, we set out to design a pedal with
the same sophisticated circuitry on the
inside, but a simplified set of controls on
the outside that would make it quick and
easy to dial in a really great sound.”
In addition to the same amp-style cir-
cuit topology, the new RevivalDRIVE
Compact features several controls lifted
directly from the full-sized RevivalDRIVE.
including Lows control, which lets users
overdrive or tighten up the low end, the
More/Presence control, which varies neg-
ative feedback around the pedal’s power
amp stage, changing the level of touch-
sensitivity from Plexi, through to Fender,
and VOX style amps. The Blend knob,
which mixes the dry and overdriven sig-
nals together, has been tweaked to provide
more musical results by gently reducing
gain as you add in the guitar’s natural
tone, while the brand-new Highs knob
condenses the original RevivalDRIVE’s
multiple preamps voicing modes into a
single, continuous control.
The RevivalDRIVE Compact is available
now from Origin Effects dealers world-
wide and via www.origineffects.com.
MSRP is $385.00