Tone Report Weekly Issue 104 | Page 8

NOW PLAY THIS ➊ BIG JOE STOMPBOX COMPANY RELEASES THE R-405 HARD Most of the time, standard dirt stompboxes simply lack “balls.” And to us in the know, “balls” usually means “mids.” Fortunately, Big Joe has rectified this with its R-405 Hard, a crunchy drive box with some serious muscle with two separate mids controls so your tone never gets lost again. The R-405 simply pushes all other frequencies to the side and lets your tone shine through. ➊ ➋ KLIQ ANNOUNCES TINY TUNE Kliq’s tuner offerings have actually won several awards, and this proud heritage continues with the Tiny Tune, an ultracompact tuner that tunes to 0.5 cents. The super-bright display cuts through the darkness of a pitch-black stage and can calibrate A4 between 430 and 450 Hz for you experimentalists out there. Best of all, the whole kit and caboodle costs 35 dollars. ➋ ➌ CHASE BLISS AUDIO UNLEASHES THE SPECTRE ANALOG THROUGH-ZERO FLANGER At long last, flange effects get the Chase Bliss treatment. Chase Bliss is known for its modulation effects that give players more control than they’ve ever dreamed of. Chase Bliss’s unique modu-shape circuit lets players choose each side of the LFO waveform for some truly unique, yet still organic, waveforms. A bank of dipswitches lets users customize every last feature on the Spectre. ➌ 8 NOW PLAY THIS // Buzzworthy Gear