MANUFACTURER SPOTLIGHT
PEDAL TONES WITH FENDER’S STAN COTEY | Doug Doppler
At the end of last year we did something Rod Deluxes’, and cables. Ironically, Fender’s current offerings. This is one of the reasons we
unexpected – we gave away a ton of gear pedal line was born out of much the same spirit are so excited to let you hear from some of the
without asking people to cough up their email that we did the our ‘Twelve Days of Christmas’ key people there. These people are the movers
address, like us on Facebook, or follow us on giveaway – they just wanted to! and shakers at the largest guitar manufacturer
Instagram. We did it, because we just wanted
in the world, who like us at the magazine, are
to. To have a vehicle to pick winners we just Over the past year, I’ve had a chance to connect passionate about gear and the musicians who
asked a few basic questions about what gear with Stan Cotey, the man behind these pedals use it.
people were using. One of my big takeaways as well as the fabulous redesign of the Hot Rod was the number of worship musician who not Deluxe IV. Like so many of the people we’ve Rather than just talk about Fender’s latest trio
only owned Fender cables, but had the same gotten to know at Fender, Stan is passionate of pedals: the Pelt Fuzz, Full Moon Distortion,
kind of affection for them that they do the about the gear, and would be tinkering away and Engager Boost, we wanted to give you a
instruments they connect them to. I didn’t see whether he was getting paid to or not. And that chance to meet and hear from the man who
it coming. is precisely the endeavoring spirit out of which designed them. So, it is with a great pleasure
these pedals were born. that I introduce you to Stan Cotey!
following month, I was excited to see them Although Fender is a ‘for profit’ company, it [WM] Stan, as VP of Product Development
offer another piece of the signal chain to the is always exciting to see a company of their at Fender, what are your primary roles and
worship musicians who have already embraced size and stature designing from the place responsibilities?
‘evergreen’ Fender gear including Teles, Hot of inspiration that they are approaching the
When Fender launched their pedal line the
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