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CATALINBREAD TOPANGA SPRING REVERB
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CATALINBREAD DIRTY LITTLE SECRET
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CATALINBREAD PAREIDOLIA HARMONIC MESMERIZER
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It’s uncanny
how authentic
the Topanga sounds
CATALINBREAD TOPANGA
SPRING REVERB
£159
CATALINBREAD
PAREIDOLIA HARMONIC
MESMERIZER
£153
Surf’s up for reverb junkies
One-of-a-kind vibrato
THE HEIGHT of reverb’d cool was reached
during the surf music boom of the 1960s. The
Topanga recreates the sound of the Fender
6G15, the greatest outboard reverb unit of all
time and every surf guitarist’s dream. Turn up
the Dwell control, smack your strings, and
there’s an explosion of reverb, like rattling the
springs in one of the old Fender units. It’s
uncanny how authentic it sounds. We also love
the Mix control: wide open, you get a wet,
ghostly tone that sounds like your guitar is miles
away. We often dismiss reverb as something we
have on our amplifiers; this pedal will turn that
nonchalance into an obsession.
‘HARMONIC MESMERIZER’ sounds like a
weapon Dr Evil developed, and its origins also
date back to the swinging 60s. Based on the
distinctive vibrato circuitry installed in the
‘brownface’ Fender amplifiers of the time, this
fantastic pedal delivers aficionado-slaking levels
of authentic wobble. The unit’s pilot light flickers
to match the rate of the effect, and the range
takes you from a slow pulse to a rapid throb.
There hasn’t been a vibrato unit that sounds
quite like it since, well, Austin Powers’ day.
TYPE: Delay, overdrive,
reverb and vibrato pedals
INTERNAL SWITCHES:
Echorec: Buffer;
Dirty Little Secret: Bass
Topanga Spring Reverb:
True bypass/buffered
BYPASS: True bypass
POWER: Dirty Little
Secret & Pareidolia:
9V battery or mains
adaptor; Echorec &
Topanga: adaptor only
(not supplied)
CONTACT: Andertons
Music 01483 456777
www.catalinbread.com
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