Electro-Harmonix

SLAMMI £117
Pitch-shifting powerhouse
AS WELL as a motion sensor, the Slammi
boasts three octaves of pitch shifting, plus four
controls, either side of the pedal: dry volume, for
blending shifted and dry signals; max bend, for
setting the interval; a bend up/down button,
and calibrate button for the sensor. That means
more flexibility than the Slammi’s rhyme-sake,
and the sounds are on a par, with speedy
polyphonic tracking and convincing tones.
Accessing the controls is pretty fiddly, though,
and we found the sensor too sensitive; it picks
up every slight foot wobble, so it’s hard to get a
smooth pitch bend. An acquired taste perhaps,
but a commendable alternative pitch shifter.
HOT TUBES NANO £47
Vintage drive revisited
THIS Nano re-imagining of the 70s Hot Tubes
is a versatile drive, capable of light break-up and
distortion, all with a hint of fuzz. Its tone control
gets pretty extreme, while the tone bypass
switch removes the tone circuit entirely for
woollier sounds. The Hot Tubes is a fickle,
noisy beast, though, so you need take it easy
with the hiss-prone high-gain sounds – a shame,
because the tones are all impressively amp-like.
It’s still a great overdrive for garage-rockers and
alt-rock riffers, though.
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ELECTRO-HARMONIX OD GLOVE
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AT A GLANCE
TYPE: Overdrive,
pitch-shifting, distortion,
and overdrive pedals
CONTROLS:
East River Drive:
Volume, tone, drive
OD Glove: Volume, tone, gain,
tone shift switch, internal
voltage switch
Slammi: Dry volume, max
bend, bend up/down button,
calibrate button
Hot Tubes Nano: Volume,
tone, overdrive, tone
on/off switch
SOCKETS: Input,
output, power
BYPASS: True bypass
(except Slammi: buffered)
POWER: 9V battery,
9V power supply
CONTACT: Electro-Harmonix
www.ehx.com
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