T-Rex Pedals

T-REX PEDAL ROUNDUP £149£179
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T-REX REPLAY BOX
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T-REX DIVA DRIVE
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T-REX QUINT MACHINE
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T-REX VULTURE
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The Diva Drive is one
of the best TS-style
overdrives we’ve heard
T-REX REPLAY BOX £179
T-REX QUINT
MACHINE
£179
Shut up ’n’ Replay yer guitar
Octaves in Quint condition
THE REPLAY Box is a stereo digital
delay, and while it doesn’t have any
other delay types, it has tap tempo and
subdivision switches. T-Rex has voiced
the RB just right, with a slight taming in
the highs ensuring repeats don’t sound
too piercing, while the tap tempo and
subdivision switches work well together
to access quarter notes, triplets and
dotted eighths. As well as brilliant
oscillation sounds, the RB packs
analogue dry-through and a volume
control. There’s not a huge amount of
versatility for £179, though.
TYPE: Distortion,
overdrive, delay &
pitch-shifter pedals
CONTROLS: Vulture: Gain,
level, tone, low boost, fat
boost; Diva Drive: Gain,
level, mix, tone, voicing
switch; Replay Box:
Volume, mix, repeat,
tempo, subdivision switch;
Quint Machine: +1 5th,
+1 octave, mix, -1 octave
SOCKETS: Input, output,
power, except Replay Box:
2x input, 2x output, power
BYPASS: Buffered
POWER: 9V power supply,
9V battery
CONTACT: Westside
Distribution 0844 326 2000
www.t-rex-effects.com
AT A GLANCE
OFFERING THREE shifts at once
(+1 octave, -1 octave, +1 5th), the Quint
Machine gives you fat organ sounds
and, with the 5th, the ability to play
one-note powerchords. We were
surprised how natural the octave
sounds were; the upper-octave tracking
isn’t infallible, but the octave down
sounds borderline analogue. Add some
gain, and the QM sounds enormous.
The EHX Micro POG has the better
tracking, but the QM’s organic tone and
extra versatility could win you over.
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