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This is a review of the T-Rex Room-Mate tube driven reverb. This is a absolutely fantastic sounding reverb, something you would expect coming from T-Rex Engineering. The Room-Mate uses a 12AX7 tube at the heart and has 4 pre-set ‘modes’. These reverb modes are spring, room, hall and LFO.

Spring will give you that classic spring reverb from short and spanky to a long spring with plenty of decay
Room is a open reverb that will give you a nice amount of reverb
Hall will give you plenty of reverb for the concert hall sound
LFO is reverb with chorus in there

There are 6 pot controls – Mode, Level, Mix, Decay, HiCut and Gain.

Mode is what I mentioned above
Level controls the overall signal level leaving the pedal
Mix controls the blend of reverb
Decay controls how long the reverb lingers or decays
HiCut allows you to shave off some hi-end off the reverb to darken the reverb
Gain controls the input signal to the pedal

Here is the official product description of the T-Rex Room-mate:

The RoomMate is a sweet-sounding reverb pedal. Four guitar reverb presets are only the start of the rich, warm sound that this box delivers. A built-in 300-volt power supply takes the whole effect to the next level, powering a T-Rex tube that adds voluminous, earthy warmth to incredible detail and spacious true stereo.

For this demo, I again enlisted the help of my good friend Jimmy Rolle. Jimmy is using a Amercian Fender Strat through a Matchless DC-30. For these recordings we used a Shure SM57, Fathead SPII Ribbon Mic and a Shure SM81. SM57 and Fathead used a ART Pro MPAII PreAmp, all three channels were mixed and fed to M-Audio Firewire 1814 interface. We recorded 3 different clips. The first clip is the T-Rex Room-Mate played clean:

Also available is a high quality MP3 clip at SoundCloud

In the second clip, Jimmy is playing with a medium grit setting on the Matchless:

Also available is a high quality MP3 clip at SoundCloud

And finally, this clip is Jimmy playing on his gain settings. All three clips used the same mics, guitar, and amp.

Also available is a high quality MP3 clip at SoundCloud

Overall, this pedal sounds really good. The first item that struck me was how the reverb leaves your signal very clean. You only hear the reverb “behind” the note. Controls are easy to understand, and there are many quality reverb tones that can be had with this pedal. If you’re looking for a quality reverb, this might be the one. You can pick up the T-Rex Room-Mate for $369.00 at Amazon.com!

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Hitting YouTube this morning checking out various delay pedals (my personal quest), I came across a cool reverb pedal. This is the T-Rex Roommate Tube Reverb.  I’ve been eyeballing T-Rex stuff for a long, long time. They definitely know how to do it, and this reverb pedal sounds pretty damn amazing.

Here is the official description:

The RoomMate is a sweet-sounding reverb pedal. Four guitar reverb presets are only the start of the rich, warm sound that this box delivers. A built-in 300-volt power supply takes the whole effect to the next level, powering a T-Rex tube that adds voluminous, earthy warmth to incredible detail and spacious true stereo.

Mix, high cut, and stereo out
To shape your sound further, the RoomMate features a mix control and a high cut knob for increasing definition or backing off on the highs, vintage style. And there is naturally a stereo out for the studio or stereo live situations.

Four signature sounds
Room-Mate’s mode knob gives you a choice of four signature presets.
1. Classic Plate is everything you want in a vintage medium plate reverb.
2. Warm Hall gives you a bigger sound with natural warmth.
3. With superb high-end resolution, Bright Hall gives you amazing detail.
4. Chorus with Warm Reverb is a sweet-sounding effect for bringing your acoustic guitar to life on stage.

Here is the video I found by TRexEffects:

You can pick up the T-Rex Roommate Tube Reverb Guitar Effects Pedal for $369.99 at Musician’s Friend.

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The other day, I posted about Paul Banks (Interpol) and his pedal board. On there was a Blackstar HT Series HT-DUAL Tube Dual Distortion and I was not too familiar with this distortion/overdrive pedal, and I wanted to take a look. Here we have a 2 channel tube distortion/overdrive pedal, using 300V circuitry. There are 2 cascading ECC83 triode stages in here, giving you a ‘crunch’ stage (channel 1) and saturation stage (channel 2).

Here is the official description of the pedal:

The HT-DUAL pedal from Blackstar’s HT Range of tube overdrive pedals features true high-voltage (300V) circuitry and are packed with innovations and tone. The revolutionary, patent-applied-for tone-shaping feature ISF (Infinite Shape Feature) will redefine the tonal expectations of guitarists.

HT-DUAL pedal’s Channel 1 has either Clean or Crunch modes so it can be used clean, as a boost or overdrive. Channel 2 gives distortion tones from super crunch right up to screaming lead. The unique switching operation will transform a single channel vintage amp into a 3-channel tone machine. The ISF control takes you from ‘British Valve’ to ‘Modern American’ and anywhere in-between.

Add to this the no-compromise, speaker-emulated output and you have the most cost-effective way of getting real tube tones direct to disk or tape.

PURE TUBE DISTORTION
The HT-DUAL has high voltage tube design for true tube dynamics and feel. 2 cascaded ECC83 triode stages for gain from warm boost to screaming lead. Enhanced tone network for massive tonal flexibility with traditional passive network musicality. Patent-Applied-For ISF control allows access to infinite new sounds. Emulated output is a new benchmark design for pro direct recording sounds. High-integrity bypass for silent switching and driving long cables.

So whether you’re playing live or recording, with the HT Range of pedals you can finally get the sound you want.

Blackstar HT Series HT-DUAL Tube Dual Distortion Guitar Effects Pedal Features:

* Genuine tube design
* Operates at 300V HT
* Cascaded tube gain stages
* Responds like a tube amp
* 2-channel operation
* Clean, Crunch & Lead modes
* Unique switching operation
* Unique enhanced tone controls
* Exclusive Infinite Shape Feature (ISF)
* Fully equipped for stage or studio
* Speaker emulated output
* High integrity buffered bypass
* Power supply included
* Silent switching

I found a video by pedaltoneshop:

You can pick up the Blackstar HT Series HT-DUAL Tube Dual Distortion for $249.99 at Musician’s Friend.

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