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00:00What's up? It's Paul from Guitar World and today I'd like to say that it would make no sense for me
00:14to say something like, the wait is over on what I have over here because many of us didn't see
00:20this coming. That's right, your eyes do not deceive you. PRS guitars made some pedals.
00:26Let's take a quick look at them.
00:30Yes, you heard that correctly. PRS or Paul Reed Smith, maker of many of the finest electric
00:38guitars and acoustics and even amplifiers, have now thrown their hat in the stomp box ring
00:43and released three new guitar pedals. The horse meat transparent overdrive, the wind through
00:48the trees dual analog flanger and the merry cries optical compressor. All of these PRS pedals
00:55feature through hole soldering which broadens the component selection and allows for the
00:59best sounding parts to be used. And they are also true bypass.
01:07According to PRS, the horse meat transparent overdrive is a built from scratch circuit designed to enhance guitar tone without coloring it. The pedal uses germanian diodes for a smoother and fuller overdriven crunch that closely approaches a meaty distortion as you increase the gain.
01:14You can see the control. You can see the controls for the treble and bass to boost both the high and low end frequencies, while the voice controls are a bit more efficient.
01:21PRS, the voice control offers more tailoring of the harmonic content for added richness to your tone. Depending on the setting, of course, the horse meat can be used for a bit more efficient.
01:28The pedal uses germanian diodes to boost both the high and low end frequencies, while the voice control offers more tailoring of the harmonic content for added richness to your tone.
01:37Depending on the setting, of course, the horse meat can be used as a clean boost, straight overdrive, or push the front end of the amps preamp section to enhance the amplifiers distortion.
01:44PRS, you can see the importance of a way to be used as a sharp position, and even though the noise is very difficult to be known as you can see, and as a high note, the voice control will be used in the influx.
01:45You can see the sound of the bass and bass bass are a bit of the high pitch here to boost that bad body, but you can see themucus and bass bass efficiency shows on the low end frequencies.
01:46In the middle of the bass, the keyboard, and the rhythm of the bass increase, you can see the chords and bass, but in the 90 seconds, it's a bit more efficient way.
01:47You can see the bass band speeds that are up to a high angle, so you can see the bass band the bass band's quant or a bass band, but you can see the bass band, and the drums of the bass band on the bass band well.
01:51me can be used as a clean boost, straight overdrive, and push the front end of the
01:55ANTS preamp section to enhance the amplifiers distortion.
02:21PRS likes to say that the Wind Through the Trees dual analog flanger pedal is best described
02:44as two flangers fighting each other, or what I'd like to say, two flangers mixed into one
02:49another, resulting in a sound reminiscent of the wind whipping through the trees, hence its colorful name.
03:10The pedal features manual depth and ray controls per flanger as well as global regeneration and
03:14added highs controls. There's endless flanging to be had with the Wind Through the Trees.
03:19Based on the classic LA-2A rack mount, a hand-wired and tube-based compressor,
03:27the Merry Cry's optical compressor pedal aims to thicken your guitar tone,
03:32curb signal peaks, increase sustain, and push your tone with definition and clarity.
03:44This pedal can also be used as a boost as well as a straightforward compressor, or even better,
03:54use it as a clean boost with a hint of compression. What's nice is the pedal's blue compression light
04:00shows you when the compression is actively kicking in.
04:09PRS should have used the slogan, expect the unexpected, for their brand new pedal launch.
04:13With the horse meat as a wonderful textured overdrive, Merry Cry's as a simplified studio quality optical
04:20compressor, and the dual vintage flanging from their Wind Through the Trees analog flanger,
04:25PRS has come out of the gate swinging with three high-end stomp boxes built to last a lifetime,
04:30with classic sounds most guitarists will want to investigate further. Definitely check them out.
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