Bogner La Grange Overdrive Guitar Effects Pedal with Independent Boost

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The Bogner La Grange is an effects pedal that allows players to create the iconic 60s sound of British 'Plexi' amplifiers. The La Grange Pedal has an independent boost on-board, which can be used by itself via its footswitch, or it can be used with the main circuitry too. The boost can be controlled with its own knob, that adjusts the overall level of the effect. Other controls for the pedal, include Volume, Tone and Gain, as well as Channel Blend which simulates different channels of the amplifier. There are also 4 switches that offer increased flexibility for fine tuning your sound. The Gain switch lets players choose between medium, low and high gain, the Variac switch adds dynamic compression, Presence offers both high and low options, and finally Structure provides tight, fat or 'in the middle'. The Bogner La Grange features premium design and construction, with double sided gold-plated circuit boards, German WIMA and Japanese Nichicon capacitors, and Carling footswitches. I’m not sure I’ve properly communicated before how much of a fan of Reinhold Bogner’s pedals I am - another essential part really of the Boutique Amps Distribution Family. I have acquired 6 or these to date - the Burnley Bubinga Distortion, Ecstasy Blue Mini Overdrive, Ecstasy Red Distortion, Harlow Bubinga Boost & Bloom, Oxford Bubinga Fuzz and Wessex Bubinga Overdrive. While the La Grange is down for a definite acquisition on the wishlist, and the Lyndhurst Bubinga Compressor is a maybe / nice-to-have. If you are considering the Ecstasy versions then the Blue variety is great in both original and Mini editions, while the Red Mini is somehow less good sounding and you really need the original variety of that in the same way that I have them. All the sizzle and spice and everything you love about Plexis in a cool looking pedal. The Preamp and Master gain act like they would on your favorite old British amp and give you a lot of different options for gain staging. This is also Andy from ProGuitarShop’s favorite Plexi-in-a-Pedal! Now out of production (replaced by the Deluxe version), this was one of the most popular pedals in this category. It sounds fat and warm with a nice vintage sounding low end that’s not really tight but still has plenty of definition.

It has a 12AX7 tube inside of it to give you the “real deal” kind of distortion. This pedal sounds really rich and beefy with a lot of range for you to play with in the mids department. The tonal shaping options can be a bit excessive at first but with this remarkable unit you can really go from boomy to scooped mid distortion and anything in between. First in at the far left you have a boost knob which – with the Boost toggle engaged -- allows you to dial in your desired amount of signal boost. Better yet, this feature can work independently from the pedal’s coloring, meaning you can use it as a pure, clean boost if you wish. I initially wasn't going to bite on this pedal, but I made the mistake of listening to a couple demos/videos following the previous La Grange thread. Each is a different take on the JCM800 - and some will prefer Larence's ear for tone over that of Dave Friedman and vice-versa.In fact That Pedal Show and Brett Kingman kind of jointly introduced me to and persuaded me to get my first Bogner - the Burnley Distortion - I believe I acquired that at a very similar time to my original variety of Suhr Riot. I decided to go for the Bubinga enclosure edition as I felt it was such a fantastic visual representation of its organic harmonic and resonant tonal profile (which somehow called to mind the natural resonance of wood!) - no doubt helped in some significant part by the onboard Rupert Neve Transformer. Beyond the usual gain, volume and tone knobs, the La Grange touts some very cool tone shaping features. The variac switch is very powerful, taking the pedal from bright and snappy to brown and growly, compressing the front of the note hard in the process for a superbly chewy play feel. The structure will take you from wide open and loose to tight and muscular, and the presentation will help you keep the high end under control if you find yourself plugging into an amp that’s particularly bright. This cookie stores user-like settings for the chat system provider, which are required for our online chat service. Trusted Shops I will unlikely end up with all of those - but you never know - will most likely lead off with the HotCake, Smallbox and ODI in any case for early next year - as soon as I’ve decided which opamps are my preferred configuration for the ODI! Employs hand-selected discrete JFETs to create a unique blend of Plexi and Marshall-style tones, based on the Marshall 1987 Silver Jubilee amp.

A lower price evolution of the MXR Dookie,” it’s based on Greenday’s Billy Joe Armstrong’s two custom Marshall 100w Plexi Super Lead amps. A center toggle switch offers mid punch, mid-scoop and a flat option. I haven't tried the expression pedal input but I can imagine this being very useful especially if you're playing a wide variety of styles. This is the second derivative of this format after the initial RevivalTrem pedal - which was the first Origin Effect to combine drive/preamp and modulation in the same unit. This time around the pedal is dedicated towards replicating the Magnatone Amp's output with that lovely Vintage Vibrato modulation.An independent boost function, with a level control, can be activated via it's own foot-switch to be either used as a stand alone boost, or together with the La Grange's main circuitry. Essentially two independent pedals, with the boost being in series after the La Grange! A tweakable, hand-made overdrive with a foot-switchable boost whose gain can be controlled through a separate knob. A 3-way Tight toggle delivers fatter or more defined tones. In the up position, the drive will sound bright and defined and get fatter when the boost is on. The Mids toggle interacts with the Mids knob to deliver humped, scooped, or flat mids. The Pro version adds presets, a knob for Mids, a 3-way Presence switch, and Exp In. While the Vibrato controls are Intensity dial with 3-way Blend Switch, and Speed dial with 3-way Speed Multiplier toggle-switch. You have separate footswitches to engage Drive and Vibe.

The JCM800 side benefits from 4-Band EQ including Presence, while the Plexi side is controlled by more conventional Volume, Tone and Drive mini-knobs. This is your ultimate guide to get the pedal that’s just right for you. We’ll take a look at the best guitar effects on the market that give you the Marshall sound at a fraction of the price (and at more manageable volumes).A very dynamic FET-based Plexi-style overdrive that can be used also as a clean boost at lower drive settings. It features a flexible three-band EQ section with a toggle switch to set the center frequency of the Mids knob (from low-mid to high-mid). Further "research" into solving said problems revealed the pedal wasn't truly bypassed. I had guitarfeak fix the issue (footswitch changed). A pedal that puts AC/DC’s Angus Young’s tone at your toe tips. Its high impedance input and circuit based on two premium dual opamps let the unadulterated sound of the gain stages uncompressed come through, while the Tone knob has a wide range that helps tailor the tone to any amp.