Catalinbread - Formula 5F6 Tweed Bassman (New Look)
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The Formula 5F6 is the Catalinabread R&D team's take on the classic Bassman Tweed amp of the late 1950s. Using 2 6L6 tubes in the output stage to send the signal to a 4x10" cabinet, the Bassman quickly became the mainstay of every stage of the era.
ARTICLE N° 88906
Presentation
The Formule 5F6 pedal adds a vintage tweed Bassman response to Catalinbread's Foundation overdrive range, giving you the impressive characteristics of this classic amp on any clean amp.
Playing a powerful clean amp like a Twin and can't get a good response, even at high volumes?
Do you play a smaller amp at home, but it's still too loud to give you a good response?
Do you have a two-channel amp but hate the saturated channel?
Or maybe you can play as loud as you like, but you need more subtlety in your amplification chain.
Or maybe you're struggling to integrate fuzz into your rig, maybe it's getting too loud or just doesn't sound right because your amp's sound is too clean and its saturated channel makes the fuzz sound too thin, nasal and pinched.
Adding the Formula 5F6 to your rig will solve all these problems and become the foundation of your pedalboard, the effect that will improve the response of all your other pedals.
The Formula 5F6 lends itself to almost any style of music, from the classic Strat, blues sounds of Buddy Guy and Otis Rush to artists like Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughn, Robbie Robertson, Robben Ford, through to heavier styles by piling boost, overdrive or fuzz pedals into it.
Playing a powerful clean amp like a Twin and can't get a good response, even at high volumes?
Do you play a smaller amp at home, but it's still too loud to give you a good response?
Do you have a two-channel amp but hate the saturated channel?
Or maybe you can play as loud as you like, but you need more subtlety in your amplification chain.
Or maybe you're struggling to integrate fuzz into your rig, maybe it's getting too loud or just doesn't sound right because your amp's sound is too clean and its saturated channel makes the fuzz sound too thin, nasal and pinched.
Adding the Formula 5F6 to your rig will solve all these problems and become the foundation of your pedalboard, the effect that will improve the response of all your other pedals.
The Formula 5F6 lends itself to almost any style of music, from the classic Strat, blues sounds of Buddy Guy and Otis Rush to artists like Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughn, Robbie Robertson, Robben Ford, through to heavier styles by piling boost, overdrive or fuzz pedals into it.
Other features
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Catalinbread Formula 5F6
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Guitar effects pedal
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Series: Formula
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Type : amp-in-a-box / Overdrive
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Fender tweed 5E3 Deluxe amp simulation
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Handmade in Portland, Oregon, USA
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True Bypass
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Controls: Treble, Middle, Bass, Volume, Gain
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Internal controls: Presence + Switch Mode
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Power supply: 9 / 18V mains adapter sold separately
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Dimensions: 110 x 60 x 49mm
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Weight : 180g
To find out more...
- VOLUME: This is the master volume that controls the output of the pedal. The lower you set the Gain knob, the more you will want to increase the volume. For the best clean response and on the edge of breakup, turn the volume all the way up and start with the gain control at the minimum, then slowly increase the gain control to the desired response. This will give you the most authentic Bassman experience! In general, for best results, the pedal should be set to be 'slightly' louder when activated than when bypassed.
- GAIN: The Gain knob controls gain, obviously, but in circuit terms it's identical to the Bright Volume control on the Bassman tweed.
So :
- at low levels, you'll get superb, recognisably sparkling clean.
- About halfway through, you get that elusive tactile response where you can play clean, or saturated, simply by varying your attack.
- And pushed hard, you'll get the gain structure of a Bassman on 12, a thick, saturated sound, but still very Californian.
- TREBLE, MIDDLE and BASS tone controls:
These controls exactly reproduce the tone stack of the tweed Bassman.
If you're familiar with the tone controls on this amp, you'll already know how they work!
The circuit has been carefully tuned around this EQ to give great tones, no matter how the knobs are set.
Don't be afraid to try things like full midrange with no treble or bass, or even just treble with no midrange or bass.
You'll find a vast universe of useful tones to bring out your part in the mix.
- GAIN: The Gain knob controls gain, obviously, but in circuit terms it's identical to the Bright Volume control on the Bassman tweed.
So :
- at low levels, you'll get superb, recognisably sparkling clean.
- About halfway through, you get that elusive tactile response where you can play clean, or saturated, simply by varying your attack.
- And pushed hard, you'll get the gain structure of a Bassman on 12, a thick, saturated sound, but still very Californian.
- TREBLE, MIDDLE and BASS tone controls:
These controls exactly reproduce the tone stack of the tweed Bassman.
If you're familiar with the tone controls on this amp, you'll already know how they work!
The circuit has been carefully tuned around this EQ to give great tones, no matter how the knobs are set.
Don't be afraid to try things like full midrange with no treble or bass, or even just treble with no midrange or bass.
You'll find a vast universe of useful tones to bring out your part in the mix.
