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jaymzHal
Silver Member
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 04/17/2009 : 00:32:52
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So I was in my local and favourite guitar shop today and the owner was telling me about the TC electronics vintage series pedals. I have the vintage dual distortion, a fine pedal, and he said to me that it was in fact a T-REX Dr Swamp(original version) in all but name, and that T-REX provided all the circuit designs for TC Electronics. He A-B'd a few of the (now discontinued) TC electronics vintage series pedals with their T-REX brethren and he was absolutely right, they even looked pretty much the same.
So essentially this:
http://www.tcelectronic.com/VintageDualDistortion.asp
Is this:
http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/TRex-Dr.-Swamp-Double-Distortion-Pedal?sku=156571
In all but appearance...
thoughts?
(thanks to Mully for the heads up!) |
Edited by - jaymzHal on 04/18/2009 17:49:13 |
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MullyFX
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Germany
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verivorax
Platinum Member
Canada
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Posted - 04/18/2009 : 15:32:30
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I too have heard that they're sharing circuits. If one was made in China, I'd be worried, but they're both MIDenmark, and made excellently.
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jaymzHal
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United Kingdom
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jaymzHal
Silver Member
United Kingdom
297 Posts |
Posted - 04/18/2009 : 17:52:24
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Originally posted by verivorax
I too have heard that they're sharing circuits. If one was made in China, I'd be worried, but they're both MIDenmark, and made excellently.
Absolutely! I can personally vouch for the TC electronics pedal and I'm tempted to go for more of the vintage series as cheaper alternatives to T-rex pedals. I think the single "vintage distortion" is the same circuit as the T- rex mudhoney pedal, for example. Apparently the main difference is that T-rex are hand made, whereas TC electronics use more automated methods. Can't complain though, still sounds excellent. |
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TC Electronics and T-REX sharing circuits...
