The B-312 Silicon Freakshow Fuzz features a wide array of controls, with many options and combinations to whet the sonic appetite of fuzz fans the world over. Tone, Fuzz and Output control adorn the top row of the parameters, offering up just what you need to get an excellent base fuzz sound with ease. Also present are external bias and trim controls, offering flexibility with symmetry, gain structure, and clipping. There’s even a selectable input impedance buffer circuit, offering a brighter sound, but also helping to remove high-end roll off and oscillation that can occur when Fuzz is not placed first in the signal chain.
]]>The new Power Box Li2 is a portable, small footprint, rechargeable lithium battery based power supply capable of powering multiple pedals, pedal boards and high current draw guitar effects. Innovative, Smart Battery technology provides visual indication of current draw, battery charge status and battery time remaining. These features let you know exact battery time remaining under current pedal load so that you never have to worry if your 9v battery will die in the middle of a gig or session. It is also the perfect solution for annoying noise, hum and interference problems that can occur when using AC line fed power sources.
The Power Box Li2 measures 3.25”x 1.625”x 1.25” and can be charged overnight using included USB-C wall cube. The MSRP is $159.95. The Li2 and all other Big Joe products are distributed through RBI Music, Forth Worth, Texas and will be available in music retailers across the country in August 2019.
]]>Big Joe was founded and has been run by brothers Paul and David Christian, who have been designing and building guitar effects pedals for over 40 years. The brothers were the inventors of the Pocket Rockit®direct plug-in headphone guitar amp, and, have been designing electronic products for industry leaders on an OEM basis for the MI and other industries for many years.
“I’d put Big Joe Stomp Box products up against anything on the market today,” said Brad Kirkpatrick, President of Rhythm Band. “Sort of like the A Tempo brand of hand percussion instruments, they’re a boutique brand, and so, have flown under the radar. But you’ve only got to grab one and plug in to understand the original engineering and genuine quality built into every one of their products.”
Rhythm Band Instruments has been distributing musical instruments and music education material from Fort Worth, Texas for nearly 60 years. In 2009, the company acquired the Boomwhackers® brand of tuned musical tubes and, in 2016, it bought the Toca Percussion® brand of hand percussion instruments. Last month Grover Pro Percussion® became the latest addition to the company’s world-class brands. RBI also exclusively distributes a number of other brands, now including Big Joe, world-wide via RBI Music.
“We feel like RBI, with their portfolio of high value brands is an excellent distribution fit for us,” indicated Paul Christian. “We’re really looking forward to working with them. We believe that those guys will quickly, and materially, raise our profile in the MI industry.”
Lane Davy, RBI’s EVP – Sales & Marketing added, “Bringing the Big Joe lineup into our already robust product offerings really takes our guitar-related products to the next level. Innovative power products and American designed and built effect pedals at these prices? It’s an obvious winner.”
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