Audio Kitchen ‘Fake Plastic Trees’ Preamp Pedal.

Description

Audio Kitchen’s Fake Plastic Trees (FPT)is a simple yet potent-sounding preamp pedal designed to elevate the sound of any guitar rig! In the boutiqueBritishbrand’s own wordsFPT is a “scrupulously-engineered, solid-state homage to the array of euphonic joy available on the line-out of themuch-loved The Big Treesguitar amp.”

Premium Components for Stellar Tone

Featuring hand-graded JFETs, a discreet stage modelling the distinctive EL84 grid-clipping profile, a custom Mumetal output transformer, TBT speaker load and a Class A line-driver the combination of these components, plus the painstaking refinement of each element, have crystallised into a compact stompbox which has the ultra-dynamic feel and irresistible playability that have become Audio Kitchen hallmarks!

More Versatile Than It Looks!

The Audio Kitchen Fake Plastic Trees pedal can be employed in a few different ways. It’s far from a one-trick pony! Run it into the front-end of your guitar/bassamplifier and make use of the FPT’s”Root” (lows) and “Branch” (highs) controls to adjust yourEQ essentially adding another tone-shaping stage to your signal chain. You couldevencrank the FPT’s ‘Gain’ knobtosimulate a rich-sounding, British-voiced overdrive.

Alternatively, you could route the Fake Plastic Treesthrough your amplifier’s effects loopand thus use the unit as your main preamp stage giving your amplifier a completely new voice. And if you want to create a portable”amp-less” rig, just pair the FPT with a power amp pedal that can run into a speaker cabor directly into a PA system (if it has cab emulation). The possibilitiesare almost endless!

An Encouraging First Impression

“Loving it. So musical and flexible. Gives an otherwise flat amp some dimension. And can punch out some fat clean and super-squeeze small amp tones too, especially with the bass cranked. Very expressive. I think the key is a no master volume amp. It really shines there. I was gonna stop several times but I kept playing to see what else I could get from it. So many sounds both modern and old. – Joe Barresi (record engineer and producer).

Specifications

Class A Guitar/Bass Preamp Pedal
Nominal Output Impedance: <1KOhm Controls: Gain, Baxandall-based EQ Root (Bottom), Branch (Top), Volume (Master Volume) Power Requirement: Standard 9VDC @100mA, 2.1mm, Centre-Negative Durable, Die-Cast Aluminium Enclosure Dimensions(W x D x H): 116 x 91 x 55mm (4.6 x 3.6 x 2.2") Weight: 500g (1.1lbs)