http://www.fulltone.com/products/secret-freq
Yet another overdrive distortion. Oh joy! And such a silly name… Secret Freq.
Another touch-sensitive, dynamic, natural sounding overdrive/distortion to confuse the marketplace filled with RC's, AC's, Tim's, and about a hundred others made by one-man-shows with the word tone in their names. Yes it does the TS-thing” and the Clean boost thing, but the ‘Freq has more tricks in its bag.
With soft clipping for the lower OD sounds, something else happens as you turn up the Distortion knob and/or hit the strings harder… the secondary clipping kicks in, which has a rich flavor and feel thanks to the character its Germanium Diodes impart. Nothing like the PlimSoul, nothing like the OCD, in fact nothing like any other pedal on the market.
But wait…what's this "Freq." knob?
Turn it and a gyrator circuit located in the first stage clipping-loop ads as much as 12db of active narrow band MIDRANGE right where it does the most good, like installing a wah wah right where the distortion is generated. But unlike turning on your wah wah along with your distortion pedal, the bass and treble frequencies don't disappear... Very unique, and not to be confused with a simple blasé midrange control tacked on to the end of the circuit, as is the case with any other pedal with a Midrange control you’ve seen or heard of.
What's it sound like?
Along with a slew of basic great OD/Distortion pedal, it allows you to replicate a very, very wide range of your favorite guitar & amp sounds.
At low overdrive settings it simply allows you to shape the pedal to cut through any mix and replaces a few of your pedals on the 'board, and perhaps even an amp or two.
At more extreme (clockwise) "Freq settings?
Brings a smile to your face an evokes the coolest Jimmy Page, Michael Schenker, Robin Trower, Tom Scholz tones that you just couldn’t previously get without a bunch of studio trickery, EQ, mic-placement, and amps.
$225 (US Retail)