Jam Guitars

Roger Mayer Voodoo Blues
The Voodoo Blues is a dual purpose pedal intended to create a clear overdrive that allows for the playing of chords and also to provide a clean boost. The pedal creates a dynamic overdrive that retains clarity making it, as the name suggests, ideal for blues. However, there is still enough drive here for rock playing and the lower gain settings can be usefully used for any style where your sound requires a bit of an edge. The fatness control gives a wide range of tones from a really trebly bite through to great fat tones for low string riffs. The pedal has two buffered outs and a hard wired true bypass out. Can run off 9V battery or 9V DC in.

Carl Martin Delayla
Details to come

Carl Martin Delayla XL
The Delayla XL is designed to replicate the sound of a two head tape echo which we have to say it does well. The Echo time is set using the tap tempo switch (note on power up it is always on the shortest delay) and there is up 1000ms available. The slapback switch brings in the second 'head' and the slapback control mixes between the main delay and the slapback. The SB Trim controls the delay time of the slapback in relation to the main echo and this is where the unit comes into its own going from subtle effects to way off beat settings. The Delayla XL has a warm smooth sound which really complements the guitar and captures the sound of a well worn tape without the harshness of a digital delays.

Carl Martin Compressor Limiter
Becoming a bit of an industry standard this one - great smooth compression, low noise operation and plenty of control. This is simply a great addition to any pedalboard and will give years of service.

This came out top in Guitar and Bass magazine's July 2007 roundup of compressors!

Carl Martin TremO' Vibe
Two for the price of one - tremolo and reverb in one unit. Both effects have a rich warm sound and plenty of variation from the individual depth and speed controls. As with all the Carl Martin effects this is very quiet and features true bypass switching. Not much more we can say about this one - it does exactly what you expect and does it well.

Carl Martin Chorus xII
For those of you who want a bit more versatility from your pedals we have a dual chorus unit. This features two identical circuits with individual depth and speed controls as well as individual tempo LEDs which indicate which circuit is on. There are two footswitches - one to engage the unit the other to switch between the two settings. The chorus effect here is fairly subtle, gently thickening the sound. It can be pushed with higher speeds to give those old favourite 'underwater' sounds as well. This pedal features stereo outputs but it can also be used in mono. The pedal is extremely quiet in operation probably due to the higher headroom available in a mains powered unit.

Carl Martin AC Tone
Not hard to see what sound CM are trying to achieve here - and they get pretty close in our opinion. Two channels of overdrive and 20db of clean boost in one pedal. In keeping with the overall vibe the overdrive is not high gain but a sweet, crisp sound like an old top boost amp working hard. As with all the CM pedals this is quiet and beautifully built. This pedal is mains powered.

Carl Martin Plexitone
The name says it all really and this pedal really does deliver - just check out the reviews. This captures that classic Marshall tone - great distortion but with excellent clarity and note separation - no hint of mush here. The pedal has two channels in effect - crunch and high gain - both provide full, deep sounds with the high gain having the compression reminiscent of a valve power stage. There is also a clean boost available on a separate footswitch giving up to 20db of clean boost - this can be used with the drives activated. This pedal is mains powered.

Carl Martin Quattro
4 Great effects in one, value for money , unit - if you need good tone and simplicity, this will do it for you. There are no menus just a few obvious controls and a footswitch for each effect plus tempo for the echo. The unit features Analogue style Echo with tap tempo (up to 1000ms), a Vintage style Chorus, two selectable Overdrives (Crunch and High Gain) and a Compressor. All the effects are as good as their stand alone equivalents so there are no compromises here. The Quattro is mains powered and has a single input and two outputs. There is also a serial effects loop between the Overdrives and the Chorus for using other pedals. This is not a True Bypass unit but uses high quality output buffer circuitry and silent switching.

Carl Martin Vintage Series Red Repeat
This has to be the best way to get good analogue style delays for this price. Simple, straight forward and red, this has 600ms of delay available with a great warm analogue sound which is tweakable using the tone control. It is easy to see why this pedal has come out on top in a number of side by side reviews - it sounds good! Takes 9V batteries but is probably best run off a power supply.