Catalinbread Formula No. 5 vs. 5f6 Tweed type tones from a pedal?
I like the tweed tones of old Fenders. I like that Marshall sound too, but somehow the Fender Tweed sound seems a bit more ragged or something. Looking at a Catalinbread Formula No. 5 (made to model a 5E3 circuit) or the 5F6, made to model the older earlier 50's tweeds.
Here is a pretty fun video comparing them, along with a couple others. I tend to like the Formula No. 5 in this video, though I also like that SFT.
Recall that I also have @duhvoodooman 's Rabid Rodent. But I think it tends to get more of a late '70s/80's rock tone rather than a tweed tone.
Thoughts?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoBNANbhEfo
And this one focusing more on the Formula No. 5 and using the guitar volume knob to control it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGhoZHGm7KQ
Steve Thompson
Sun Valley, Idaho
Guitars: Fender 60th Anniversary Std. Strat, Squier CVC Tele Hagstrom Viking Semi-hollow, Joshua beach guitar, Martin SPD-16TR Dreadnought
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