Caroline Guitar Co.
Fat Sound Welcomes Caroline Guitar Co. and Their Phenomenal 'Wave Cannon' Distortion Generator!
The first pedal Philippe Herndon ever owned was a block logo MXR Distortion+. It was 1986, and he was desperately trying to keep up in an arms race with his friend John, whose recently purchased Boss Heavy Metal pedal was giving him a Sputnik level advantage in their sonic space race. Together they played “Wild Thing” for the eighth grade talent show as the Chernobyl Kidz while wearing white HAZMAT jumpsuits. Barely able to fret their power chords, they sounded awful but people loved it. From that moment, he was hooked.
Over the summer of 2010 Philippe and Pat Thiele set up shop in Pat’s garage, where Pat built a test enclosure and Philippe etched circuit layouts and built circuit boards. Once they found a design that sounded pretty good, they built several test pieces and rounded up numerous guitar players with the help of Brenton Sadreameli (Mr. B’s Guitar Slides) and the lure of trying gear and drinking beers. With the insights from those test sessions, they spent the next several months doing some serious tweaking of the recipe before releasing the Wave Cannon that winter.
We create handmade guitar effects, made here in the USA. While we are often asked if our startup will become a success, we believe that every pedal we get to make for our customers is a success. We believe in American manufacturing, and are proud to say that the Wave Cannon, like all of our products to come, was dreamed, designed, and created in Columbia, South Carolina. We are committed to rock and roll fun, top-notch customer service, and getting you fired up to play music.
Wave Cannon in stock now!! Coming Soon.....new Olympia and Icarus pedals!!
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| MSRP: $199.00 | FAT PRICE: $199.00 | AVAILABILITY: In Stock |
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Free, Expedited Shipping. Usually Delivered within 3 Days! Fat Sound's TakeWe've been on a renewed, serious hunt lately for the best new releases in the world of high-end effect pedals. When Philippe Herndon of Caroline Guitar Company and Wave Cannon fame contacted us it was about 10 seconds before I had planned on picking up the phone to call him! We'd been hearing an incredible amount of chatter about Caroline Guitar Co.'s Wave Cannon from working guitarists all over the country and, as a result, had been dying to get one in our shop to check out. Once Philippe got his demo' unit to us, it really only took Mike Ayers and me a few minutes of playing through each of our main rigs to feel pretty sure we both wanted one of these pedals and that we really needed to offer the Wave Cannon to our customers. Rigs Used:
Stu Carter
After several hours we were absolutely convinced! The Wave Cannon's fairly simple and very straightforward, four knob design not only allowed both of us to quickly dial in organic distortion tones that we felt were among the best sounding and feeling that we had experienced via a pedal, but we quickly realized that we really hadn't been able to dial up a bad tone even when we tried. We each found our personal sweet spots, but along the way never hit upon an unusable tone. Personally, I felt that the Wave Cannon was a perfect complement to all three of the rigs I used for the demo; it allowed me to simply add more gain, up to the max I would ever need/use, while retaining the wonderful tone and dynamic responsiveness of my amps without any discernible coloration. I also found it ridiculously easy to dial in a bit of desirable color in order to achieve many of the venerable, op-amp based distortion pedal tones of the late-70's through mid-80's. Tones that the iconic pop and rock guitarists from that era relied on heavily. So, if I want almost zero coloration, but merely added gain, the Wave Cannon delivers. If I want to emulate classic 70's through mid-80's distortion pedals (with greater dynamics and true-bypass) I have that as well. Each of the Wave Cannon's four knobs, Shape, Gain, Treble Response and Volume have a perfect, ultra-linear range so that you are, essentially, always in a sweet spot. This is an extremely simple pedal to operate that will cover mild to higher gain distortion tones without stepping on your favorite amplifier's natural sonic beauty while retaining excellent dynamic control and taking up only a bit more pedalboard real estate than an MXR-size box. It may not replace every gain pedal on your board if, like Mike and me, you are all about multiple colors, but it very easily could be the only gain pedal most players would ever need. We both loved it and are confident that you will too! Highly Recommended!!™ -Stu Carter, owner Fat Sound Guitars From Caroline Guitar CompanyOur Flagship pedal is the Wave Cannon™. Names to the "Buzz Bin" and awarded the Platinum Award by Guitar Player magazine, it is based on our favorite op-amp fuzzes and distortions of the 70's and 80's. A serious player will find plenty of great sounds with the Wave Cannon, and a broad range of gain settings that respond to how you play. Changing your technique, pick attack, dynamics, guitar and amp controls, pickup selections, and so on will yield a variety of cool tones. And we haven’t even talked about the kinds of sonic mayhem that the Wave Cannon is capable of when you flip the Havoc™ switch! We’re not going to pretend that this pedal is for anyone and everyone. While its tones are robust and overt, the Wave Cannon is not for the novice who expects their gain pedal to do most of the work for them. Nor did we nanny-state this pedal to protect you from yourself; if you dime all the controls and use a really bright guitar and amp, things may get weird, squeal, and whistle at you. We’ve crafted and cooked this thing to be a real sonic weapon in your hands. Use its power wisely. Features and SpecificationControls
Power 9V battery or 9V Power Adapter
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