Tone Report Weekly Issue 110 | Page 9

➍ CAST ENGINEERING SUMMONS FORTH THE CASPER DELAY ➍ The Casper Delay from CAST Engineering seeks to perpetuate the long-standing belief that analog delay trumps digital. Though the Casper makes no bones about containing digital circuitry, the pedal is carefully voiced to give players analog tones without all the noise and associated artifacts. An internal trimpot sets the base level of feedback for wild oscillation freakouts. ➎ ASPEN PITTMAN AND MARK SAMPSON TEAM UP TO RELEASE THE DUO TONIC The Duo Tonic is a joint collaboration between Aspen Pittman and Mark Sampson (of Groove Tubes and Matchless, respectively), designed to give real tube overdrive and heady boost in one box. According to the duo, the only way to get real tube overdrive is with real tubes, and the Duo Tonic makes good on this with two mil-spec specimens. ➎ ➏ PRS GUITARS REVIVES THE CE24 BOLT-ON ➏ The CE24 Bolt-On marks Paul Reed Smith’s re-entry into the bolt-on neck category. Each CE24 is outfitted with PRS’s signature mahogany-and-maple body construction, which cradles a maple neck and rosewood fretboard. The neck is nitrocellulose finished for a superb playability, and each CE24 includes a set of PRS 85/15 pickups. ToneReport.com 9