Tone Report Weekly Issue 140 | Page 14

EXPRESSION FACTORY Since the XP300 Space Station was discontinued, the effects scene has been in a progressive uproar. Devotees of the unit were sad to see it go, and thanks to a bounty of user demos on YouTube, word has steadily spread about the its eccentric capabilities. While DigiTech has been mum about a reissue of the unit, the company quietly snuck some of the most beloved Space Station patches (and whole bunch of others) onto the EX-7 Expression Factory. However, let’s be honest—nobody is buying the Expression Factory for anything other than the Space Station stuff. As an added bonus, the bypass on the Expression Factory is good, unlike the dreadfully tone-sucking bypass of the original unit. “THE BYPASS ON THE EXPRESSION FACTORY IS GOOD, UNLIKE THE DREADFULLY TONE-SUCKING BYPASS OF THE ORIGINAL UNIT.” 14 TONE TALK // 20 Underrated, Cheap, And Discontinued Pedals: Part 2