Tone Report Weekly Issue 158 | Page 8

NOW PLAY THIS POWERED BY EFFECTS DATABASE ➊ EMPRESS CELEBRATES 10 YEARS WITH THE LIMITED EDITION TREMOLO To celebrate ten years in the boutique effects game, Empress Effects has decided to reissue a limited run o the Tremolo, the pedal that started it all. Featuring a full quiver of trem features, the Tremolo provides as many options as are available, features that all tremolos on the market today have yet to replicate in their entirety. The reissue tremolo is limited to 250 pieces. ➊ ➋ TWA HEATS UP WITH THE HOT SAKÉ TWA’s hand-built Hot Saké began its life as a Japanese distortion box, of which there were hundreds in the silicon boom of dirt boxes. The core circuit gets a lift from several enhancements found on no pedals from that era—namely dedicated knobs for both Tone and Mids, as well as a mode switch that recalls all flavors of dirt from light grit to saturated sludge. ➋ ➌ EMMA ANNOUNCES ITS FIRST PEDAL IN 10 YEARS, THE OKTO-NØJS Emma’s first product in a decade, the Okto-Nøjs combines two effects in one box. The Okto is a precision-tracking octave down that tracks extremely quickly for minimal latency. This slams into the Nøjs, a highly-tuned fuzz box with tons of enticing options, that transforms the pedal into a different beast entirely. ➌ 8 NOW PLAY THIS // Buzzworthy Gear