T-Rex Twister Chorus/Flanger Pedal
October 29, 2008 by Chazders · Leave a Comment
T-Rex introduces the latest member of the stomp box family of effects named, the Twister. The Twister contains both flanger and chorus in one single rugged box, which makes it an outstanding choice for guitarists!
Flanger and Chorus are two all-time classic effects that are so closely related that a single stomp box can produce them both. T-Rex wanted to give you both great effects in a single pedal. While the chorus produces a compelling sparkle and shine to your sound, the flanger puts a funky blend on both single-notes and chords. Hear it for youself, and you’ll discover how it’s the wild and unusual effect you’ve been longing for.
The Twister is packed with features that make sure that you get the chorus or flange blended just the way that you want. What’s more, the Twister has a mono output for running through an amp on stage, and stereo outputs for the studio and live stereo situations. In chorus mode, the light/heavy switch allows you to quickly toggle between two classic variants of the chorused sound, while the tone control allows you take off some of the top for a more subtle effect. And rest assured: like every pedal T-Rex makes, The Twister not only sounds phenomenal, it’s extremely rugged.
T-Rex Twister specifications:
* Input Impedance @ 1KHz: 464KOhm
* Output Impedance@1KHz : 370hm
* Power supply: 9V DC (Power tool 9)
* Minimum Power supply Voltage: 8,5V DC
* Maximum Power supply Voltage: 12,5V DC
* Current Draw @ 9V DC: 81mA
* Maximum input signal Vp/p: Adjustable
* Battery Type: 9V battery 6F22
* Battery Life: 1/2 to 1 Hour
* External connectors: Input Jack. Output Jack (L), Output Jack (R), 9V DC jack
* Controls: On/Off, Level, Depth, Regen, Tone, Rate, Chorus/Flanger, Light/Flanger
* Depth: 120mm
* Width: 100mm
* Height: 55mm
* Weight (excl. battery): 0,430Kg
Visit their official web site at www.t-rex-eng.com.
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Marc Bolan 1947 – 1977
October 9, 2008 by Chazders · Leave a Comment
On September 16, 1977, just after five in the morning, an Austin Mini carrying English rocker Mark Bolan and driven by Bolan’s girlfriend, Gloria Jones, swerved off a road in Barnes Common, England, and crashed into a tree. The 29-year-old Bolan, who had never learned to drive, was hurled from the passenger seat into the back of the car and killed instantly.
While he began his career as a trippy-hippy in an acoustic and bongo duo, Bolan is best remembered for his work fronting T.Rex, the electric-pop-boogie band that is often credited with giving birth to the British glam rock movement of the early Seventies.
On the strength of two classic albums,1971’s Electric Warrior and 1972’s The Slider, as well as a flurry of strong singles, among them “Bang a Gong (Get It On),” T.Rex enjoyed enormous success in England in the first two years of the leisure-suit decade, topping the charts repeatedly and inspiring millions of young teenyboppers to fits of frenzy unseen since the rise of the Beatles. Unfortunately, T.Rex, despite numerous attempts, were unable to repeat their success in the United States, and their popularity in the UK waned rapidly as the public grew tired of the band’s essentially stagnant musical formula.
Ironically, at the time of his fatal accident, Bolan was enjoying something of a comeback. His final album, Dandy in the Underworld, charted respectably and was proof positive that his creative juices were once again beginning to flow. At the same time, the diminutive rocker’s cred was given a huge boost when the leaders of England’s punk revolution, who had come of age at the height of T.Rex mania, frequently cited T.Rex as one of their most important influences, embracing Bolan as the “Godfather of Punk.”
After Bolan’s death, his body was cremated. His memorial plaque, along with those of the Who’s keith Moon, T.S. Elliot and Sigmund Freud, can be found at Golden’s Green Crematorium in London.
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