Fryette Amplification - Valvulator

I have plenty of clean gear—hum-canceling pickups, high-end amps, and rack effects connected with state-of the-art cable. But for some reason, my favorite rig is still my tired, noisy pedalboard. Consisting of six ratty old pedals with nary a true bypass in sight, it’s heavy on vibe, but also heavy on tone sucking and noise. This is where the Fryette Valvulator comes to the rescue. Designed to eliminate noise, drive lots of cable, and improve your sound in the process, the Valvulator is a tube-driven, buffered preamp that can also supply power to up to eight effects. Read more...

Fryette deserves a good deal more familiarity on this side of the pond than it gets. Stevie Fryette (Steven Fryette Design, Inc’s president and chief designer) is a tone-aholic and his amps have garnered an impressive list of users, among them Steve Lukather and Nashville session ace Dan Huff. Not content with providing killer amps like the Pittbull 45, Fryette researches all aspects of guitar tone, and this new device, the Valvulator V-1, addresses a common set of problems encountered by many stompbox users. Read more...