Tone City Releases 7 Distortion Pedals: Meet the Loong Preamp, New Legend Series, and more!
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Tone City Releases 7 Distortion Pedals: Meet the Loong Preamp, New Legend Series, and more! · Source: Tone City
Budget pedal maker Tone City has unveiled 7 new distortion pedals that cover a whide range of overdriver, distortion, fuzz sounds at very competitive prices. Among the new pedals are the dual-voiced Loong Preamp, three additions to the Legend series, and a host of mini pedals.
First Impression
Tone City is popular for a reason. The pedal maker keeps on releasing very well-made and great-sounding effects at very reasonable prices. This seems to be the case for the Loong and all the other pedals of this release. Can’t go wrong with budget or mini versions famous pedals!
Tone City Loong: Dual-Voiced Preamp
First up, we’ve got the Loong, a dual-voiced preamp and distortion unit. Both voicings go into “British” red and blue voicing territory, tonally speaking. You get to choose between them, and then dial in your sound. Voice 1 offers a tight switch to add more bass and goes more into high-gain sonics, while voice 2 includes a lead/rhythm switch while offering more Marshall-y flavors.
You also get separate three-band EQs for each voice and a dedicated footswitch to switch between voice 1 and 2. The pedal also includes a mono FX loop.
It’s 199 euros from Thomann*.
Tone City Legend Series: Green Tube, Blue Crystal, and Golden Face Fuzz
In addition to the mighty Loong Preamp, Tone City is also showing three additions to its Legends series. Each one is a close approximation of a legendary distortion sound. Green Tube* is a TS-style drive with an added compression switch for expanded tonal options.
Blue Crystal*, by name and sonics, seems to go more into Bluesbreaker territory, or other “transparent” overdrive sounds like those you can get from Dumble amps. And finally, Golden Face Fuzz* gets a you-Hendrix-esque fuzz sound – the Dunlop-flavored kind.
New Tone City mini pedals!
Tone City has also added to their ever-growing catalog of board-friendly mini pedals. Three effects are part of this drop. First, there is the Nashville Overdrive*, which seems to aim in to a similar, TS-esque direction as the Green Tube, albeit more compact and less expensive.
Then, we’ve got the London Bender Fuzz*, obviously going for Fuzz Bender-type sounds. And to round it up, there is the Tone City Buzz Bee Buffer and Boost*, a transparent boost with up to 25 dB of gain.
Each mini pedal goes for 54 euros at Thomann.
More on the new pedals from Tone City
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2 responses to “Tone City Releases 7 Distortion Pedals: Meet the Loong Preamp, New Legend Series, and more!”
Isn’t the Tone City Nashville a version of the Nobels ODR-1, not of a Tube Screamer? The ODR-1 is the popular Nashville overdrive sound and it’s also green.
200€ “budget” pedal lol