by Jef | Approximate reading time: 2 Minutes
LAA Custom Phil X Signature Fuck Jazz Overdrive pedal

LAA Custom Phil X Signature Fuck Jazz Overdrive pedal  ·  Source: LAA Custom

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LAA-Custom’s ‘Fuck Jazz Overdrive’ is a new signature pedal designed for Phil X, the YouTube star turned Bon Jovi gun-slinger – who seems not to have a lot of love for one particular music genre…

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Fuck Jazz Overdrive

LAA-Custom’s new signature drive pedal is officially being launched at NAMM 2018, so there are not a lot of sound demos available as yet. What’s different about this pedal? For one thing, it has a Shitty/Great Amps selector switch. There’s also a two-band EQ circuit which, it’s being claimed, allows you to tweak the drive tone “without altering the mids or cutting the low-end”. That sounds useful, especially if you spent ages dialling in your amp tone beforehand.

LAA-Custom uses its own proprietary TrueCoil technology which is essentially a miniaturised output transformer paired with a Class A drive circuit design. This all sounds very interesting, but I am not sure I would know if this was any better or worse than other similar designs, but I am intrigued to hear it in action.

Bon Jovi

Phil X is a loveable YouTube star who came to prominence on FrettedAmericana before going on to make the grade as a professional player. His work with Bon Jovi subsequently propelled him to guitar stardom. He has made a few forrays into signature products before with both guitars and amps, all of which have been well received by the public. But most have been of the ’boutique’ variety, with a price tag to match. So this new overdrive pedal falls in line with that model.

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The first batch of the FJ Overdrive is limited to 100 signed units. Hopefully we shall see some unsigned editions at a lower price after the initial batch has sold through. I think this could be a good-sounding pedal. The price isn’t astronomic, being within the kind of price you’d expect of a boutique overdrive. But I would really like to hear some decent demos first, as the LAA website doesn’t (yet) have much to listen to.

RRP EUR 239 / USD269

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