Fender unveiled six new effects pedals featuring original designed circuits at the 2019 Winter NAMM Show. Notable among the new stompboxes is the Downtown Express, which marks the company’s first official bass effects pedal.
“[The Downtown Express] is a one-stop shop for bass tone-shaping by putting everything a player would need for killer bass tone right at their feet,” Fender writes. “All the bass essentials are there — compressor, 3-band EQ and overdrive — each switchable on its own, or kill the signal for silent tuning. The Direct Output makes it easy to integrate this pedal into any performance situation—stage or studio. This pedal also includes a switch that lets players reorder the compressor and overdrive circuits to taste.”
Fender also introduced the Bubbler Chorus, the Lost Highway Phaser, the MTG Tube Distortion, the Tre-Verb, and the Pinwheel. The new pedals will be available this year with prices ranging from $149.99 to $269.99. The bass-specific Downtown Express will retail for $249.99.
Fender Downtown Express Pedal Features:
Bass multi-effect pedal |
Onboard compressor, overdrive with speaker emulation and 3-Band EQ |
Effect order toggle switch |
Direct Output |
LED-backlit knobs |
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Fender Bubbler Analog Chorus Pedal Features:
Analog chorus pedal |
Slow/Fast with independent Rate and Depth controls |
Sine and Triangle waveforms |
Dynamically responsive modulation rate |
Stereo outputs |
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Fender MTG Tube Distortion Pedal Features:
Real tube-driven distortion pedal |
NOS 6205 preamp tube |
3-Band EQ; Boost with Gain and Level controls |
LED-backlit knobs; Fender Amp Jewel LED |
Standard 9VDC center-negative power connection |
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Fender Tre-Verb Digital Reverb/Tremolo Pedal Features:
Tremolo and reverb pedal |
Independent Tremolo and Reverb effects with three voices each |
Tap Tempo for Tremolo rate |
Stereo inputs and outputs |
LED-backlit knobs |
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Fender Lost Highway Phaser Pedal Features:
Analog 4- and 8-stage phaser pedal |
Slow/Fast with independent Rate and Depth controls |
Blend and Feedback controls |
Sine and Triangle waveforms |
Dynamically responsive modulation rate |
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Fender the Pinwheel Rotary Speaker Emulator Pedal Features:
Rotary speaker pedal |
Switchable Slow/Fast speeds |
Onboard overdrive; dynamically responsive modulation rate |
Stereo inputs and outputs |
Selectable guitar and keyboard voicings |
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Hopefully someone can come up with another couple of hundred effects we just don’t have enough.
Lmao. It seems that all bassplayer do is complain about everything. The comment below is a perfect example of this. Maybe keep your useless opinion to yourself.