TC Electronic unveils Sonic Specialists line of pedals

TC Electronic has unveiled their latest line of pedals, the Sonic Specialists. Coming in the same box as the "Behringer clones", they include a spring reverb, a shimmer reverb, a spinning speaker simulator and an Echoplex-styled pedal. The pedals are expected to be released in the coming months, check TC Electronic for more info.

Drip spring reverb

The best way to spice up your dry guitar sound with some distinctive character and depth is a good spring reverb. An homage to one of music's most recognizable reverb effects, Drip Spring Reverb instantly takes your tone back to the good old days of amp reverb, to the iconic California surf scene and countless classic blues recordings. Not to mention iconic instrumental bands such as The Shadows and The Ventures, who built their sound on those classic reverberated guitar tones. Quite simply, spring reverb was so ubiquitous on classic recordings that it has become a quintessential part of sound of the electric guitar.

For more info on the Drip, visit TC Electronic.

Fluorescence shimmer reverb

Shimmer reverb is one of those effects that you have to hear for yourself before you really know what it is. Originally pioneered by recording legends Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno, shimmer is produced by layering a tail of reverb that is pitched up an octave and sent through a feedback loop on top of the dry signal. This produces lush soundscapes that take on a life of their known, ranging from voluptuous chimes, to interstellar travel-like sounds that will evoke memories of Carl Sagan's Cosmos while you're playing.

For more info on the Fluorescence, visit TC Electronic.

Gauss tape echo

Few delay effects are more revered, or iconic, than the tape echo machines of yesteryear. The warm, fat tones of the vintage reel-to-reel tape units have become the stuff of legends, but they are hard to come by, pretty temperamental and typically quite expensive. Gauss Tape Echo realistically emulates the sound of those legendary tape echo machines, plays well with other effects, and is pretty darn affordable!

For more info on the Gauss, visit TC Electronic.

Vibraclone rotary

Every guitar player knows the thick, syrupy tones of the iconic 60s guitar heroes blasting their licks through a rotating speaker cone. SRV, Hendrix, Trower and Gilmour to mention a few - they all mastered the unique tone of the original rotating speaker designs. Vibraclone brings that same luscious whirl to your sound, allowing you to explore everything from earthy and swampy to ethereal and spacy ambient tones - all the way up to full-on kaleidoscopic psychedelia!

For more info on the Vibraclone, visit TC Electronic.

TC Electronic unveils Tube Pilot Overdrive

Is your playing writing checks that your tone can't cash? Don't worry! Tube Pilot Overdrive is full of the organic, touch sensitive saturation of a vintage tube amp being pushed into the danger zone and propels your tone to the stratosphere. Powerful enough to satisfy any guitar ace feeling the need for speed, Tube Pilot's fire spitting tones are powered by a glowing 12AX7 vacuum tube for authentic amp response. Kick in the afterburner and take the lead!

It's a real tube overdrive inside the "Behringer clone" housing. The lack of vents might be a worry. For more info, visit TC Electronic.

TC Electronic unveils Analog Armada line of pedals

TC Electronic is introducing eight new pedals similar to the "Smorgasbord of Tone" line they released last year. The new offering of analog pedals include some interesting options, like an auto-swell and what looks like an (unfortunately mono) BOSS Dimension C clone. You can learn more about the Analog Armada at the official product page.

The hammer of the gods has driven the armada to your shores with a cargo of brand spanking new analog effects.

This eccentric bunch is as varied as it is colorful, with rare and essential effects alike and tones that are guaranteed to inspire and satisfy those looking for studio quality tones and bang-for-your-buck.

With strong steel enclosures and top mounted input/ouput jacks, these sturdy stompboxes provide analog warmth with true bypass circuitry so your tone stays totally unaffected when the effects are off.

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The usual exclusions apply, but of particular interest here is that TC Electronic's T2 Reverb and Alter Ego 2 Delay are both eligible, bringing their price down to $79.99 with the coupon applied.

TC Electronic unveils Quintessence Harmonizer

Quintessence Harmonizer is a state-of-the-art intelligent harmonizer pedal featuring expressive MASH technology and powerful TonePrint® customization.

Beefing up your sound in any musical style from country or southern rock harmonies to Thin Lizzy-esque twin riffs and screaming metal leads, Quintessence follows your every whim with perfectly harmonized notes in a wide variety of modes and scales.

With MASH, Quintessence can bend the harmonized notes without you moving a finger, momentarily harmonize just a few bars or notes and with our proprietary TonePrint® technology you can even choose exotic scales and custom intervals for harmonies.

With up to 2 perfectly tracking harmonies and an intuitive, straightforward design, Quintessence simply sounds stunning.

For more info, visit TC Electronic's website.

TC Electronic unveils Sub 'N' Up Mini octaver

Delivering all of the polyphonic octave pleasantries that you know from its bigger brother, the Sub 'N' Up Mini sounds huge but looks tiny.

Focusing on simplicity and ease of use, we did away with the mini toggle switch and the two octaves down knob.

Naturally, you can still turn Sub 'N' Up Mini into an old school monophonic octaver for that crackling pitch glitch of the olden days.

If you're into a more modern sound and feel, the polyphonic octave algorithm keeps all your notes tracking true even when playing chords and harmonies or laying down the bottom pitch.

Or, tap into the inspiring tones of our TonePrint family of artists. Just use the free TonePrint app to beam in your tone of choice and strap in for something really pitchin'!

The Sub 'N' Up Mini is priced at $99.99. For more info, hit up the official product page.

TC Electronic unveils Flashback 2 Delay

TC Electronic has unveiled the inevitable Flashback 2 Delay. Much like the Hall of Fame 2 reverb pedal, the Flashback 2 will have the pressure-sensitive "MASH" footswitch, octave capabilities, and two additional TonePrint slots over its predecessor. The stereo in jack can also act as an tap tempo input. For more information on this pedal, visit the official product page.

The new Flashback 2 serves up a sonic buffet of expressive delay by infusing the pressure sensitive MASH technology with our renowned delay algorithms.

We completely redeveloped our Tape and Analog algorithms from scratch, recreating the tones of old school echoes with unheard realism, including every little eccentric behavior inherent in those legendary designs.

We also squeezed in a shimmering Crystal delay, made with our own polyphonic octave algorithm from Sub 'N' Up into Flashback 2.

And finally, with 3 TonePrint slots in total, you get more flexibility than ever, and all the legendary delay sounds that TC Electronic are famous for.

TC Electronic unveils Pipeline Tap Tremolo

The widely anticipated Pipeline Tap Tremolo takes the vintage warmth that made the tremolo effect so iconic and pairs it with a modern edge for more radical situations.

Pipeline has both soft Vintage sine waves and solid Square blocks available at the flick of a switch and with up to 6 dBs of boost you'll never sound thin or deflated.

The footswitch is tap tempo-enabled for fast tempo adjustments and the Subdivision knob lets you splice the tempo into seven inspiring rhythmic accents.

And last but not least - it's TonePrint-enabled, giving you an endless array of possibilities in a little box that won't put a ding in your board.

For more information, visit the official product page.

TC Electronic introduces Hall Of Fame 2

TC Electronic has unveiled a new reverb pedal, the Hall of Fame 2. The Hall of Fame 2 introduces MASH, a programmable pressure-sensitive momentary footswitch - allowing you to control variables such as reverb length, modulation level, volume and tone, or any combination of such. It also features shimmer reverb, which was missing from its predecessor, as well as 3 TonePrint slots, two more than the original Hall of Fame had.

For more information, visit the official product page.

The new Hall Of Fame 2 Reverb covers everything the original did and packs 3 new powerful features.

The revolutionary MASH technology adds the rich and fluid articulation of an expression pedal to your reverb effects in the same compact stompbox that you know.

On top of that, we carefully designed a crystalline Shimmer reverb that you can control with MASH for spine-tingling performance in real-time.

In fact, you can control pretty much any parameter conceivable with MASH. With the TonePrint Editor you can unleash the expressive potential in MASH any way you like. Of course, you can still get all the iconic reverbs and TonePrints that you know from the original.

Amazon deal on TC Electronic DITTO X2 Looper

Amazon is running a limited time (and limited stock) offer on the TC Electronic DITTO X2 Looper for $118.31. It normally sells for around $170 at most stores. The deal will end on Christmas around 2:30 AM EST.

TC Electronic unveils 13 new pedals

TC Electronic has announced 13 new budget-friendly pedals, 11 of which are redesigned versions of existing Behringer pedals. The pedals in the new "Smorgasbord of Tones" lineup will feature true bypass, and will go on sale for $49.99. In the USA, they'll be a Guitar Center exclusive and are expected to arrive sometime in November.

Here are the 13 new pedals:

Grand Magus Distortion (All-Analog Distortion) demo video : more info

Cinders Overdrive (All-Analog Overdrive) demo video : more info

Echobrain Analog Delay (Analog Bucket-Brigade Delay) demo video : more info

Blood Moon Phaser (All-Analog Phaser) demo video : more info

Fangs Metal Distortion (High-Gain Distortion) demo video : more info

Rush Booster (All-Analog Boost) demo video : more info

Rusty Fuzz (Silicon Fuzz) demo video : more info

Skysurfer Reverb (All-Purpose Digital Reverb) demo video : more info

The Prophet Digital Delay (Compact Digital Delay) demo video : more info

Afterglow Chorus (All-Analog Chorus) demo video : more info

Tailspin Vibrato (All-Analog Vibrato) demo video : more info

Forcefield Compressor (All-Analog Compressor) demo video : more info

Thunderstorm Flanger (All-Analog Flanger) demo video : more info

TC Electronic announces Mimiq Doubler

Mimiq Doubler ushers in a new era for live guitar doubling. By harnessing every ounce of power from our new proprietary doubler algorithm, Mimiq manages to distill the magic and uniqueness of actual studio-grade double tracking into a compact pedal. Just stomp it and hear your rockin' riffs gain epic leviathan-like strength, and your lead-lines stand out with unprecedented grandeur, as if played by up to four guitarists at once. When it comes to Mimiq, more is definitely more!

- The world's first realistic guitar doubling
- Add up to three additional guitar tracks
- Makes your riffs and solos sound massive

More information is available on the official product page.

ProGuitarShop sale on TC Electronic pedals

ProGuitarShop is having on sale on three TC Electronic pedals - the Alter Ego 2, the Alter Ego X4 and the T2. The Alter Ego 2 and T2 are going for $99.99 each, while the larger Alter Ego X4 is $149.99.

TC Electronic reveals the Sub 'N' Up Octaver

TC Electronic has revealed that the new pedal they teased last week is an octaver - the Sub 'N' Up Octaver. It features an octave-up and two sub-octave controls, and can be used either as polyphonic octaver or a monophonic one. Like other TC Electronic pedals, it's also TonePrint-enabled so you can create your own custom settings. The editor features modulation options like flanger, chorus and vibrato, which allows for organ-like sounds. More info is available at the official product page.

Here's the official product video:

And a second product video:

There are also demos available by Brendan Mowat-Smith, Dennis Kayzer and Paul Gilbert.

TC Electronic teases upcoming new pedal

TC Electronic has posted a new video teasing a new upcoming pedal, which will be revealed one week from today on May 2nd. The video reveals that the pedal has four knobs, one of which is a Dry knob, and the music hints at shimmers, delays and a reverse reverb. Popular guesses on what TC Electronic's new pedal is include a pitch shifter or octaver, a new version of the Hall of Fame that includes a shimmer reverb, and a combination delay and reverb pedal.

MF Stupid Deal of the Day - TC Electronic Arena Reverb

Musician's Friend's Stupid Deal of the Day is the TC Electronic Arena, a reverb pedal. It's on sale for $99.99, about $50 lower than what you'd usually find it at. The pedal is basically the same as the popular Hall of Fame reverb, but with the Lo-Fi, Tile, Ambient and Gate settings replaced by four settings named Royal, Parliament, Season and Passage.

Demo of new TC Electronic pedals from Sweetwater

Retailer Sweetwater has an extensive demo video of the new TC Electronic pedals. They include the feature-rich Ditto X4 looper, the Spectra Comp bass compressor and the Bona Fide Buffer - a buffer that automatically switches to true bypass when its power source is cut.

MF Stupid Deal of the Day - TC Electronic Arena Reverb

Musician's Friend's Stupid Deal of the Day is the TC Electronic Arena reverb. Originally a Guitar Center exclusive, the Arena is simply another Hall of Fame with different presets. It's on sale for $99.99, which is $50 off it's usual price.

Pro Guitar Shop Black Friday sale

Pro Guitar Shop has started their Black Friday sales.

TC Electronic Alter Ego x4 - $149.99

TC Electronic Alter Ego 2 - $99.99

TC Electronic T2 - $99.99

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TC Electronic Polytune 2 Mini Pedal Tuner on sale at Amazon

Amazon has the Polytune 2 tuner on sale this week as part of their Black Friday Deals Week. It's on sale for $66.93 (and can lower if a third-party seller wants to compete with it), and is a good discount on a pedal that normally prices about $90. The sale ends on November 25.