AnalogMan® Juicer w/Jack - New

The juicer is a better-than-original recreation of the Dan Armstrong Orange Squeezer (OS) which is legendary for its smooth compression and "squashing" tone as used on many Steely Dan (My Old School by Jeff Baxter etc), Doobie Brothers, Dire Straits (Sultans Of Swing), and other classic albums. (Jay Graydon played the solo in PEG by Steely Dan with the orange squeezer. Jay also used it on countless songs heard on the radio and uses it for recording all the time. Now he is using the AnalogMan Juicer pedal.)

Playing the Juicer, the attack of each note is compressed and the decay of the note is brought up somewhat, something like a tube amp's natural sag. There is not as much signal and noise amplifying "sustain" (swell) as some compressor/sustainor pedals like the Ross, MXR Dynacomp, Boss CS-2 etc. The OS is awesome sounding, however there are many limitations in its original stock form. When OFF, the sound was muddied as the little toggle switch used was not a true bypass switch so your top end was lost. Also this effect was not really a "pedal" but a small box which was meant to plug directly into your guitar (not possible with a strat) or amp (too far away to turn on/off easily). So even though the sound was outstanding many people could not use them.

Looking for a Clean boost? If you think you need something like the Klon, the Juicer pedal may do the trick for you!! It is not transparent (it adds a bit of grit and of course compression) but it may be just what you need.

This is what Analog Mike has to say about the pedal: "I found an awesome use of the Juicer, to kick a small tube amp for pure tube distortion with an improved sound! One of my favorite amps is an old DeArmond R5 tube amp, the one Steve Kimock and Billy Gibbons love. Cranked all the way it gets really distorted but a little too loose sounding sometimes. I turned it back to 8, then hit it with the Juicer and it really came alive!! Awesome sustain, tigher sound, with real tube distortion. I couldn't stop playing... you can try this on any small tube amp like a Fender Champ or the Gibson Les Paul Jr amp (another of my favorites)."

The Juicer can be used to boost your signal - it gets pretty loud. There is not much control over the compression amount but the BIAS trim pot can be used for more or less of a squashing. With more squashing there is less volume available. It's a great sounding, simple pedal. Here are the details:
• 100% original Dan Armstrong circuit and sound.
• True Bypass with 3PDT switch
• LED
• NOS 2N5457 transistors, 1N100 diodes (rare!) and JRC4558 chip
• Expensive high quality Matsushita/Panasonic capacitors
• External power jack
• UK made RE'AN jacks for best noise isolation and operation.
• Durable Orange Powder-Coated finish with Orange peel texture.jack
• One knob, external volume knob (original orange squeezer had a volume trim pot inside)
• About 8 dB of gain available at factory BIAS setting.
• The Bias trim pot is inside, as it does not need adjustment once it is set right.

Sale Price: $190.00

Freight cost (contiguous USA): $15.00

Reference #: 2792

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