Tom Quayle signature
Dual Fusion
Overdrives.
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Tom Quayle
When we heard that one of the forerunners of modern Fusion, Tom Quayle, was
using our pedals, it made us think – who out there caters for modern Fusion?
Sure, you can find blues pedals, country pedals, rock and metal pedals just about
any where… But no one has looked at the fastest growing genre of guitar
players…
Modern Fusion.
So, we talked to Tom and listened to what he had to say about his current choice
of gain pedals (The Wampler Pedals
Euphoria
and the
Paisley Drive
), from there
we discussed how we could make them better, dare I say… Perfect?
After much backwards and forwards of ideas and theories about tone, switching
and stacking, we found that we could in fact make a pedal that suited Tom, was
perfect for modern Fusion and also for just about everyone else who loves great
tone, clarity and versatility.
Modern fusion is a light year away from tradition jazz or fusion. Taking the
theoretical approach and knowledge and then adding a healthy amount of rock
and shred, modern fusion players need a more “gainy” tone – gain that has to
give them the power they need but it also has to leave room for the clarity of
expression... especially when working at extremely high intensity.
So, we took the core sounds Tom loves from the
Euphoria
and the
Paisley
,
modified them so they work together perfectly, gave them a couple of extra
special Brian tweeks – especially when stacked – then put them together to make
the Dual Fusion, a milestone in tone for modern Fusion, and just about every
other style that needs amazing, transparent overdrive.
To get the most out of your new pedal, you'll want to become very familiar with the controls. The Dual Fusion drive features 2
independent channels, each with three adjustment knobs and 1 switch that allows for a great deal of flexibility. With a brighter
single coil guitar, you can get anything from fuller cleans to some seriously powerful drive. With a more aggressive instrument,
there's enough dirt on tap to get into a fully saturated tone. Regardless of your gain needs, the EQ flexibility and tonal palette of
this pedal is stunning! We'll go over each control in detail, and cover some suggestions that will give you a great tone so you
don't have to start from scratch (unless you want to that is!).
Bypass Switches
– Simple enough, these footswitches are wired up for true bypass switching to ensure that you don't have
anything in the way when you disable either channel. Stomp on each channel's respective footswitch to turn the pedal on, and
the LED indicator light will show that it's active. C1 (Vintage) has a blue LED indicator light, C2 (Modern) has a red LED indicator
light. When both channels are on, so are both LEDs.
Volumes
– These control the output of the each channel. They work just like the volume knob on your guitar or your amp. As you
raise the
Gain
knob, and depending on how you adjust the
Tone
control and switches, you may need to raise or lower them to
have the same output level. That's perfectly normal. Whether you prefer a boost when you kick your overdrive on or just about
the same level as your clean tone, there should be enough range of adjustment to suit all tastes. This isn’t a hugely loud pedal, so
if you're using a very high output guitar, you might need to raise the volume fairly high – again, that's normal, so long as the
pedal can hit unity gain (same level when you kick it on as when it's bypassed) it's behaving as expected.
