DAMAGE CONTROL WOMANIZER.
The Womanizer offers a broad range of tones coveted by generations of rock guitarists. With pure Class A distortion, powered by cascading tube gain stages, the Womanizer cries out with all the emotive tonal charecter that a journeyman could desire. The Womanizer comes equipped with analog optical compression, Bionic EQ, and the best direct recording tones available.
Dual 12AX7 Tubes:
The tone starts here. The Demonizer's and Womanizer's high voltage tube circuits are individually optimized to provide each preamp with a distinctive voice. In the Demonizer, two cascading gain stages provide huge amounts of tube-saturated distortion and sustain, followed by a proprietary tube output stage that provides you with not only the sound, but the all-important feel of a great tube head. The Womanizer's tube circuits are configured as four cascading gain stages to create the subtleties and nuances of a pure Class A combo.
Direct Recording Output:
A 14th order analog network that goes beyond traditional techniques was developed after extensive testing and analysis of professionaly mic'ed speakers cabinets. This analog solution delivers a highly responsive feel while preserving the high frequency presence of great recorded guitar tones. When using the Direct Out, the Womanizer and Demonizer remain fully responsive to your picking dynamics and your guitar's volume control. The sense of connection between what you play and what you hear is unprecedented. If you want REAL guitar tone direct into a console or full-range PA, then you need the tube-driven alaog signal path of the Womanizer and the Demonizer.
Analog Opto Compressor:
The analog opto-compressor produces studio quality compression comparable to a high-end rack unit. The compression shapes the amplitude and envelope of the pre-distortion signal, allowing for fat sustained clean tones, supurb touch-sensitive clipping, sophisticated smooth-clipped overdrive and ultra-smooth, saturated distortions.
Bionic EQ:
You're in total control with the comprehensive Pre EQ nd Post EQ sections. The active semi-parametric Pre EQ allows you to drive the tubes with varying levels of punch or finese, while the active Post EQ allows flexible tone-shaping after the tube stages.
Features:
- True Switch Bypass
- Direct Recording Out
- 2 modes (Conventional and Nuclear)
- Dual 12AX7 tubes biased at 250V internally
- Bionic tube pre and post tone control feature
- Unique "Magic Eye" display technology
- Metal knobs and switches
- Rugged cast-aluminum mechanical design
- Made In USA
AUDIO DEMOS:
HARMONY CENTRAL USER REVIEWS:
Sound Quality: 10
The weird and cool thing about this pedal is that I have used it on boutique tube amps and utter pieces of shite and everything in between and it has always sounded great. If you are stuck with a terrible amp, rather than spending a mortgage payment on a tube amp, try this. Seriously, it will make a crappy amp sound significantly better. On a high end tube amp, it is the best tone I have ever heard from a pedal. The subtle variances in tone and distortion while never losing the individuality of the guitar running through it is what sold me.
Sound Quality: 10
This is the best thing about the pedal. The clean sounds are great. You can set it totally clean, with just the right amount of compression, and EQ it how you like. Plenty of low end. Very quiet. Or you can set it for a Van Halen type of sound. Or you can set it for a Santana type of sound. Very useful. The speaker simulator sounds great. I have rehearsed with this pedal set to clean, and plugged right into the P.A., with another distortion pedal for "channel switching".
Sound Quality: 10
The sound is the reason I bought this thing. I went to the store with my brand new amp so I could find exactly the over-drive I wanted and this thing blew everything else out of the water. It wasn't even close. I can play blues, rock, metal, punk, pretty much anything I want with this baby. The clarity of each note, even when the distortion is pumping is unbelievable. It's also quiet as anything.
Sound Quality: 9
As all guitarists seem to search for that 'perfect' OD / Distortion pedal I include myself in that, but hey, it doesn't really exist all-in-one. This unit is very quiet indeed, similar to the now discontinued Mesa V-Twin, although a lot more versatile, it feels very pro and useable. Sounds can go from boost, puch, crunch, to singing sustain, all very quiet, the Opto Compressor works very smoothly to tame some top end. It feels and sounds alot more tactile and dynamic than non-tueb pedals, you could even connect it straight into a PA and it would still sound natutal tube. Excellent! |
