Satchurator

The Satchurator is a brand new multi- funtional pedal from Vox and Joe Satriani. It is designed, of course, to deliver Satriani's signature sound, but with enough control to dial in a range of tones. It's in a shiny red box with cream- colored chickenhead knobs, and it looks great.

Satriani has a very distinct sound, and one which is not easy to copy with most gear. For the past few years, the easiest way to do it was to get the JSX amps made by Peavy, but they are expensive, and a huge change in any setup. This new pedal is convinient for anyone who wants to be able to get his tones without switching out their amp, and for anyone looking for a very versatile and unique distortion pedal.

The Saturator has all of the standards of a distortion. Gain, tone, and volume knobs with a metal footswitch. Added, however, are a "more" footswitch, and a "pad" toggle. The "more" option kicks in a boost of extra gain, for a thicker sound that will probably be usefull for soloing or just getting a more aggressive sound for the next song. The "pad" switch will decrease the effect of the distortion, but will allow high- gain pedals like wahs to be used before it in the signal chain.

If you know Joe's tone, you already know how great this pedal sounds. If you want your distortion a little heavier, the boost function can usually satisfy. A big plus with this pedal is how much it cleans up if you turn your volume back. This makes the amount of tones you can get out of the Saturator much bigger, and you can slowly swell into a solo sound.

This is a great pedal and is definitely worth checking out. Also, this pedal is supposed to be the first of a new line from Vox that is being developed with Joe Satriani. Hopefully the rest will be as awesome as this one, but the bar is set pretty high with the Satchurator.