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Fender Kevin Shields Blender Effect Pedal

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Kevin Shields Blender Effect Pedal

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An innovator and pivotal influence on effect-laden guitar tones, Kevin Shields awakened iconic sonic walls of fuzz like the world had never heard as he defined the tone of alternative rock in the '80s and '90s. His tool of choice for fuzz laden chaos: an original Fender® Blender effect pedal, prized for its dynamic response and gripping fuzz splatter. Now, through over four years of co-development Fender and Shields have resurrected this mythical 1970's fuzz and injected a subversive feature set, creating the all-new Fender Shields Blender.

At its core, the Fender Shields Blender echoes the tone of Shields' own vintage 1970s Fender Blender, thanks to carefully hand tracing the circuit from his personal fuzz box. Built around this vintage circuit are entirely new ways of controlling and blending the original fuzz voice, all crafted with performance in mind utilizing four easy-access footswitches. Two footswitchable channels of fuzz, each with dedicated level controls, offer the ability to blend the fuzz voice with your clean signal or to blend the fuzz voice with a beefy suboctave fuzz, while the sag footswitch introduces sputtering and ducking effects like never before heard, all controlled by the intensity of your playing dynamics.

Features

• Original vintage Fender circuit combined with an all-new control set
• Two channels and three octaves of blendable, analog fuzz tones
• Footswitchable, reactive voltage sag circuit controlled by picking dynamics
• Custom 1970s inspired roadworthy chassis with top-mounted jacks
• True-bypass switching
• Powered by 9-Volt Battery or center negative AC adaptor, not included

Specifications

INPUT IMPEDANCE: 100kΩ
OUTPUT IMPEDANCE: 15kΩ
POWER CONSUMPTION: 80mA
POWER REQUIREMENTS: 9-Volt Battery or 9VDC Center Negative AC Adapter (not included)

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READ the manual! And a few videos… 0 of 0 customers found this review helpful
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So after having this home for a few weeks, I still love what it does - and what it was supposed to do. That said, it takes WORK to find your happy places with the Blender. There are so many variations on the circuits with the activation buttons, you absolutely have to read the manual, and should probably invest the time to watch a bunch of YouTube videos. It is a massive game changer if you do. Wall of uncontrolled noise versus knowing what to expect: invest, and this is an awesome pedal. Don’t and it’s just … noise! It’s a keeper for me. Fuzz for the win.
Posted by Dickie on Aug 14, 2024
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So many options, almost an instrument to itself! 1 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Along with an AVRI II 57 Strat, I picked up one of these Shields Blenders on Fender Days. I’ve wanted one since the original botched limited edition release, which now sell for over $1000 second hand. Overall, from the moment I plugged one of these in, I smiled. No idea what I was doing, it just was fun. All kinds of fun! I think it will take me quite a while to be proficient with this - until then, the sounds range from 60s fuzz, to 80s distortion, to shoegaze (obviously), to stuttering octave shifted Jack White goodness. Awesome all the way round.
Posted by Dickie on Aug 2, 2024
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