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Frost Giant Architect of Reality Dual Preamp Pedal

2 Channels of British voiced Doom Metal

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SKU: FG-AOR

Product Description

This dual channel preamp is voiced after a vintage 100W Laney AOR Pro Tube amp. This amp was beloved by players from Hard Rock to Doom Metal. So if you're looking for that sound, you'll find nothing better than the Architect of Reality.

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Tube Feel

Whilst the pedal accepts 9V, it is internally boosted to 36V, giving it a massive amount of headroom like a real 100W valve amp. It also means that if you run it as a preamp into a valve power amp, there's enough signal to push those power tubes. The circuit uses JFET clipping, which is widely considered to have the most valve-like characteristic of any solid-state technology. With the headroom form the voltage and the natural clipping and compression of the JFETs, you get a convincing and organic tube amp feel that so many guitarists strive for.

2 Channels of Power

On the first channel you have a basic gain and master volume control as well as a 4-band EQ so you can set your core tone anywhere from punchy pushed clean to dynamic crunch. Engage Channel 2 for a second, cascading gain stage for a tonne of additional distortion and harmonic complexity, giving you a rich and full sounding heavy tone.

Sculpt Your Tone

Reminiscent of the Laney Pro Tube, the Architect of Reality features Bass, Middle, Treble and Presence controls for you to finetune your sound. A unique feature of the Pro Tube amps was their active EQ boosts, which the Architect of Reality incorporates via toggle switches. With this feature, you can really accentuate certain frequencies. Boost the mids for a monstrous lead tone or boost the bass to reach Doom territory. 

Here's what Frost Giant say about the Architect of Reality Pedal

The Architect of Reality is a dual channel preamp pedal with the ability to mix the low and high gain channel together in the AOR mode for more tone tweaking ability with both channels on independent footswitches. It’s powered internally at 36v+ (9v boss style used) for more headroom and amp-like sensitivity.

The control panel on the Architect of Reality follows the same layout as most modern amps with and overall Presence, Bass, Mid and Treble, but for build cost and durability the pull boosts (of that 80’s classic amp) for each EQ band have been placed on toggle switches. In the first channel you control the Master Volume and Preamp Gain with a heavy crunch and rock feel like your favorite Heavy Rock classics with the feel of a familiar British build amp. Engaging the 2nd channel on the pedal pulls the AOR channel on the original amp and gives you the option of blending its gain with the first Preamp Gain for an over-the-top beast that can be tight for Thrash and Heavy Metal to the darker side of gain and sitting in the Doom and Stoner Metal territory

Features

  • Hand made in Texas
  • Kemet and Nichicon HQ capacitors
  • Black Powder coat with a Gold Mist overlay
  • UV printed enclosure
  • 9v+ power (36v+ internally)

Written by James Hurman

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