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Strymon La Brea Analogue Tape Drive Pedal
An all-analogue drive that uses multi-stage tape saturation techniques to deliver everything from warm, edge-of-breakup crunch to fire-breathing fuzz.
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SKU: LABREA
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Product Description
Strymon's Senior Analogue Design Engineer, Josh Forbes, has been obsessed with recreating authentic tape-style saturation in the analogue domain ever since reading Pete Celi's original Deco pedal whitepaper a decade ago. The result of that pursuit is the La Brea Tape Drive, a stompbox born from years of research into the behaviour, character and feel of magnetic tape.
Tape-inspired drive tones
An all-analogue design, the Strymon La Brea uses multi-stage tape saturation techniques to deliver everything from edge-of-breakup warmth to snarling fuzz. It also features high-frequency filtering and a fully variable Dry control, letting you blend your unaffected signal while keeping everything perfectly in phase with the pedal’s output.
A saturation station
Whether you're looking for a touch of warm, tape-like compression and sweetening or high-octane drive, the La Brea has plenty up its sleeve. Fans of the Deco's famous saturation circuit will feel right at home, while newcomers to tape-style gain sounds are in for a real treat.
Inside the Strymon Series A
Strymon may be best known for its world-class DSP effects, but killer digital code only shines when it’s built on a great analogue foundation. That’s where Strymon’s equally talented analogue team comes in. Series A exists to give those designers a blank canvas — no MIDI, no USB, no firmware updates and zero digital processing. Just pure analogue goodness! With La Brea joining the Canoga and Fairfax as the third pedal in the lineup, Series A is shaping up to be something very special.
Features
- Tape saturation drive: Inspired by the beloved Saturation side of Strymon's Deco, La Brea serves up everything from subtle warmth to full-bodied, gritty drive.
- Pure analogue signal path: No converters, no DSP and no digital processing. Just a fully analogue design focused on feel, responsiveness and great tone.
- Gain switch: Lets you tailor the range of the Tape Saturation control, making it easy to dial in anything from low-gain crunch to aggressive, fuzz-like textures.
- Shift switch: Offers extra voicing options, adding either a focused treble boost or extra mids alongside enhanced highs for increased clarity and punch.
- Variable Dry path control: Lets you mix your clean signal back in, helping retain articulation and low-end definition even at extreme saturation settings.
- Runs at 24V internally: Gives the La Brea exceptional headroom, a wide gain range and ultra-low noise performance, even when pushed hard.
Specifications
- Fully Analogue Circuit: Yes
- True Bypass: Yes
- Connectors: 1/4" mono input & output
- Dimensions (D x W x H): 4.53” x 2.83” x 2.33” / 11.51 x 7.19 x 5.92 cm
- Power Requirements: 9V DC, 2.1 mm, centre-negative (PSU not included)
- Current Draw: 500mA (minimum)
