NU-X Fireman Dual Distortion Pedal

Fireman is the Distortion element in the NU-X Verdugo series of multi-functional guitar effect pedals. This stompbox emulates high-gain modded amplifiers to deliver heavily saturated and compressed "brown sound" guitar tones. The pedal has a foot switch for effect on/off and another to switch between two independent sets of Gain and Volume settings, providing two distinct distortion effects. These switches can also be operated remotely via a rear jack input. To get the tonal character just right, a line of four tone-shaping controls enable the player to adjust the overall frequency content and for extra expressiveness, a switch can be engaged on the rear of the pedal which multiplies the internal voltage to 18V to increase the dynamic range if required. A high-gain monster pedal that operates as lead and rhythm distortion in a single unit.

• Switchable internal voltage multiplier (9-18V)
• Remote switch input jack
• Dual independent Gain & Volume controls
• Powered by external 9Vdc power supply (not included)
• Compatible power adaptor 173.290UK

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This pedal is nothing short of phenomenal for the modern high-gain player, I wasn't too sure what to think of this pedal when I first opened the box as this was one of the first NU-X pedals I had demoed and without even plugging it in, you can feel the build quality in the rugged metal casing and the weight of the pedal.

Within the first few notes a few key things stuck out to me, first, the quality of the distortion was fantastic, with brilliant dynamic response and the tone was already making me feel like I wanted to play more, the last may seem like it's not important or objective, but I've become quite picky with distortions overtime and I give a lot of credit to the 'fun' factor - does this pedal make me enjoy the guitar more? - if the answer is yes, which it was in this case, it's an obvious sign it's a great pedal for you.

The main thing that made me really want this pedal was the pick attack and definition, check out our demo if you haven't already to hear it for yourself, each note picked had this incredible oomph behind it, which elevated any fast picking lines, the little etude I played in the demo is a perfect example of what I'm referring to.

It can do lighter gain settings well also, but I highly recommend this for any rock & metal players out there, I'm more of a fusion guy who loves good distortions and wouldn't hesitate to have this on my board.

Charles, Demo Artist