Housed in a compact blue chassis, the new TEC4X ($159) is the latest addition to DOD’s TEC family of floor-controlled multi-effects guitar preamp/processors. Designed to please guitarists of all styles, the versatile TEC4X is equipped with 30 newly rewritten factory-preset effect combinations and memory for 30 additional user-defined programs, the processor features an analog compressor and three analog distortion types: DOD’s classic Overdrive, Metal and the ever-popular Grunge”!. Up to six digital effects can be used at once, including a noise gate, three-band EQ, auto swell, pitch shifter, detune, tremelo, phaser, ring modulator, flange, chorus, mono delay, multi-tap delay, reverb and the famous “pixillator” effect developed by Charlie Clouser of Nine Inch Nails. DOD, 8760 S. Sandy Parkway, Sandy, UT 84070; http://www.dod.com
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