{"title":"Vertex","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"vertex-effects-steel-string-mkii","title":"Vertex Effects Steel String MkII","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"lz-desc\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLEGENDARY SSS TONE FROM AN EVEN SLIMMER STOMP\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlayers like SRV, Eric Johnson, and John Mayer have been singing the praises of a rare 100-watt 6L6 Dumble Amp, the Steel String Singer, that achieved legendary status in the mid-1980s. And whether you're looking for a taste of Texas sweet tea or a return to Gravity, the Vertex Steel String Clean Drive MkII — now 33% slimmer and with an added trick up its sleeve — faithfully captures that \"SSS\" magic using an actual Dumble Steel String Singer #001 (pictured below):\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Steel String MkII is dead-simple in its operation yet matchless in its rootsy mojo. With gain settings below 1:00, the Steel String Clean Drive MkII makes an incredibly versatile clean boost, with a Filter control to dial in how much of that D-style midrange shaping your instrument demands. Above 1:00, the Steel String Clean Drive MkII begins to sweeten your signal with vine-ripened drive characteristics matured in the California sun. Wide open, this pedal virtually breathes fire, with enough juicy gain to take you from Flavor Town well into Brown County. Optional 18-volt operation (adapter not included) nets you buckets of increased headroom — perfect for studio tracking or pairing this pedal with a vintage amp. All the while, true bypass operation preserves your dry signal whenever you don't have the Steel String MkII engaged, which, if you're anything like Sweetwater's testers, is pretty much a nonissue, since you'll never want to turn this thing off. The Vertex Steel String MkII is assembled in California and comes in a rugged brushed metal housing with an authentic D-style Level knob.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWHAT's NEW IN THE MK II?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSlimmer, lighter profile — Analog enthusiasts rejoice! The Vertex Steel String MkII manages to pack all the vibey analog tone of the original into a slimmer, sleeker stomp — a reduction in size of roughly 33%. That means you can fit even more D-style goodness onto your overloaded pedalboard systems.\u003cbr\u003e\nVoicing toggle — One added feature the MkII brings to the table is the Jazz\/Rock toggle. This helps thicken up cleans and tighten up overdrive tones to supply an even wider range of SSS voicings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVERTEX STEEL STRING CLEAN DRIVE MKII FEATURES:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSSS tone from a single-wide stomp\u003cbr\u003e\nInspiring touch sensitivity, warmth, and sparkle\u003cbr\u003e\nBased on model #001 of an original run of legendary 6L6 Dumble SSS\u003cbr\u003e\n33% slimmer and lighter than the original!\u003cbr\u003e\nNew Jazz\/Rock toggle thickens up cleans and tightens up drive tones\u003cbr\u003e\nVersatile Gain and Level controls make this a capable clean boost or full-on overdrive\u003cbr\u003e\nFilter control dials in doses of that D-style mids shaping\u003cbr\u003e\nRugged brushed metal housing\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthentic D-style Level knob\u003cbr\u003e\nOptional 9 to 18-volt operation (adapter not included), 18V provides extra headroom\u003cbr\u003e\nTrue bypass switching\u003cbr\u003e\nDesigned \u0026amp; Assembled in California\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vertex Effects","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47503311241300,"sku":"210000014292","price":279.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0700\/1220\/7188\/files\/1553_1553-1.png?v=1786905845"},{"product_id":"vertex-effects-ultra-phonix-hrm","title":"Vertex Effects Ultra-Phonix HRM","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"lz-desc\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUltra-Phonix HRM recreates the much sought after Dumble™ HRM overdrive tone that pushed the tweaked Overdrive Special Amplifier into stardom. Amongst the limited amount of ODS amplifiers produced by the legendary amp maker, a handful were armed with EL-34 power amp tubes rather than the 6L6 tubes found in most ODS amps. This gives the HRM edition of the Ultraphonix a quintessentially British voicing and EQ shift compared to the original version. The “Master” control determines the total output of the pedal. The “Volume” control adjusts how hard the pedal’s preamp is working, giving you more control over the amount of gain coming from the preamp. Turn up the “Accent” control to increase presence and slowly introduce more saturation into your signal. The “Ratio” control allows you to blend your distorted and clean signal, and the “Tone” knob allows you to accentuate different upper-mid frequencies, ranging from 800-1.6k Hz.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vertex Effects","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47503311274068,"sku":"210000014294","price":285.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0700\/1220\/7188\/files\/500_500-3.png?v=1786905844"},{"product_id":"vertex-effects-ultraphonix-mkii","title":"Vertex Effects Ultraphonix MkII","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"lz-desc\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTURN YOUR AMP INTO A D-STYLE AMP\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Ultraphonix Special Overdrive MKII delivers the blooming midrange and screaming overdrive of the ultra-rare American boutique amplifiers that players have been coveting for decades. This overdrive emulates the the expansive midrange and strident cascading gain stages of the D*lightful amplifier this pedal is based on. When you turn it on, it will unleash your guitar's full-throated potential with an articulate attack and smooth sustain that's reminiscent of players like Robben Ford and Larry Carlton. If you're a tone chaser, the Ultraphonix MKII Specialized Overdrive pedal will help you achieve the D-style tone you've been dreaming of that doesn’t require a mortgage to purchase!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBASED ON \"REAL DEAL\" DUMBLE ODS AMPS!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe R\u0026amp;D for the Ultraphonix pedal took over four (4) years, and almost a half-dozen Dumble amplifiers! From 2012 to 2016, we got ahold of five (5) Dumble Overdrive Special (ODS) amplifiers to most accurately voice the Ultraphonix pedal, comparing to \"real deal\" Dumble amplifiers - many of these amps were owned and\/or used by world famoud Dumble users. Knowing that these Dumble amps were customized to the player, our goal was to find the \"X Factor\" among a variety of Dumble ODS amps and distill the \"D-Style\" essence into the most authentic sounding and feeling \"amp in a box\" pedal - and we NAILED IT!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eULTIMATE CONTROL OF YOUR OVERDRIVE TONE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUltraphonix Special Overdrive MKII delivers the blooming midrange and screaming overdrive of the ultra-rare American boutique amplifiers that players have been coveting for decades. This overdrive emulates the the expansive midrange and strident cascading gain stages of the D*lightful amplifier this pedal is based on. When you turn it on, it will unleash your guitar's full-throated potential with an articulate attack and smooth sustain that's reminiscent of players like Robben Ford and Larry Carlton. If you're a tone chaser, the Ultraphonix MKII Specialized Overdrive pedal will help you achieve the D-style tone you've been dreaming of that doesn’t require a mortgage to purchase!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVERSATILE CONTROLS TO SHAPE YOUR TONE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo help you create your ultimate tone, the Ultraphonix has extra gain-shaping controls beyond the original MKI version with Master Volume, Input Gain \"Level\", and Distortion\/Saturation \"Ratio\". Players can fine tune their pickup outputs with the input gain \"LEVEL\" control to get the same reaction from the overdrive irrespective of using Single Coil or Humbucking pickups with up to 8dB of level compensation available. Plus, get additional presence and harmonic saturation using the \"FILTER\" knob for sculpting the upper-mids from 800Hz to 1.6kHz. Once you get the perfect mix of overdrive and EQ, use the \"MASTER\" volume control to set your final output level. No matter where you set it, this pedal will sound \"wide-open\" and \"amp-like\" at all volume levels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e33.3% SMALLER THAN, SAME AMAZING TONE!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUltraphonix MKII is not only captures the same great tone of the original Ultraphonix, it's also one-third (1\/3) smaller than the original with even more features than before with more control over your overdrive tone, EQ, and saturation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vertex Effects","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47503311306836,"sku":"210000014306","price":267.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0700\/1220\/7188\/files\/500_500-4.png?v=1786905844"},{"product_id":"vertex-effects-buffer-interface","title":"Vertex Effects Buffer Interface","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"lz-desc\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eFeatures include\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor over a decade, every buffer that's come out of Vertex Effects has been custom made, bespoke, for the pedalboard it was designed for or the customer that ordered it. Needless to say, our buffers were very limited, with only a few hundred made over the last ten years. Over that time, and through hundreds of custom buffer interfaces being made, several common applications for buffer combinations and routing emerged as the most common uses as it comes to placing buffers on a pedalboard for the most optimal results. Routing schemes such as mono, stereo, audition loops (inserts), four-cable method, five-cable method, and wet\/dry\/wet were all common requests from our customers, but there was never an all-in-one solution that provided all of these options for buffering and routing your pedalboard in a pedalboard-friendly enclosure - until now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lz-specs\"\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"list-unstyled\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInput Impedance: 1M ohms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOutput Impedance: 80 ohms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDC Input Voltage Range: 5.5V-30V (150mA)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNumber of Buffers: 4 (Input, Amp L Out, Amp R Out, Return)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIsolated Output: Yes (transformer-based isolation on AMP R output)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePolarity Switch: Yes (on AMP R output)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 5.0\" (L) x 3.0\" (W) x 1.33\" (H)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vertex Effects","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47503317106772,"sku":"210000017784","price":349.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0700\/1220\/7188\/files\/656_603.png?v=1786905805"}],"url":"https:\/\/lauzonmusic.com\/collections\/vertex.oembed","provider":"Lauzon Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}