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Tall & Fat
$199.00Add to cartThe acclaimed Tall & Fat pedal is the premier accessory for clonewheel organs. Digital organs do a great job of modeling the tonewheel, but fail to capture the dynamic behavior of the tube based AO-28 preamp. That’s where the Tall & Fat comes in. When added to a digital organ setup, the Tall & Fat provides the compression, second order harmonics, and dynamic drive characteristics of the famous tube preamp. If you’re in need of a strong boost that’s clean and clear, the Tall & Fat is that pedal.
It is a three stage FET preamp with gain staging.. The onset of overdrive is gradual and can be easily controlled with the swell pedal. It adds compression and 2nd order harmonics. With it’s drive and transparency, it works extremely well when overdriven, even with complex chord shapes.
Like all Lounsberry Pedals it sounds and plays more like an amp than a pedal, bringing to mind the tube driven AO-28 preamp. It is the missing link between your digital keyboard and the analog sound you hear in your brain. The Tall & Fat is tuned to easily handle a wide frequency range and sounds awesome with guitar and bass.
Live that moment when you close your eyes and forget you are playing a digital organ!
ABOUT GAIN STAGING
Discrete preamps provide gain in several stages, so that a lot of what happens to provide the right amounts of drive and compression in a preamp is determined by how many discrete stages are employed, and their levels, determining how the stages interact.
Top Reasons to Buy
- Game Changer for Digital Organs
- Convincing AO-28 sound for any keyboard
- Analog Discrete circuit – No ICs or surface mount parts
- Sounds Great with Organ, Keyboards, Bass, and Guitar
- True Bypass – 9V Battery Included
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Gear Grinder
$329.00Add to cartThe Gear Grinder is based on the acclaimed Organ Grinder, only now it is in Stereo! The Organ Grinder was the first Lounsberry Pedal designed for keyboards. Developed with the aid of Roger Powell of Utopia and Meat Loaf fame, it provides a fat, tubelike overdrive for clonewheel organs that can cover the gamut of organ sounds from Greg Rollie, to Jon Lord, Uriah Heep, and even Canterbury sounds.
Like all Lounsberry Pedals it sounds and plays more like an amp than a pedal, bringing to mind the tube power amp section of an overdriven Leslie cabinet. As it easily handles the low notes, the Organ Grinder also sounds awesome with bass guitar. Itt is the ultimate shredding device for the keyboardist who wants to rock.
Operation is the same as the Organ Grinder. When channel one is the only input, the signal is routed to both outputs eliminating need for repatching when going from mono to stereo.
Lounsberry Pedals Gear Grinder features:
- Stereo gain staged preamp with Germanium diodes
- Gradual onset of overdrive. Easily controlled with a swell pedal
- Adds compression and second order harmonics
- Transparent drive that works well even with complex chord structures
From Greg:
“Like all Lounsberry Pedals it sounds and plays more like an amp than a pedal, bringing to mind the tube power amp section of an overdriven Leslie cabinet. As it easily handles the low notes, the Organ Grinder also sounds awesome with bass guitar. It is the ultimate shredding device for the keyboardist who wants to rock..” – Greg Lounsberry, Lounsberry Pedals
Top Reasons to Buy:
Very natural warm sounding circuit
Correct gain staging and compression makes the perfect Organ Overdrive
All Discrete components – No ICs or surface mount parts
Excellent stereo overdrive for keyboard workstations, digital guitar and bass rigs
True Bypass – 9V Battery IncludedDesigned and built in Smithsburg, Maryland, the Gear Grinder pedal is shipping now.
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Tall Fat & Wide
$329.00Add to cartIf you work in a stereo environment, this is the solution you’ve been waiting for!
The acclaimed Lounsberry Pedals Tall & Fat design is now available in a Stereo Pedal. The Lounsberry Tall & Fat has long been the “go to” pedal for organists, guitarists, and bass players. Organists and keyboard players have previously had to use the mono output from their keyboard to be able to use the Tall & Fat pedal. They would typically connect the Tall & Fat output to an external stereo rotating speaker simulator and then on to their stage or recording mixer or amp. The Tall Fat and Wide allow full stereo throughput to a stereo recording or playback system.
The Tall, Fat & Wide can now be used post-simulator in stereo. Tall, Fat & Wide was designed to be used as an “always on” preamp (a sound we call ’60’s clean), but it is widely accepted as the overdrive of choice for many organists. When used post-sim, the “Fat” control (drive) should be set to a lower level to control the amount of chop that the simulator produces.
The second pair of outputs that we call the Stereo A10 circuit is available at the “Ring” of the TRS output jacks eliminate the overdrive and provide clean FET preamp outputs that can be used separately or in conjunction (via a mixer) with the main TFW outputs. This is provided for those who don’t want any Overdrive with their post-sim processing.
Remember that the TRS outputs are not balanced, but provide access to a choice of either set of outputs (or both – they are in phase with each other). This greatly expands the versatility of the Tall & Fat platform, allowing it to find many uses from stereo digital keyboard processing to mixing and mastering.
CONTROLS
- The “Fat” knob controls the Drive
- The “Tall” knob controls the Level
- The controls run right to left (like a guitar pedal)
HOW IT’S STEREO A10
- Use 1/4″ TS (guitar) cables for both inputs. (Note: If you are short TS cables and want to use a TRS cable, at least one of the inputs must have a TS cable inserted.)
- Using TRS cables at the Outputs will provide the Stereo A10 sound at the Rings
- The Stereo A10 circuit is always engaged, even when the Tall, Fat & Wide footswitch is bypassed
For stereo digital keyboard use, or mixing and mastering, experiment with your choice of outputs.
GET THE MOST OUT OF TALL FAT & WIDE
- Set the “Tall” control at 12:00
- Adjust the “Fat” control for the sound you are looking for (set the amount of drive to your taste)
- Adjust the “Tall” control for unity gain when the footswitch is engaged and disengaged
- The “Tall” control also allows for the pedal’s use a boost pedal
- The Stereo A10 circuit is not affected by the knob controls, is roughly unity gain, and is on all of the time regardless of the switch state
TOP FEATURES
- Game Changer for Digital Organs…NOW IN STEREO
- Convincing AO-28 sound for any keyboard…NOW IN STEREO
- Analog Discrete circuit – No ICs or surface mount parts
- Sounds Great with Organ, Keyboards, Bass, and Guitar
- True Bypass – 9V Battery Included
Join the “’60’s Clean” revolution! As George Martin said….. “All you need is ears”…
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Organ Grinder
$199.00Add to cartThe Organ Grinder was the first Lounsberry Pedal designed for keyboards. Developed with the aid of Roger Powell of Utopia and Meat Loaf fame, it provides a fat, tubelike overdrive for clonewheel organs that can cover the gamut of organ sounds from Greg Rollie, to Jon Lord, Uriah Heep, and even Canterbury sounds.
It is a gain staged preamp with Germanium diodes. The onset of overdrive is gradual and can be easily controlled with the swell pedal. It adds compression and 2nd order harmonics. With it’s drive and transparency, it works extremely well even with complex chord shapes.
Like all Lounsberry Pedals it sounds and plays more like an amp than a pedal, bringing to mind the tube power amp section of an overdriven Leslie cabinet. As it easily handles the low notes, the Organ Grinder also sounds awesome with bass guitar. Itt is the ultimate shredding device for the keyboardist who wants to rock.
ABOUT GAIN STAGING
Discrete preamps provide gain in several stages, so that a lot of what happens to provide the right amounts of drive and compression in a preamp is determined by how many discrete stages are employed, and their levels, determining how the stages interact.
Top Reasons to Buy
- Very natural warm sounding circuit
- Correct gain staging and compression makes the perfect Organ Overdrive
- All Discrete components – No ICs or surface mount parts
- Great for Bass Guitar
- True Bypass – 9V Battery Included
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Nigel Touch Overdrive
$199.00Add to cartNigel is a multi stage FET preamp with gain staging and Germanium diodes that sounds and plays more like a guitar amp than a guitar pedal, and the controls work the same.
The Nigel Touch Overdrive was the first Lounsberry Pedals design. It started out as a hand wired Fish Paper circuit board built into an Altoids box, but every time Greg tried to demonstrate the sound at the local music store the wallets would come out, and people would try to buy them on the spot. Jaws dropped at the amazing touch responsive dynamics that every guitarist strives for. It soon became obvious that it needed to be housed in a rugged stomp box enclosure. The mint box graphic style stayed on as a reminder of humble beginnings.
Nigel is a multi stage FET preamp with gain staging and Germanium diodes that sounds and plays more like a guitar amp than a guitar pedal, and the controls work the same. Two stages of amplification are cascaded to provide a lot of push for the Germanium clipping diodes creating a very responsive overdrive that can go from warm semi-clean to full on classic rock crunch and saturated lead tones. It works well for keyboards too because of it’s full range response.
The amazing thing about the Nigel, is that it provides the dynamic touch response of a vintage tube amplifier. It’s like a Plexi that fits in your pocket!
ABOUT GAIN STAGING:
Discrete preamps provide gain in several stages, so that a lot of what happens to provide the right amounts of drive and compression in a preamp is determined by how many discrete stages are employed, and their levels, determining how the stages interact.
Top Reasons to Buy
- Very natural warm sounding circuit
- Not a Digital Modeling Preamp
- All Discrete components
- No Integrated Circuits or Surface Mount components
- True Bypass/9V Battery Included
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Wurly Grinder
$199.00Add to cartThe electric piano overdrive you’ve been waiting for! Smooth and tubelike, it was designed to make your Wurly samples sound like the real thing, your Wurlitzer 200 sound like a Wurlitzer 100, and make your Rhodes bark like a Suitcase model!
The Wurly Grinder was designed to give tube-like grit and authenticity to modeled and sampled electric piano sounds.
This brother to the Organ Grinder is the electric piano Overdrive you’ve been waiting for. Smooth and tubelike, it was designed to make your Wurly samples sound like the real thing, your Wurlitzer 200 sound like a Wurlitzer 100, and make your Rhodes bark like a Suitcase model!
It is a gain staged preamp with Germanium diodes.The onset of overdrive is gradual, but it adds compression and 2nd order harmonics. The lively top end adds a little sparkle.
It differs from the Organ Grinder, having a tighter bottom end, better tailored for Electric Piano.
The Wurly Grinder adds a ton of character to electric piano sounds, and adds a dynamic playability that makes it feel like the real thing!
ABOUT GAIN STAGING:
Discrete preamps provide gain in several stages, so that a lot of what happens to provide the right amounts of drive and compression in a preamp is determined by how many discrete stages are employed, and their levels, determining how the stages interact.
Top Reasons to Buy
- Uncannily natural sounding Electric Piano enhancement
- Works great with digital keyboards, samples, and real electromechanical instruments
- Adds 2nd order harmonics and compresses like a real tube circuit
- Discrete Analog circuit – No ICs or Surface Mounted components
- True Bypass – 9V Battery Included
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Wurly Grinder Stereo
$329.00Add to cartThe electric piano overdrive you’ve been waiting for, only now it is in Stereo! Smooth and tube-like, it was designed to make your Wurly samples sound like the real thing, your Wurlitzer 200 sound like a Wurlitzer 100, and make your Rhodes bark like a Suitcase model!
The Wurly Grinder Stereo was designed to give tube-like grit and realism to modeled and sampled electric piano sounds. The stereo operation makes it ideal for digital pianos and stereo keyboard workstations.
It is a pair of gain staged preamps with Germanium diodes. The onset of overdrive is gradual as it adds compression and 2nd order harmonics. The lively top end adds a little sparkle.
How does it differ from the Organ Grinder? Wurly Grinder Stereo has a tighter bottom end, with a frequency response better tailored for Electric Piano.
The Wurly Grinder Stereo adds a ton of character to electric piano sounds, and adds a dynamic playability that makes it play and feel like the real thing!
From Greg:
“Like all Lounsberry Pedals it sounds and plays more like an amp than a pedal, bringing to mind the tube power amp section of an overdriven electromechanical piano. As it easily adds high end sparkle, the Wurly Grinder Stereo also sounds awesome with guitar and other instruments. It is the ultimate way to add authenticity to sampled and modeled electric piano sounds” – Greg Lounsberry, Lounsberry Pedals
ABOUT GAIN STAGING:
Discrete preamps provide gain in several stages, so that a lot of what happens to provide the right amounts of drive and compression in a preamp is determined by how many discrete stages are employed, and their levels, determining how the stages interact.
TOP REASONS TO BUY:
Uncannily natural sounding Electric Piano enhancement
Works great with digital keyboards, samples, and real electromechanical instruments
Adds 2nd order harmonics and compresses like a real tube circuit
Discrete Analog circuit – No ICs or Surface Mounted components
Excellent stereo overdrive for keyboard workstations, digital guitar and other instruments
True Bypass – 9V Battery IncludedDesigned and built in Smithsburg, Maryland, the Gear Grinder pedal is shipping now.
