For the past 20 years, Jazz Fusion guitar great Scott Henderson has had a Maxon SD-9 Sonic Distortion parked on his pedalboard. He’s even gone so far as to call it “…the best distortion pedal ever made.” Yet for all his praises, there were several shortcomings to the SD-9 that many players –Scott included– had discovered. Chief among these were a loss of low-end on high notes and a Tone control that was basically unusable past the 9 o’clock setting. Over the years, many boutique pedal builders have modified the SD-9 in hopes of improving its performance, but they have all missed the mark—Until now. TWA is very excited to announce their first signature model, as well as their first collaboration with Tube Screamer creator Susumu Tamura – the Scott Henderson SH9 Signature Distortion. With the SH9, Mr. Tamura has taken the basic SD-9 circuit architecture that he invented in 1981 and re-worked it to meet Scott Henderson’s exacting performance standards. Mr. Tamura has shifted the center frequency of the SH9’s Tone control and focused it in the lows and lower-mids. Even as the Tone control is turned up, there is no loss of the bass frequencies that Scott considers essential for allowing notes to speak properly in the higher registers on the guitar. This increased note girth combined with the SH9’s inherently compressed sound allows Scott to effortlessly articulate the fluid, horn-like lead tones that he is known for.
Features
- Signature distortion pedal inspired by classic SD-9 circuit
- Thick, compressed, amp-like tone
- Improved Bass and lower Midrange response
- Increased “girth” on high-register notes
- Allows notes to “speak” properly
- Increased output level
- JRC4558 OpAmp
- Optional 18vdc operation for increased headroom, less compression and alternate drive signature
- True Bypass switching
- Die cast zinc enclosure with custom powder coat
- Made in USA
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