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The Online Guitar Store - DigiTech Artist Series XAS-EC Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Multi Effects Pedal
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List Price: $149.95
Our Price: $99.00
Your Save: $ 50.95 ( 34% )
Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: DigiTech
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Brand: DigiTech
Color: yellow
EAN: 0691991200960
Feature: Erics legendary Sunshine of Your Love woman tone
Label: DigiTech
Manufacturer: DigiTech
Model: XAS-EC
Publisher: DigiTech
Studio: DigiTech
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Features
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Erics legendary Sunshine of Your Love woman tone
Embracing stereo spectrum of a swirling rotary speaker
Separate amp and mixer outputs
Custom artist pedal gig bag and pick
Digitech pedal power supply included
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Editorial Reviews:
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Seven signature tones from guitar legend Eric Clapton. In conjunction with Eric Clapton, Digitech has helped recreate some of his most famous tones in the DigiTech® Crossroads Artist Series pedal by applying our new Production Modeling¿ technology. This revolutionary technology was designed to help reproduce the studio and live sounds and effects of an artist as heard on their recordings. This includes modeling the speaker cabinets, microphones with their placement, pre/post effects, and the recording engineer¿s magic all in one pedal. The Crossroads Artist Series pedal was conceived in conjunction with Eric Clapton and his long-time guitar tech Lee Dickson. Crossroads models seven Clapton signature tones. From songs like ¿Badge¿ with its swirling rotary speaker, to ¿Layla¿ (Unplugged) with its intimate acoustic tone, and of course, ¿Sunshine of Your Love¿ which features Eric¿s signature ¿woman tone¿, Crossroads spans 30 years of Clapton culture and tone. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this pedal is being donated to Crossroads Centre, an International Centre of Excellence for the treatment of alcohol, drugs and other addictive disorders.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Lovely sounds, but frustrating interface
Comment: Eric Clapton himself had a hand in the creation of this Digitech multi-effects pedal, and all seven of the tones included in the package are quite good. There's a great recreation of Clapton's "woman tone," an exceptionally powerful overdrive in the "Crossroads" setting, and a very useful simulation of the acoustic guitar Clapton used on "Layla (Unplugged)". I tested this pedal using a solid state practice amp and a Gibson SG, and I have to say that Digitech really nailed the sounds! Naturally, you don't *have* to play Clapton songs if you don't want to. I enjoyed playing songs by the Rolling Stones, Boston, and Pink Floyd with this pedal, as all the sounds can be customized. You can also route the sound directly into a mixer or recording device. I was mightily impressed.
I was less impressed using a Danelectro guitar later. The Digitech Crossroads won't make a cheap guitar sound like a dead ringer for Clapton's pricey Gibsons, so players with Korean-made Strat clones are forewarned! It goes without saying (but I'll say it anyway) that this pedal will not magically grant you Clapton's genius. If you can't play very well, you won't play very well with this pedal either (though you'll have a better tone). This pedal won't turn you into Clapton any sooner than buying a Red Special copy will turn you into Queen's Brian May. The pedal also sounds noticably better and more Claptonesque through an amp rather than through a mixer input, so these tones will have to be coaxed and coddled during production to make them sound their best.
My only real gripe with Digitech concerns the method used to switch between sounds. All 7 of the tones are selected using a knob. That's fine if you're practicing in your bedroom, recording, or playing all night on stage using only one tone. It's awful if you need to switch tones like Clapton himself did on songs like "Badge" or "Layla." It would have been so much more convenient to have a second foot switch to tap in order to select any of the 7 tones.
I'm grateful to Clapton for taking the time to work with Digitech on this pedal. It's a useful and fun goodie for any guitar-playing Clapton fan. I'd like to write more about it, but I'd much rather cut this review short and go back to playing guitar with it!
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