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The Seymour Duncan Palladium Gain Stage is a stompbox that captures the feel and responsiveness of a high-gain tube amp.

You can use it with a power amp or a clean guitar amp to create your ultimate high gain signature sound, and replicate your favorite high gain amp tones. Or use it in front of a distorted amp to tighten up the attack for rhythms or to increase sustain and saturation for solos.

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The company claims that this is the first pedal to genuinely reproduce high-gain tube amp characteristics in a compact pedal form factor, and this is a big claim considering the many analog and digital effects are claiming the same thing.

The Palladium Gain Stage pedal goes beyond conventional pedal designs because of its unique architecture, which is designed by Seymour Duncan to reproduce the full-bodied depth and character that high gain tube amps bring about.

Max Gutnik, SVP of products and CRO of Seymour Duncan, said, “We are very excited about Palladium. We wanted to create a pedal that brings the richness, depth and versatility of a superior high gain tube amp, without the tonal compromises that typically go with distortion pedals. We believe guitarists will love the complement of sounds they can get from Palladium.”

And it’s not just about providing generic high-gain tones because this pedal was designed with sonic versatility in mind. The Palladium Gain Stage pedal features three gain stages, the first one lets you control overall saturation, then there’s a resonance control for shaping the low frequency gain, and last but not the least is a boost control that lets you add overdrive at the beginning of the audio signal path. These three gain stages allow for a wider variety of tones from classic rock at lower settings to modern metal at higher gain settings, and you can used them to replicate your favorite overdriven and distorted tones or personalize to your preference.

You can pair this pedal with a power amp to use it as a tube preamp, or use it to drive a clean guitar amp much like a regular pedal. You can then tweak the controls to find the high gain sound that you want. It can also be paired with a distorted amp to tighten the sound some more for increased sustain and saturation during solos. This setup versatility makes the Palladium a valuable tool for musicians who are looking for a portable solution to their high-gain needs.

Further tone shaping is provided by the Seymour Duncan Palladium’s advanced EQ controls which include bass, treble, presence and a sweepable midrange-frequency knob. These are useful for matching the sound of the pedal with your guitar and amp configuration.

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We saw it in the flesh at NAMM, and now Seymour Duncan has announced the Palladium Gain Stage will be hitting stores very soon.

The pickup mogul reckons it’s “the first stompbox that actually captures the feel and responsiveness of a high-gain tube amp”, with three gain stages and a fully featured EQ with sweepable mid frequency.

This triple gain threat means the Palladium can cover tones from light overdrive through to classic-rock grit and full-on metal distortion.

SANTA BARBARA, CA March 14, 2016 – Seymour Duncan, a leading manufacturer of pickups and pedals, announces the release of the Palladium™ Gain Stage effects pedal. Palladium is the first pedal to authentically replicate a high gain tube amp, allowing for the extra dimensionality that is missing in effects pedals today.

Palladium features three gain stages: a gain stage to control the overall saturation, a resonance control for low frequency gain shaping and a boost control that adds overdrive to the beginning of the signal path. These three gain stages allow for a versatile range of tones, from classic rock at lower settings to modern metal at higher gain settings. The pedal also offers a comprehensive EQ, with bass, treble, presence and sweepable midrange-frequency control, so you can make Palladium sound perfect with any amp.

“We are very excited about Palladium,” said Max Gutnik, SVP of products and CRO. “We wanted to create a pedal that brings the richness, depth and versatility of a superior high gain tube amp, without the tonal compromises that typically go with distortion pedals. We believe guitarists will love the complement of sounds they can get from Palladium.”

Main features include:

• True Bypass
• 3 band EQ with sweepable mids
• 3 gain stages that offer 110 db of total gain
• Made in the USA

The Palladium Gain Stage effects pedal is now available and more details can be found at: http://www.seymourduncan.com/pedal/palladium

To hear it first-hand, please watch our Palladium video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAcoo8ReJOY

About Seymour Duncan
Seymour Duncan celebrates a rich history as the world’s leading pickup and pedal manufacturer. Since 1976, Seymour Duncan has helped the world’s artists develop their own unique, signature sounds. This is accomplished through a dedicated team of craftsman at their Santa Barbara, California office. For more information, please visit seymourduncan.com.

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