Summary
The Marshall ShredMaster (also known as the Shred Master) is a distortion pedal which is manufactured by Marshall Amps.
It is the high-gain pedal of a triad, also including the Marshall DriveMaster and the Marshall BluesBreaker.[1] Each effects pedal is defined to imitate the sound of a particular Marshall Amplifier. The Shredmaster and the other pedals in this series made their debut in 1991, but production was discontinued one year afterwards in 1992.[2] The Shredmaster has a lot in common with the Guv’nor pedal, and in fact the first half of both circuits are nearly identical. However, the Shredmaster has an additional gain recovery stage, and even though the three tone knobs appear to be the same on the outside, the tone stack is very different.[3][4]
The series was reissued by Marshall in 2023.[5]
The pedal is powered by 9V battery or external power supply.
Controls edit
The ShredMaster has five knobs, which are, from left to right:
- Gain – controls intensity of the drive
- Bass – controls lower frequencies
- Contour – controls mid frequencies
- Treble – controls high-end response
- Volume – controls overall volume level
ShredMaster users edit
Notable musicians who have used the ShredMaster include:
- Jonny Greenwood[6] and Thom Yorke of Radiohead
- Gaz Coombes of Supergrass
- James Dean Bradfield of Manic Street Preachers
- Alex James of Blur
- Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine
- Sam Koisser of Peace
- Christone ‘KINGFISH’ Ingram
Notes edit
- ^ "Vintage Pedal of the Week: Marshall". Pedals and Effects. 12 November 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ "History of Pedals – Part 2". marshall.com. Marshall Amplification. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ "Solstice (Legacy PCB)". Aion FX. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
- ^ Rod Brakes (24 February 2023). ""We Copied Them Exactly": Marshall's Steve Smith Introduces the New Guv'nor, Bluesbreaker, Drivemaster and Shredmaster Reissues". Guitar Player. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
- ^ Horsley, Jonathan (24 February 2023). "The Guv'Nor, Drivemaster, Bluesbreaker and Shredmaster return as Marshall officially reissues its famous vintage stompbox range". MusicRadar. Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, Bath BA1 1UA. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- ^ McStarkey, Mick (5 November 2021). "How to play the guitar like Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood". Far Out Magazine. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- ^ "Interview: Tom Angelripper von Sodom".
External links edit
- The Official Marshall Amplification Website