![]() ![]() I feel though that they might be onto a winner here with the Ironfinger - and it certainly adds a high degree of versatility to the high gain section of my Tone Library.Īs stated in the legend - you get 9 dials here, 5 toggle switches and dual footswitches for a really fantastic all-round Boost, Drive, Distortion and even Fuzz Pedal - that last genre depending largely on what Boost module you load up into the pedal. I was aware of the Pushking brand from my ’Best of German Guitar Pedals and Pedal Builders’ overview - but when I did my first couple of sweeps there was nothing in the Pushking range that aroused any interest. Axel ’Ironfinger’ Ritt is of course the lead guitarist for German Heavy Metal band Grave Digger and this pedal excels at those sort of tones as Axel demonstrates in his superb pedal overview. Which is just as well really as that first batch of pedals seems to have been sold out by the end of play on that day - so I was really lucky I snagged one.īoth these pedals are tremendously versatile tone-machines, and while the Crown Jewel is obviously a little more versatile overall - as a Boost/Overdrive/Fuzz/Distortion device, the Irongfinger is fully primed for Drive and Distortion sounds from relatively gainey crunchy rock and upwards. ![]() So I spotted the Ironfinger under recent additions on the store site, watched Axel’s superb demo - and knew instinctively that this was something for me. I happened upon the PushKing Irongfinger quite by chance really as I was scanning around my usual resources this last Friday - trying to find something salient to report on, as new product releases tend to slow down somewhat before Summer NAMM. ![]() In fact as far as I’m aware the only two current ones are the Crown Jewel and the Ironfinger - although there is likely something I may have / could have overlooked. But as Pushking rightly proclaims - those are few and far between which also include the Q-control. There are plenty of Drive and Distortion pedals out there with parametric mids - or frequency selector and boost/cut dials. With the Crown Jewel, I’ve really learnt to make the most use of this feature with that 3-way toggle-switch - for instance say you want to get something close to a Blues Driver - you really need that wider Q for the correct core tonality.įor Pushking’s Axel ’Ironfinger’ Ritt Signature Distortion - the Q-control is a dial - with wider spread anti-clockwise, and narrower focus in the clockwise direction. In shaping your drive and distortion tones - the Q-control provides essential character and texture DNA to the gain structure - which really gives the tone its specific tone family signature. Generally the wider profile gives you more fuzzy or fuzz-edged tones, while the narrower profile give you more of a cocked wah sort of tonality - with the middle position being a slightly more even sounding clearer tone between those two extremes. The Q-Control essentially controls the spread or width of the sort of bell curve around the central frequency cluster you select with the Mid Frequency dial. I wasn’t really that much practically acquainted with the Q-control element before this pedal (Crown Jewel) - as I haven’t used the parametric EQ pedals that Q-controls tend to inhabit. I’ve said that this is not only likely the most versatile drive pedal out there currently, but also an essential educational tool for understating how different degrees of voltage, clipping, tone-shaping and Q-control impact on the output signal. Readers of this blog will already know how much a fan I am of BYOC’s Crown Jewel Multidrive pedal - with its multitude of dials and switches - 4 gain stages in effect and clean blend circuit. ![]()
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