The Vox Satchurator

Up next we have the Vox Satchurator. Why the weird spelling of the word saturated? Because the one and only Joe Satriani helped design the thing, idiot. For those of you who aren't familiar with Joe Satriani, he is a guitar virtuoso, there isn't much he cant do with a guitar. Watch THIS if you want an idea of what he is like. Watch it all too. When it comes to signature equipment, Joe Satriani is pretty much a pro. He has his signature line of Ibanez guitars, his signature Peavey Head and cabinet and now his own distortion pedal.

The satchurator is an analog distortion pedal designed to Satch's exact specifications. The first impression when looking at it is that it's a very straightforward pedal. Three main knobs, Gain, Tone and Volume. Fair enough. There are also two main footswitches, the on/off switch, and the footwitch on the right which is simply called 'more'. This switch acts as a boost, applying more distortion, handy for when you need to cut through the mix with a solo. The 'more' switch is set to a specific amount of distortion, so if you set the gain knob to a low setting, pressing the 'more' switch will be a dramatic increase in gain, whilst having the gain switch on a high setting and hitting 'more' would result in less of an impact.

Looking closer, you can spot a switch in between the gain and tone knobs. This is the 'Pad' switch. When turned on (the up position), the input of the pedal is reduced slightly to allow high gain pedals to be placed before the Satchurator in the pedal board. Without the 'Pad' switch, things could end up sounding very messy if you use more than one high gain pedal.

The pedal is said to be very responsive thanks to its neat dynamic circuit, and you can always expect to get that super smooth Satriani distortion. Want to read more about it? HERE YOU ARE.