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The Fender Shields Blender effects pedal is inspired by Kevin Shields, an innovator who awakened iconic sonic walls of fuzz and defined the tone of alternative rock in the ’80s and ’90s as lead guitarist for shoegaze stalwarts My Bloody Valentine. His tool of choice for fuzz laden chaos was an original Fender Blender effects pedal, prized for its dynamic response and gripping fuzz splatter. Now, through over four years of codevelopment, Fender and Shields have resurrected this mythical 1970s fuzz and injected a subversive feature set, creating the Fender Shields Blender.

At its core, the Fender Shields Blender echoes the tone of Shields' own vintage 1970s Fender Blender, thanks to carefully hand tracing the circuit from his personal fuzz box. Built around this vintage circuit are entirely new ways of controlling and blending the original fuzz voice, all crafted with performance in mind utilizing four easy-access footswitches. Two footswitchable channels of fuzz, each with dedicated level controls, offer the ability to blend the fuzz voice with your clean signal or to blend the fuzz voice with a beefy suboctave fuzz, while the sag footswitch introduces sputtering and ducking effects like never before heard, all controlled by the intensity of your playing dynamics.
Open Box Fender Shields Blender Effects Pedal Level 1 Silver
Open Box Fender Shields Blender Effects Pedal Level 1 Silver
Open Box Fender Shields Blender Effects Pedal Level 1 Silver

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  • Original vintage Fender circuit combined with an all-new control set
  • Two channels and three octaves of blendable, analog fuzz tones
  • Footswitchable, reactive voltage sag circuit controlled by picking dynamics
  • Custom 1970s inspired roadworthy chassis with top-mounted jacks
  • True-bypass switching
  • Powered by 9-volt vattery or center negative AC adapter, not included

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Input Impedance
  • 100 kohm
Output Impedance
  • 15 kohm
Power Consumption
  • 80mA
Power Requirements
  • 9-volt battery or 9VDC Center Negative AC adapter (not included)

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  • King

    5

    Verified BuyerVerified Buyer

    submitted4 months ago

    byRiley

    fromOcean Springs, Mississippi

    Submitted as part of a sweepstakes

    Been chasing these fuzz tones for years was so glad to finally get one of these, absolutely amazing and fun, inspiring as fuzz often is but lowkey this is kinda a masterpiece imo Honestly not as big as it may look. It is a little wide but so versatile, it's like 3-4 different fuzzes in one, so worth it if that serves your style.

  • Very unique SAG function

    5

    submitteda year ago

    byScott

    fromSeattle

    There is nothing quite like the SAG function in any other pedal. The only way you can get that sound without this pedal is to risk blowing out a tube amp, and your ears, in the process. It is a versatile pedal for guitar and bass, but it takes some effort to dial in.

  • amazing

    5

    Verified BuyerVerified Buyer

    submitteda year ago

    byChris

    fromPhiladelphia, PA

    Submitted as part of a sweepstakes

    I believe the point of this pedal is a bunch of touch sensitive distortion effects that are as dynamic as clean, whereas most distortions are a form of peak limiting very good value for the price you get 4 (arguably 5) different effects #sweepstakes

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