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GIBSON MAESTRO PEDALS

Words Trevor Cur wen Photography Adam Gasson

Maestro released some classics in

the 60s and 70s, and now Gibson

has revived the brand with a

range of new pedals...

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T H E GA S STATION GIBSON MAESTRO PEDALS Maestro released some classics in the 60s and 70s, and now Gibson has revived the brand with a range of new pedals... Words Trevor Curwen Photography Adam Gasson 84 TOTAL GUITAR MAY 2022 TGR357.gear_test.
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THE TG TEST 85 I t’s 1965, and the Rolling Stones have released a new single. (I Can’t Get No ) Satisfaction is an instant sensation due to Keith Richard’s unforgettable riff, which introduced the sound of a fuzz pedal to a worldwide audience. While there had been records featuring fuzz before, this was the one that really put it on the map and sparked a demand from guitar players for the sound.
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T H E GA S STATION £139 £149 MAESTRO FUZZ-TONE FZ-M MAESTRO DISCOVERY DELAY Satisfaction guaranteed? 86 T he FZ-1 Germanium fuzz pedal went through some different incarnations in its lifetime including a transistor change in the FZ-1A from 1966, the 1968 Robert Moog designed FZ-1B with Silicon transistors, the FZ-1S in the 1970s and even a limited numbers re-issue of the FZ-1A by Gibson in the 1990s.
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THE TG TEST £139 £139 MAESTRO RANGER OVERDRIVE MAESTRO COMET CHORUS One pedal – two drives I f there’s any pedal that can benefit from Gibson’s avowed two-pedals-in-one approach for the new Maestro series its the humble overdrive. Do we want a transparent low to mid gain overdrive or do we want something a bit gainier and amp-like? The Ranger sorts this by sort of giving you both, although it’s not just that one option has higher gain than the other.
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THE TG TEST ARE GIBSON’S PEDALS AS GOOD AS THEIR GUITARS? FEATURES SOUND QUALITY VALUE FOR MONEY BUILD QUALITY USABILITY OVERALL RATING FEATURES SOUND QUALITY VALUE FOR MONEY BUILD QUALITY USABILITY OVERALL RATING FEATURES SOUND QUALITY VALUE FOR MONEY BUILD QUALITY USABILITY OVERALL RATING MAESTRO COMET CHORUS SUMMARY SUMMARY MAESTRO RANGER OVERDRIVE 88 MAESTRO DISCOVERY DELAY SUMMARY SUMMARY MAESTRO FUZZ-TONE FZ-M FEATURES SOUND QUALITY VALUE FOR MONEY BUILD QUALITY USABILITY OVERALL RATING W