 | Tonefreak SEVERE
I was busy packing for NAMM when the phone rang, it was a close mate who felt he had to tell me about this new pedal he'd just be playing with. 'It's called the SEVERE from Tone Freak and its outrageous!' said a very excited voice down the phone. Interesting for two reasons, one, this guy doesn't like pedals and two, he rarely gets excited. 'OK, I'll check it out' I said and resumed packing. Ready to head to the airport I made myself a brew when the phone rang again. A thick German accent greets me excitedly as another mate exclaims, "Daniel, you have to try the SEVERE, it's unbelievable". "Frank", I said, "you had me at hello".
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![Tonefreak SEVERE body]() | Tonefreak SEVERE body
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I managed to get hold of Dereck Tabata, the owner/designer of Tone Freak Effects who agreed to meet me at NAMM and to bring a SEVERE for me to try out. I must admit I still get excited at the prospect of finding something new in a stomper I've not heard before, but when we sparked the SEVERE up, well, I was not the only one excited. Heads turned, and the people flocked. If there was ever a quiet moment I simply had to pound a few riffs through the SEVERE, and we'd be busy for the next 20 minutes explaining 'what on earth was that!'. So what is it? The SEVERE is a high gain pedal that simply excels at great heavy rock tones. It's a distortion pedal that works with an open sounding amplifier to create tones that sounds like the amp is just about to die and take out everyone in the room with it.
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