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Studio-quality Pitch Effects with Rock-solid Tracking





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Laney's Black Country Customs The 85 is primed and ready to bring the thunder and shake the rafters. This bass octave effects pedal boasts rock-steady pitch tracking and studio-quality sound while arming you with independent control of octave-down and interval voices. You get plenty of hands-on control along with three operating modes, enabling you to easily dial in everything from funky subs to synth-like chords. A tri-color LED offers you a well-defined visual reference to which mode you're in. You also get whisper-silent switching, transparent buffered operation, and a solid metal housing that's ready to rumble. An expression pedal input rounds out this incredible stompbox, granting you real-time control over pitch and level parameters. Bassists looking to add ear-grabbing new dimensions, as well as new methods of expression, to their rigs will wonder how they ever got along without Laney's The 85.





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Ergonomically designed 4-knob layout





The bassists here at Sweetwater have coaxed an endless number of inspiring new sounds out of their instruments courtesy of Laney's The 85. And, by virtue of its ergonomic 4-knob layout, finding the sound you're searching for is pretty straightforward. The Focus knob changes the focus of the pedal's two pitch shifters; lower settings remove upper harmonics for a darker sound, and higher settings add more harmonics for a full, synth-like sound. The -Octave knob adjusts the level of the -1 octave-down effect. The Direct knob sets the level for your dry signal. The Interval knob controls the level of the pedal's additional interval, which is determined by the 3-way Interval switch. You get your choice of three operating modes: 12 ( 1 octave up), -24 (-2 octaves down), and 7 ( 5th up).





Real-time expression





Laney's Black Country Customs The 85 includes an expression input with two different operating modes. In Pitch mode, your expression pedal gives you continuous, real-time control over the pitch of the -Octave, the Interval, or both. In Level mode, your expression pedal gives you real-time control over the level of the -Octave, the Interval, or both. Adding an expression pedal to The 85 gives it a level of playability well beyond that of static effect pedals.





Laney Black Country Customs The 85 Bass Interval Pedal Features:


A bass octave effects pedal with rock-steady pitch tracking and studio-quality sound


Focus knob changes the focus of the pedal's 2 pitch shifters


-Octave knob adjusts the level of the -1 octave-down effect


Direct knob sets the level for your dry signal


Interval knob controls the level of the pedal's additional interval


3 operating modes: 12 ( 1 octave up), -24 (-2 octaves down), and 7 ( 5th up)


Expression pedal input gives you continuous, real-time control over pitch and level parameters


Tri-color LED for a clear visual reference to which mode you're in


Dead-silent switching


Transparent, fully buffered operation


Rock-solid metal housing