Alexander Pedals Alexander Royal Cream

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Discover the Alexander Royal Cream, a meticulously crafted overdrive pedal designed to deliver rich, creamy tones with impressive versatility. This pedal is a must-have for guitarists seeking to add warmth and texture to their sound without sacrificing clarity. The Royal Cream's circuit is inspired by classic overdrive tones but enhanced with modern engineering for superior performance.

With its intuitive control layout, you can easily dial in the perfect amount of drive, shaping your sound from subtle grit to full-bodied saturation. Musicians appreciate the responsive dynamics of the Royal Cream, which react beautifully to playing nuances, ensuring that every note is articulated with precision. Whether you're playing soulful blues, gritty rock, or anything in between, this pedal is sure to become an essential part of your rig.

The Royal Cream features a robust metal chassis, ensuring durability for both studio and live performances. Its true bypass switching guarantees that your signal remains pristine and uncolored when the pedal is disengaged.

Key Features:

Classic-inspired overdrive tones with modern enhancements
Intuitive controls for easy tone shaping
True bypass switching for pure signal integrity
Durable metal chassis for reliable performance
Responsive dynamics for nuanced playability

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james_spurney

over 3 years ago

This is a wonderful pedal. Could not be happier.

Short disclaimer, I have wanted this pedal and through good luck and kindness I was able to get a Royal Cream. There are not many out there.

Now that being said this pedal is still available and is now known as the Hot Pink Drive

https://www.alexanderpedals.com/shop/hot-pink

So to best describe this pedal... It is a very 80's sound. Sup[posed to be similar to the ADA-MP1 which I can absolutely see. It is very tweak able and great sounding. If you happen to like that sound (think sunset strip in the prime) it will absolutely cover that, but it is far from limited to that. That isn't my particular sound by any means but it nails that. It has a cut that I love though in a band setting. If used with an american style amp (Fender or Mesa) which is a bit darker to start with it is an absolute compliment to the girth of that rich sound and adds the right frequencies. Clearly as a five knob pedal there is plenty of tweak ability. Alexander makes some very amazing stuff at a fantastic price range. There are things they just nail and this is one of them. I also think the Jubilee is a really great version for a a famous (but distinct amp in the marshall family) that is just nailed IMHO. What they do with delays is also so impressive. Really interesting technology incorporated too into their designs (not the Jubilee or Hot Pink as they are drive pedals) just a ton of functionality and once again at an amazing cost point. This though has a certain value for me personally and is something I would never part with.

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Greg Dulli

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The Afghan Whigs

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custom made by Alexander for Greg Dulli.

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Gibson ES-355 Electric Guitar Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars

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Hot Pink Drive is well the same pedal. I will say I am also a big Janes Addiction fan and with this I can really nail Navarro tones. It will get into any of that "rack mount late 80's early 90's" sounds with not much effort.

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