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Description

The Aria APE-1one of the 1st Guitar Multi Effects Pedal and was a rather tacky and cheap looking floor unit, featuring Distortion, Chorus and Digital Delay, and able to combine these effects in assignable patches. Only three patches, but patches all the same, and that technically made the APE-1 a programmable multi-effects box for the electric guitar with an Effect Loop on Board. The quality of the effects was good enough for gigs, and there was still a lot guitarists could do with this unit beyond what had previously been possible within one box. Whilst the row of switches on each of the patches only pushed the effects in or out of the signal path, this still meant that one tap of the foot during a performance could switch you from, say, a dry, distorted rhythm sound with no additional treatment, to a turbo-boosted lead distortion with thickening chorus and heavy delay. And since each patch had its own overall volume control, a level boost or cut could be dialled into your screaming lead or reserved rhythm sounds.

Product specs

Effects chorus, compressor, delay, distortion, multi-fx
Power 9V
Bypass true bypass, buffered bypass
Analog/Digital digital
Nemanja Velimirovic

Nemanja Velimirovic

ARIA APE-1 Test Drive

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ARIA APE-1 Test Drive

Nemanja Velimirovic

Nemanja Velimirovic

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buzzsaw_berserker

FUCKIN GREAT

WOOFUCKINHOO I couldn't have bought a better pedal ,analog delay can be annoying to use sometimes though so I might get an external dd -3 digital delay should do the trick ha

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