THE REVEREND V2 – OD/DISTORTION/FUZZ WITH ‘EXPANDER’ CIRCUIT

The Reverend is my take on one of my all-time favorite pedals: The sought-after, vintage Bixonic Expandora – One of the first ‘Boutique’ pedals, Made in Japan, used among the greatest guitarists the likes of Joe Satriani, Megadeth, Bootsy Collins, Slipknot… And made famous by Billy Gibbons for its ZZ Top signature sound.

The Expandora was a phenomenal Overdrive/Distortion/Fuzz, a highly evolved Rat with an ‘expander’ circuit that made the pedal dynamically sensitive, allowing users to vary the amount of distortion with the pick’s attack or by adjusting their instrument’s volume knob.

Imagine playing La Grange and being able to go from the clean part to the distortion part just by strumming harder. That’s the magic of this circuit!

Apart from the ‘Script Logo’ beta version (very rare), there were 3 variations of the pedal through the years:

EXP-2000, aka the ‘Original Version’. The most famous one, with 2 internal DIP switches to change between 3 gain stages plus the additional ‘Forbidden Setting’. EXP-2001, a larger version with slightly different sound, replaced the original switches with an external 4th knob. No ‘Forbidden’ setting on this one. EXP-2000R, the Reissue version of the EXP-2000. The internal switches were replaced by external ones and added an extra Bass switch. Replaces some of the rare components of the EXP-2000 for more widely available ones, like the TL072 chip. The Decibelics The Reverend is a part-for-part replica of the ‘Original Version’ EXP-2000 but with added best elements/characteristics of all three versions.

Mini format, to fit any pedalboard Circuit replica of my original MIJ Bixonic Expandora EXP2000 Tone modeled after my 5 original Expandora (All versions) Hand Made, one by one Highest Quality components and hardware Uses N.O.S. RN2206 transistor and JRC4558DD op-amp Uses OP07 chips and H11F1 optocoupler, fine-tuned to deliver the exact tone and feel of the originals 4 Knobs, being the fourth one the replacement of the original switches ‘Forbidden Setting’, the explosive, brutal, gated Fuzz mode found on the EX-2000 and EXP-2000R External Clipping switch ala Reverend XX External Guitar-Bass switch of the EXP-2000R True Bypass Intelligent bypass Switch, with boot memory and momentary mode Low noise floor, Decibelics-Style Optional: Remote Footswitch for the Forbidden Mode

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