Crazy Tube Circuits White Whale V2 - Analog Reverb and Tremolo

White Whale V2 – Analog Spring Reverb and Tremolo

Inspired by the match-made-in-heaven of vintage effects found on 60s American amps, White Whale V2 sets out a new objective to pack bigger real spring reverb and tremolo sounds in the same pedalboard friendly enclosure (17 x 12,5 x 7,5 cm).

The 3-spring reverb tank assembly housed inside White Whale’s enclosure has remained the same, but we have upgraded the power amp driving the springs for increased headroom and wider frequency response. Following the signal topography of vintage units we have also upgraded the dwell control to allow you to dial the right amount of signal that goes into the springs for a mellower or splashier reverb sound. Real spring reverb found in 60s American tube amps and external reverb units featured a tube power amp driving the spring assembly via an output transformer, so we have delicately tuned an analog circuit to emulate the tube and output transformer saturation that was produced on higher dwell settings.

The tremolo section has also been upgraded to feature harmonic tremolo, besides the opto and tube bias found in the previous incarnation of our “marine mammal”. This hypnotic and mesmerizing effect originated on certain models of the brown and blonde era amps and does frequency-based modulation by shifting between high and low frequencies compared to the amplitude-based modulation (opto and tube bias) that shifts between volume levels.

Another upgrade found in the White Whale V2 is that the two effect sections are now completely independent and you can select the effects order so that the tremolo effect comes before the reverb or vice versa. This gives you the option to make heavenly combinations as optical and tube bias style tremolo usually sound better when placed after (post) the reverb effect while the harmonic tremolo usually sounds better when placed in front (pre) of the reverb effect. The two onboard footswitches are used to engage or bypass each effect section and feature a power-up bypass/engage pre-set function.

• ­ All-analog 3-spring reverb tank pedal with tremolo.
• ­ Spring reverb tank is driven by a real power amp.
• ­ Tube and output transformer saturation simulation circuit.
• ­ Controls for reverb size, dwell, tone, mix and volume.
• ­ Controls for tremolo style, speed, depth and volume.
• ­ Fx order selection and independent operation of the reverb and tremolo effect sections.
• ­ Click-less true bypass design via high quality relays for each section.
• ­ 2 Footswitches / 2 Status LEDs - one for each effect section. Tremolo section LED lights in tempo.
• ­ Power-up bypass/engage preset function for the footswitches.
• ­ Expression control functions for reverb mix and tremolo speed (expression / tap pedals not included).
• ­ Remote bypass / engage control function for each effect section – matching artwork remote footswitch sold separately.