T-Rex Engineering

T-Rex is a small pedal maker out of Denmark. It was started by two brothers who were out to make the best guitar equipment on the planet. They started off by making MIDI equipment for guitars then expanded into effects and stomp boxes. The Gull Wah pedal is one of their newer models and they say its the Wah the world has been waiting for. The pedal itself looks like an old classic car with its bronze exterior with red traction pad. The pedal itself has all your typical inputs and outputs with a couple of knobs for tone shaping. It has a slope knob and a boost knob with a 3 way toggle in the middle. The toggle controls the voicing. It has 2 Wah voicings and a "Yoy Yoy" voicing. One cool feature is the wah effect is controlled by a magnet so you do not have a pot that will wear out. UTILIZATION The pedal feels very solid and heavy. It has an easily accessable 9v battery slot so you dont have to take the entire back plate off like on old wahs. The knobs are clearly marked and heavy duty. I dont like the input and output being on the top of the pedal. I am use to them being on the side like on classic wah pedals. The DC connection being on top is no problem for me. The pedal is a bit noisy when you click it on but thats not really a problem. One problem is that the sweep isnt very big. It doesnt really kick in till like half way down. SOUND QUALITY This wah is very versatile with the knobs and the 3 different modes. You can get sounds throughout the history of wah usage. The first Wah voicing is your classic wah sound. The boost and slope knobs seem to increase the thickness of the effect overall. If you have them both at 0 you get a thin nasally wah sound that sticks out a lot. This with the Wah 1 voicing gives you a nice funky sound. Increasing the slope and boost increase the thickness of the vintage wah sound setting. Setting 2 has a more dirty sound. The extra dirt on the sound gives you a lot of bite. It can sometimes sound like you have a phaser on. The "Yoy Yoy" preset reminds me of 80s over the top wah sounds. Kinda like Kirk Hammett on his worst days. The sound on this preset is crazy. With some gain this preset sounds a lot like Zakk Wylde when he is rocking out with the Wah. It is a cool sound if you can make it work. OVERALL OPINION If you are looking for a unique wah that has lots of versatility this is it. One thing you must consider is if you are looking for so many different wah sounds you may just want to you a rack wah. With one of these units you cant save presets or anything. You may like your knobs a certain way for one voicing and a different way for another. You cant do that with a pedal like this. If you dont mind the shortcomings this is a great unique wah with crazy tone.

The T-Rex Engineering Alberta overdrive pedal is an analog pedal designed for use with electric guitar. The pedal is the most similar to a Tube Screamer that T-Rex has to offer in my opinion, both in terms of sound quality and parameters. You've got 1/4 inch connections for input and output and the pedal can be powered with a nine volt power supply. This isn't a rack mountable piece of gear as it is a stomp box. UTILIZATION The make up of the T-Rex Engineering Alberta is about as simple as you can get for an overdrive pedal. Like the Tube Screamer, you've got parameters only for gain, level, and tone. Nothing about this pedal is complicated whatsoever and even those without much experience with guitar pedals should be able to understand everything going on here quite easily. For this reason, a manual definitely isn't needed. SOUND QUALITY While I can't say that the sound quality of the T-Rex Engineering Alberta is the most impressive in T-Rex's line of overdrives, it does have a great overall tone. T-Rex has put out some great sounding pedals, and Alberta is definitely one of them. I've only used the pedal inside the recording studio, generally with a Fender Strat and either a '76 Fender Twin Reverb or a '65 Fender Deluxe Reverb, but no matter what configuration I use the pedal with it seems that I'm able to get a pretty good overdrive tone. The only downfall is that you've only got three parameters to work with, but this isn't too much of a problem for me as I've gotten used to it since the make up is similar to a lot of overdrive pedals out there. OVERALL OPINION The price of T-Rex Engineering's Alberta is a bit much in my opinion, which is the only down side to the pedal. Since it does have a Tube Screamer like sound, I believe the price should be comparable, although it is not. Other than this, Alberta is an all around great pedal as I wouldn't expect anything less from T-Rex Engineering. If you're in the market for an overdrive pedal I can't say this would be my first recommendation because of the price, but it is a pedal that is definitely worth exploring.

I bought the Fuel Tank Classic to power my Line6 wireless. The wireless needs 500mA, otherwise you will have issues. I was using a Boss adaptor that was rated at 500mA but it wasn't working out so I contacted T-Rex about the Fuel Tank. They told me the 9v outputs actually can handle more than 500mA so I should have no problem. And they were right, I got it, installed it in the rack and it has performed flawlessly ever since and the wireless works perfect. Excellent customer service from T-rex, even before I bought the unit!! I'm only using one output but the Fuel Tank can do a lot more, it's also nice to have the additional 12v AC or DC output. The 9v outputs are NOT isolated so you could have some issues with it but it depends on your needs. The Fuel Tank comes with a number of cables to hook up your pedals and you can always order more or special cables! They even include a daisy chain cable so you can hook up 5 pedals to 1 of the outputs, good thinking on their part! When using it on your board, make sure to test it out with your pedals because some of them need to be on isolated outputs. If you don’t have this problem, the T-Rex Fuel Tank Classic is a very good unit for the price. Another thing to keep in mind is the max rating of 500mA. A typical pedal only uses 20-40mA so you shouldn’t have a problem there but make sure to check this before you overload the Fuel Tank! The build quality is excellent for sure, I have mine in a rack so it’s not seeing the abuse of a pedalboard but it’s a pretty sturdy, metal, box so I don’t expect any issues.

The T-Rex Engineering Tremonti Phaser is an analog effects pedal designed for use with electric guitar. It has a 1/4 inch input and two 1/4 inch outputs and is powered by a 9 volt power supply. This piece of gear isn't rack mountable as it is a foot pedal. UTILIZATION Using the T-Rex Engineering Tremonti Phaser is an easy task and the parameters are easily seen and everything is laid out smartly. The pedal has parameters for level, rate, bite, and depth as well as a switch to choose between either a four or eight stage mode. I've never had any problems using this pedal exactly how I'd like to and I can't see anyone else having too much trouble with it. For this reason, the manual isn't necessary even though it is put together nicely and is easy to follow. SOUND QUALITY The sounds that you can get from the T-Rex Engineering Tremonti Phaser are varied and quite interesting. All of the sounds are pretty great and the best part about it is the amount of different sounds that you can get. I usually use the pedal with a Fender Strat and a '76 Fender Twin Reverb, so I get a pretty accurate read on how this pedal sounds. You can get phaser tones ranging from subtle sounds for rhythm and leads to really spacey sounds. All of the sounds are full sounding and professional even if you don't like the specific tones that you can get with this pedal. OVERALL OPINION I've been using the T-Rex Engineering Tremonti Phaser for about a year and a half or two years and it has become one of my favorite phaser pedals out there. The only downfall is the price as it will cost more than most phaser pedals. For this reason the Boss PH-3 is probably a better phaser in terms of bang for your buck, but this one definitely has a cleaner signal. If you need a nice phaser pedal that will give you a crystal clear sound, the T-Rex Engineering Tremonti Phaser is for you.

The T-Rex Engineering Bloody Mary is a distortion pedal made for electric guitar but will work with any electronic instrument. The pedal is an analog one and it has standard 1/4 inch connections. It is powered by a 9 volt power supply and isn't rack mountable. UTILIZATION Using the T-Rex Engineering Bloody Mary is a really easy task as the pedal is easy to follow and has pretty basic parameters. The pedal has knobs for gain, level, low, mid, and high, as well as a button for body. I've never had too much trouble using this pedal because it has similar parameters to other distortion pedals out there. Even if you aren't too experienced with distortion pedals as long as you experiment and try things out you should be able to get a handle on this pedal pretty quickly. I haven't seen a manual for this pedal, but you shouldn't really need one anyway as the pedal is easy enough to use on its own. SOUND QUALITY Out of all of the T-Rex Engineering distortion pedals, the T-Rex Engineering Bloody Mary has the most gurth and is best suited for heavy rock music. I have used the pedal with a '76 Fender Twin Reverb amp and a Fender Stratocaster or a Gibson SG for the most part, so I'm getting a pretty accurate portrayal of what this pedal sounds like. I especially like using this pedal with the SG as you can get a really fat tone that is great for harder rock music or if you are just looking for a really heavy distortion rhythm or lead guitar tone. While this pedal isn't all that versatile and is rather limited in the types of tones that you can get, the sounds that you can get are pretty great. OVERALL OPINION I've been using the T-Rex Engineering Bloody Mary for about a year or so and I would definitely recommend it to the group of players who are looking for a really fat distortion sound for playing harder rock music and metal. It is good for other genres too, but I have found it limited in its use for other genres. The price isn't all that great but is worth it if you are looking for tone like this...This pedals is definitely worth checking out for those who are looking for a heavy distortion pedal.

This is a disortion pedal with the usual level, tone and gain settings by T-Rex. Eveything is constructed very well - T-Rex style! UTILIZATION The sound of the Mudhoney reminds me very much of an overdriven tube amp. The whole frequency range is being overdriven – even the basses. This can be at times a bit hard to handle and you need to really like this kind of distortion. SOUND QUALITY The distortion has a nice, warm character but kann also sound very undefined very quickly. You have to be careful to not overdo it and turn this pedal into a fuzz effect... OVERALL OPINION ...which can be something other guitar players are looking for. I personally don’t like the sound of the Mudhoney because it doesn’t give me the definition in the sound I am looking for. Of course the construction and handling is top otherwise.

This is a tremolo pedal - and very good at that. UTILIZATION Very easy to use - rate and depth...pretty much trust your ears. SOUND QUALITY The Tremster sounds very reminiscent to the tremolo channel of an old Fender-Twin. You can choose between Sawtooth and a more softer tremolo sound. It has a lot of depth and doesn’t take away the presence of the sound. OVERALL OPINION It’s pretty expensive – but just perfect. I used to own a Fender Twin 71 and this pedal so far is the only thing that comes close. If you don’t have a tremolo on your amp and don’t want to miss one then this effect is perfect for you.

The T-Rex Engineering Dr. Swamp is an overdrive pedal that has 2 channels so you can set two different types of distortion/overdrive and toggled between the two. The pedal is an analog pedal and has a 1/4 inch input and output. The effect is not rackable as it is a stomp box. UTILIZATION The set up of the pedal is very easy. There are four knobs - 2 for each channel. It is really easy to get a good overdrive tone out of this pedal - just simply adjust tone or level and gain to set how much or how little distortion you would like. I've never used the manual because I haven't had a use for it. SOUND QUALITY The overdrive produced from this pedal is rich and full in tone. I have only used this pedal with guitar - usually a Fender Stratocaster into a Twin Reverb, and it adds a rich overdrive tone to my sound. Both of the channels sound good on this, both while using a small amount of the effect and while cracking it, depending on what you are going for. I would imagine that this pedal would sound good with other instruments too, but I've never had a need to try it out with anything other than a guitar. OVERALL OPINION I have been using the T Rex Dr Swamp for six months and I'm really glad I got one of these. I used to own an MXR Double Shot Distortion, which also has a 2 channels, and this pedal sounds way better - both a rich tone and more authentic sounding. I've come to love the pedals T Rex makes as they sound great and are built well. While this pedal is a bit higher priced than your average pedal, to me it is worth it because I know I am getting a product that will last for a while and has a sound that adds something to my tone.

T Rex is a pedal manufacturing company that really builds great sounding pedals for the professional and amateur guitarist. This is a pedal that is a tube power reverb pedal that gives you a great sounding tube reverb sound. There is quite a difference between a digital to analog, and spring reverb units compared to the tube driven reverb units. This is a pedal that gets you a nice sounding tube tone that really fills the air with a crate sounding reverb. Overall this is a great sounding pedal and it has a load of features and options to get you pretty much any sound that you are looking for. UTILIZATION T-Rex Engineering Room-Mate Tube Reverb Guitar Pedal Features: Four tube-based reverb modes: Spring, Hall, Room, and LFO Mix, Level, Decay, Mode, Hicut, and Gain controls Stereo operation Includes power supply SOUND QUALITY You have four control knobs of operation to choose from. Your first control knob is the mix which allows you to dial in the effected signal along with the dry signal. This gives you the overall effect within your main guitar tone. Next you have the decay which is how wide and lasting the reverb tone continues to drop off from the signal. Can you have a level control which gives you the overall volume level of this pedal. Next you have a mode control that gives you four types of possible sounds including spring,, Hall, and then a unique sound called LFO setting. Again this is a great sounding pedal and will get you the right amount of reverb for any song or recording that you need. OVERALL OPINION You can find these pedals for right around $370. That is a load of money for a single unit and especially a reverb pedal. I think a reverb pedal in my opinion shouldn't be more than $200. However this is he tube driven reverb so it's going to give you that organic tube sound that you can only find any tube driven reverb unit. Many times in order to get a tube driven reverb sound you have to buy the reverb tube amplifier. This is the pedal that you would own if you had the money to throw down on a simple reverb pedal. It has a great tone and clarity for most style of reveber in most applications.

The specs on this pedal are very high. The sample rate and converters are top notch. People can't seem to decide whether it's actually analog. The consensus is that the signal path is pretty much high quality analog while the circuitry is digital. Honestly I don't care as long as it sounds good. I don't believe that it's true bypass, however I haven't really noticed and tone loss. It has tap tempo of course which was the selling point for me. Has a fairly long delay time too. Oh and midi, which is super important to me. Not many delays have this. I'm glad this one does. UTILIZATION The pedal itself is pretty darn simple to figure out. Has the usual delay controls along with tap tempo and all work as they should. The brown switch supposedly does high end cutting on the repeats. I don't like how it sounds and would rather do without it. The subdivision switch splits the delay time or something, so you can do triplet delays. It's more of a time saving feature than anything. Midi implemention works well enough and I have used it a lot lately. SOUND QUALITY People say that these are better for recording than live but I haven't heard that in my experience. This is a very colored delay as most analog ones are. The closest thing I can compare it to is maybe the Dunlop Carbon Copy because it has the darkness on the repeats, especially with the Brown switch on. A better word I feel would be "hazy" or "fadey". The repeats fade out very naturally which you don't get with most digital delays. OVERALL OPINION I have heard a lot of people having switch failures on these. In fact my friend has an older one and the tempo switch on his broke. Mine hasn't given me any trouble but I rarely use it live and when i do it's usually in a rack. That might be why. The price is a little bit steep but considering you get a true analog delays AND tap tempo AND midi I think it's fair.

The T-Rex Engineering Tonebug Overdrive is the simplest and cheapest pedal that T-Rex has the offer. It has 1/4 inch connections for both input and output and requires a 9 volt power supply. It is an analog unit that definitely has the vintage look and sound. This isn't a rack mountable piece of gear as it is a stomp box. UTILIZATION The configuration of the T-Rex Engineering Tonebug Overdrive pedal is about as simple as it gets. The pedal has parameters for gain, tone, and level and beyond this there isn't a way to control your tone. For me this is fine as it makes the pedal incredibly easy to use and I don't believe that it sacrifices any versatility. I've never seen the manual for this pedal so I can't say anything about it. SOUND QUALITY The sound quality of the T-Rex Engineering Tonebug Overdrive is top notch. I love the sounds that I get with it for recording as I find that I can get a number of different overdrive tones that are all vintage sounding and quite realistic. I have used the pedal with a Fender Telecaster and a '65 Fender Deluxe Reverb, and I feel that this is probably the most appropriate setting for this pedal. I can't think of any pedals that I would compare it to tone wise exactly, but I would say that it has a sound some think like an Ibanez Tube Screamer. OVERALL OPINION Overall, I'm a big fan of the T-Rex Engineering Tonebug Overdrive pedal. While T-Rex definitely has some better sounding overdrives in their collection than this one, for the price this can't be beat. It is an underrated pedal as I feel that those who know about it often compare it to the more expensive pedals that sound better in the T-Rex line of pedals. However, when compared to pedals in its price range, this is truly a gem. If you are looking for a great sounding overdrive pedal for around $100 USD, definitely keep an eye out for the T-Rex Engineering Tonebug Overdrive pedal.

The T-Rex Engineering Reptile is modulation delay pedal designed for use with electric guitar but is suitable for any electronic instrument. It has a ¼ inch input and output and is powered by a 9 volt power supply. It isn’t rack mountable as it is a stomp box. UTILIZATION The make up of the T-Rex Engineering Reptile isn’t hard to follow and at the same time the pedal has a lot to offer in terms of parameters. The pedal has knobs for echo, level, repeat, and time, as well as smaller knobs for depth and speed that fall under the ‘flutter’ category. The pedal then has switches for on/off and for modulation, the latter of which is an incredibly cool sounding feature. I haven’t seen a manual for this pedal and wouldn’t think that you would need one as it is easy enough to figure out on its own. SOUND QUALITY The sound quality heard from the T-Rex Engineering Reptile is pretty awesome overall. The pedal is quite versatile and it is possible to get a wide range of different delay sounds. The modulation part about this pedal is what really makes it special in my opinion as it adds a whole other dimension that isn’t found on other delay pedals. It is hard to describe the sound that kicks in when you press the modulation switch but it kind of adds a certain twang and trail to the sound that is really awesome. While I usually use the T-Rex Engineering Reptile for recording with a ’76 Fender Twin Reverb and a Fender Strat, this will work great with just about any configuration of for any sort of use. OVERALL OPINION I first used the T-Rex Engineering Reptile about a year ago and I was immediately impressed. The sound quality and the amount of different tones available really make this a stand out pedal in my opinion. While it is a bit pricey, it is an extremely sturdy and well built pedal and will last a while if treated right. All in all, the T-Rex Engineering Reptile is a unique pedal that I would highly recommend checking out.