NPD: Free The Tone PA-1QB Programmable EQ

I've had this in for a little while, but was asked to keep quiet until after the official release date.

A great EQ pedal; all-analog signal chain, digitally controlled with 99 presets (first 4 available by foot switch). The EQ points were specifically chosen for bass and they do work well. It is absolutely quiet and also works as a nice boost, as well.

Here it is on my fly-rig board:

 

I'm still using the board I posted above and am still very happy with the whole setup. This is the longest I've gone in at least the last 15 years without replacing a pedal or doing a complete teardown of my board. With everything shown above I can cover 98%+ of my gigs and I can always just put an OC-2 and/or envelope filter in front or a chorus after and I can cover 100% of what I've been asked to play in the last 30 years. After the board I typically use a Radial JDI (80%) and/or a Mesa Walkabout Scout 15 + 15 Extension (20% + practice).

I don't play with a 5 string much anymore, but I do have a Hipshot DTuner on my #1 (4-string PJ) and have had no issues with the FTT EQ. It is a great tone-sculpting device. Between that and the Bass Blaster I can easily go from old school P-Bass Motown thump to active Sadowsky preamp with a J and nearly everything in-between, including overdrive and light distortion/fuzz.

I have previously used Boss & MXR pedal EQs, the Tech 21 Q-Strip and the Source Audio EQ and landed on the FTT pedal. Yes, it is expensive. But, it is very well made and a lot of thought went into deciding on the fixed EQ points and it is very easy to dial in.