Cornstar - Plexi in a Box

The ‘Cornstar’ started out as our take on the ‘amp in a box’ pedal. That amp being a Marshall Plexi. As the pedal took shape and was developed and tweaked, it became more than just a Plexi clone pedal & took on a whole character of its own, creating in our opinion a fantastic overdrive/distortion pedal.

Dirty Radish - Clean Boost

The ‘Dirty Radish’ is a classic booster pedal with a quality buffer built in. It’s a versatile, toneful mosfet-based boost that adds just a touch of sparkle and colour. Great as an always-on tone sweetener, to drive an amp into delicious crunch or as a solo boost in front or behind fuzzes and distortions.

Pumpkin Pi - Twin Channel Muff

The ‘Pumpkin Pi’ is a twin channel muff pedal that brings together 2 classic muffs into one distinctive pedal. The first channel is the classic ‘Green Russian muff’ loved by so many players such as Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys & Jack White. We’ve added a 3 way tonal switch which allows you to switch between a10db’s & 4db’s boost to a classic scooped Muff tones.

Fuzzy Pickle - Classic 60’s Fuzz

The ‘Fuzzy Pickle’ is based around the classic 60’s fuzz of the Sam Ash & the Astrotone with a few GCP tweaks added for good measure. The pedal does have its own unique idiosyncratic ways but these add to the pedals appeal. Take your time to find that sweet spot & you’ll be in tonal heaven.

Purple Maize - Retro Phaser

The Purple Maize is our take on a classic early 70′s analog phaser pedal. The Purple Maize benefits from have a matched quad set of MOSFET transistors to ensure you get the best possible phasing effect from the pedal. Each pedal is individual hand biased & set up to maximise the classic 70′s phasing effect.

Cornstar

Plexi in a box and more!

Yes you can get a nice Marshall-esque sound from the Cornstar, going from a vintage pushed Plexi to a more aggressive modern sounding amp with more gain and bite. Some of our other supporters have likened it to a driven ‘Cornford’, ‘Vox’ or ‘Tweed’. We just think it’s a great sounding pedal.

We’ve added a vintage switch to flip between the two sides of the pedals character. It also adds, what we like to think of as a bit more depth to the available tone pallet.

The gain on the Cornstar starts right from zero. The gain will increase very very subtly until it reaches 2 O’clock when it starts to really open up. Don’t worry, it was purposely designed to work that way to keep the gain very focused & tight. Your Cornstar is working exactly how it should. The tone control on the Cornstar is also subtle but very usable & can help stave off ’option paralysis’ by allowing you to plug in & play without spending all day twiddling with setting. Who wants to do that?

£100 + p&p

All pedals are handmade to order. Email us now at greencarrotpedals@outlook.com to enquire about your pedal now. For more info about ordering pedals or to read our warranty click here.

Media

Cornstar Demos and Reviews

Bea from the band Dorje reviews the Cornstar in a pedal shoot out

August 30th, 2014

Rabea Massaad a highly talented young guitarist from the band Dorje, has included our Cornstar pedal in a shootout demo on his youtube channel. Bea to his friends, has the Cornstar plugged into a Marshall JVM & is playing a really nice PRS custom 24. We appreciate the support shown by Bea to small pedal companies & fully agree with his sentiments about us giving you, the customers, that extra little bit of care & consideration when building our pedals. Each one is lovingly hand build by ourselves & not produced in some faceless factory. Enjoy.