Hot Saké

Brewed to perfection, TWA Hot Saké™ will torch your taste buds and impart an intense body-buzz of tonal intoxication! TWA has harvested a selection of the finest vintage Japanese Distortion pedals and blended them with a batch of premium modern ingredients to create Hot Saké™’s unique, full-bodied bouquet. Boiling over the divide between distortion and overdrive, Hot Saké™ packs a powerful punch, yet finishes clean and crisp. A classic Low-Boost/Hi-Boost Tone control lays down Hot Saké™’s overall sonic palette, while a dedicated Mids knob allows for precise sculpting of the pedal’s tonal flavor. The dedicated Low Boost switch with selectable frequency center adds an incredible kick that turns Hot Sake™ into a Sake Bomb, creating super-thick yet articulate, chest-thumping modern crunch. Imagine tones ranging from smooth, 808-style drives with no mid-hump to chunky, Muff-like fuzz with dynamics & clarity, and you’ll have an inkling of just what this little black box can do. Hot Saké™’s 180-proof Level control provides an unprecedented degree of boost that can burn through the loudest of bands.  Crank it up to elicit scorching harmonic feedback even at room-level amp volumes. The perfectly-tuned Drive control offers up distinctly amp-like tones, covering a broad spectrum of saturated sounds from slight tube break-up to complete amp break-down. Incredibly dynamic, rolling back your Guitar’s volume will adjust Hot Saké™’s temperature to taste, covering every flavor of dirt from BB King Smoothness to Sonic Youth sludge. All this muscle is kept tight & quiet by an audiophile-quality TLO72 op-amp that retains note clarity and definition at any control setting. If other drives have left you thirsting for more, pour yourself a cup of Hot Saké™ and let the good times Rock & Roll – Kanpei!!! CONTROL DESCRIPTIONS – DRIVE – Controls the amount of gain/drive/distortion. Turn clockwise for more saturation. LEVEL – Controls output volume when the pedal is engaged. Turn clockwise to increase volume. TONE – A classic Low Boost/Hi Boost tone control. Turn CCW for more Lows, turn CW for more Highs. MIDS – Variable midrange boost acts independently of the TONE control. Turn clockwise for more midrange boost. LB SWITCH – Switches between standard setting and setting with increased low-end response. Set switch to “UP” position for low-boost. L1 / L2 SWITCH – Selects between two different filter caps for Low Boost circuit. The difference is subtle, but allows fine-tuning of the LB circuit to match your rig & tonal tastes.