The KarDiaN Serotonin C10H12N2O is a pedal in the style of the Vintage TS-808, with many modifications. A high-end construction, an extended gain range, dynamics pushed to the extreme, a 2-band EQ instead of the usual Tone knob and overall a tool to sculpt your sound, equipped with a killer midrange!
Quick tour of the chassis. Let's make it short, it's a killer. No more, no less. The finish is magnificent, the attention to detail rarely seen for a product of this type (a pedal), everything is handmade, it's light, super well insulated and it hits the pedalboard once.
Inside, how can I tell you? Things get tougher for the competition. It's simple, it's the best there is and it's beautiful. Yes, it's beautiful to look at because it's so well done. Texas Instrument, Amtrans AMRG resistors (1% tolerance, non-magnetic, brass tips, gold-plated oxygen-free copper outputs...), Vishay and Jantzen Audio capacitors, etc... and top-notch PCB. 4 buttons: Volume, Drive, Treble, Bass, 9VDC power supply. It's a beating!
Plugged into Two-Rock Traditional Clean with a small compressor and a Klon KTR, we make a "small" John Mayer setup, Mike Bowes strato in hand, we are ready. To use the C10H12N2O at best, we apply the same recipe as with an original TS808: we stack it on other pedals or to boost a crunch channel. In our case, we do like Mr. Mayer or like the Nashville studios and others, we use it as an additional gain stage that allows you to pass wonderfully through the mix. Indeed, the Serotonin offers you a fluid drive, very high mids, with a soft and rich top end. Be careful, here, it is much less rigid than a usual TS, we have an extended frequency range and above all a possibility of equalizing the pedal in a totally different way. Indeed, many TS lack a little low end, or a little snap depending on the setup. Well with this KarDiaN you correct all these problems and it allows you even more flexibility to integrate it into your effects chain.
The ADD CBF model benefits from additional controls: Blend, Clean-LPF, Clean-Vol. The ADD CBF mode allows you to work with precision on the low end of the spectrum while scrubbing the dynamics of the signal not processed by the effect by re-injecting it via a mixer in parallel with the processed sound.
The KarDiaN Serotonin C10H12N2O has a very wide range thanks to its extended drive and ultra-reactive corrections. Its sound signature, which puts the midrange frequencies forward, does not distort the rest of the spectrum and it retains a very nice transparency that allows it to be stacked on just about anything. If you use your drives as different gain "steps" and want to thicken your sound, gain density and presence, you have one of the market references described above! Classic, yes, but even better :-)
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