Donner X Third Man (Jack White) "Triple Threat" multi effects, Plus fuzz kit

thecolourbox

Third Man have a booth at Namm so looks like we shall find out very soon

thecolourbox

Here it is (Google was my friend)
https://m.midifan.com/news_body.php?id=49442

You can use Google translate in Chrome to put it all in english.

It's a Distortion, a Phaser (Donner Pearl Tremor), and an Echo (Donner Yellow Fall Delay).

Have to say I'm a bit bemused by that combination, especially the phaser, but hey. It says Special Edition yellow one will be $129 and the standard black one will be $99. Not sure what tyhte distortion is based on but seems to me to be better to just get the three individual pedals if you're after that specific combination? I don't think I've ever used a phaser to be honest, can't say I've heard it all that much in Jack White's music either (think Dean Fertita in dead Weather used one one?) , really confused by that inclusion to be honest. Am a bit less excited about it now

thecolourbox

thecolourbox said:

 I'd wager it's probably going to be called Triple Threat (Jack White being obsessed with the number 3).

I'm feeling smug with this

Musicman20

I mean it looks kinda cool, and it is cheap....

EricTheWeary

Err. It's not desperately interesting in the end. Be interesting to see what the distortion is like I guess. 

thecolourbox

Well the Alpha series that it is based on sound fine but very much just generic distortion, chorus and delay, there's one that sounds to me fairly 70s Marshally and the other is higher gain so I guess more 80s Marshally, neither of which would I associate with his sound at all. Likewise the phaser.

I was looking forward to something based on his general sound in that format, would have been cool thing to have even if it's not that hard to piece together anyway, however I think I'll probably pass on it

EricTheWeary

https://youtu.be/mhHRjif1q3Q?si=K6LUh_ZMUqMqJf-H

LionAquaLooper

For that price you might as well get a Nux Cerberus

thecolourbox

Yeah it kind of just sounds like the normal Donner multi pedals to be honest, very strange choice.

Theyre up on the Third Man website now at £95 or £118 for the yellow one.

More interesting though i'd say was this, build a fuzz pedal kit with no soldering required
https://thirdmanstore.co.uk/collections/hardware-pedals/products/third-man-hardware-x-the-fuzz-a-tron-standard-black-kit

I quite fancy one of those to be fair

jellybelly

So glad it was an authentic collaboration offering something truly unique and not a shameless cash in. That would have been shit. 

bbill335

thecolourbox said:

More interesting though i'd say was this, build a fuzz pedal kit with no soldering required
https://thirdmanstore.co.uk/collections/hardware-pedals/products/third-man-hardware-x-the-fuzz-a-tron-standard-black-kit

quite tempted to order this, much better than the jhs ikea thing. what was the point of that? 

stickyfiddle

bbill335 said:

thecolourbox said:

More interesting though i'd say was this, build a fuzz pedal kit with no soldering required
https://thirdmanstore.co.uk/collections/hardware-pedals/products/third-man-hardware-x-the-fuzz-a-tron-standard-black-kit

quite tempted to order this, much better than the jhs ikea thing. what was the point of that? 

Just to be clear it says "With our easy to follow and in depth build manual, this kit will teach entry level soldering and electronics skills." 

So I assume you do have to solder it, but the instructions will teach you how if you don't know

thecolourbox

stickyfiddle said:

bbill335 said:

thecolourbox said:

More interesting though i'd say was this, build a fuzz pedal kit with no soldering required
https://thirdmanstore.co.uk/collections/hardware-pedals/products/third-man-hardware-x-the-fuzz-a-tron-standard-black-kit

quite tempted to order this, much better than the jhs ikea thing. what was the point of that? 

Just to be clear it says "With our easy to follow and in depth build manual, this kit will teach entry level soldering and electronics skills." 

So I assume you do have to solder it, but the instructions will teach you how if you don't know

Sorry yes you're quite right, soldering is indeed required! Silly me

Pabcrane

I'm quite keen to try the Triple Threat, I can't see it for sale in the UK yet though. Is it only going to be for sale in the U.S.A. through Third Man has anyone heard?

Spaceaceuk

Anticlimax that! still reading what hes written on his socials this is clearly a mission of his to get affordable effects out to people that wouldnt normally be able to afford 3 separate pedal so fair play but i agree with previous posters its a strange grouping of effects.

thecolourbox

Pabcrane said:

I'm quite keen to try the Triple Threat, I can't see it for sale in the UK yet though. Is it only going to be for sale in the U.S.A. through Third Man has anyone heard?

@Pabcrane they're here https://thirdmanstore.co.uk/collections/hardware-pedals on preorder to arrive in Feb

thecolourbox

Spaceaceuk said:

Anticlimax that! still reading what hes written on his socials this is clearly a mission of his to get affordable effects out to people that wouldnt normally be able to afford 3 separate pedal so fair play but i agree with previous posters its a strange grouping of effects.

That's all well and good but the normal Donner 3 effect multis (Donner Alpha series) are like £60-£70 ish so this has actually made them more money than just buying the normal one (and in that scenario, chorus would be a more useful effect for me personally than Phaser). Very odd, would it have been too obvious to have an octave fuzz, drive and delay or reverb?

chrisj1602

The fuzz kit is more interesting to me, I’ve always fancied putting a pedal together and the stickers don’t have to go on!

The Donner pedal could be a great start for younger players.

ElectricXII

Not for me. I just don't like phasers.

thecolourbox

It's just odd that it's aimed as affordable, when you could literally get the standard one and have money left over for say a tuner or something for the same. It's saved me some money though as I was planning to purchase it originally