Fairfield Circuitry Shallow Water | Secret Weapons Demo and Review

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The Shallow Water is something like the stuff of legends. It is, in the abstract, a BBD chorus/vibrato but it's beloved by players (notably a LOT of synth player) for things that exist in this pedal that are tangential to the standard fare of modulation that you would expect. The LPG is a magical filter and trigger that functions as one of the most inspiring attack modulators I've ever played. The Damp control lurches the pitch modulation around in ways that somehow both feel so subtle and like such a statement at once. Even the JFET circuit in this thing makes it just a damn fine boost or drive. There is a lot to love here and almost none of it can be properly articulated through text. So throw in some headphones and lets wade into the Shallow Water.

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0:00 - Intro / Songwriting context
1:46 - Review
5:30 - Sound samples / Applications

Other gear used:

Harmony Silhouette
Benson PreAmp
Fairfield Shallow Water
Quiet Theory Prelude
Strymon Idiridum


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