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TC Electronic Grand Magus Distortion Effect Pedal

TC Electronic

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The TC Electronic Grand Magus Distortion effects pedal delivers the warm, organic distortion tones and natural tube compression that define classic rock guitar sounds. Blending vintage and modern distortion flavors, the Grand Magus allows you to sculpt your tone, from Hendrix-style fuzz to the saturated distortion of Slash. With its wide gain range, you can go from a slight edge to massive high-gain distortion with a twist of the Rock knob. The Grand Magus preserves your core tone with its true-bypass switching, ensuring your signal remains pristine even when the pedal is off. Housed in a sturdy metal enclosure, the Grand Magus is built tough for the rigors of touring and gigging.

Warmth and Sag of a Roaring Tube Amp

Nothing captures the soul of rock and roll like a tube amp turned up to 11. The Grand Magus pedal replicates that rich harmonic character and dynamic response. Its organic distortion reacts like a living, breathing tube amp. As you dig in, the Grand Magus compresses naturally and sags just like a tube power amp. From clean boost to saturated distortion, you'll get smooth, responsive breakup and singing sustain.

Recreate Iconic Rock Tones With Organic Distortion

The Grand Magus captures the warm, rich distortion of a tube amp pushed to its limits. Its organic distortion tones let you recreate those iconic rock sounds, from the singing sustain of David Gilmour to the raucous distortion of Angus Young. Dial in the amount of gain you need, from a hint of breakup to saturated lead tones. The Grand Magus responds like a great tube amp, with natural compression adding thickness and sustain to your playing.

Shape Your Sound Across Eras of Rock

With its flexible EQ shaping, the TC Electronic Grand Magus distortion allows you to craft tones from different eras of rock music. Cut treble for a dark, vintage distortion or boost highs for a modern, crisp drive sound. The tight low end keeps your tone defined even at extreme gain settings. Find your signature sound among the multitude of rock tones available in this versatile distortion pedal.

Maintain Your Tone With True Bypass

The Grand Magus Distortion pedal features a true bypass design that keeps your signal pure even when the pedal is disengaged. That means your tone remains unaffected, with no loss of highs or added noise. You get great distortion when you want it and your unadulterated guitar tone when you don't.

TC Electronic Grand Magus Distortion Effects Pedal
TC Electronic Grand Magus Distortion Effects Pedal
TC Electronic Grand Magus Distortion Effects Pedal

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  • Natural tube-like distortion
  • Wide gain range with a rich and tight tonal character
  • True bypass and top-mounted jacks

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3.82

11 Reviews

63%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend

Most Liked Positive Review

5

Inspiring Sludge Wizardry

I was looking to expand my distortion tone range and honestly got this pedal on name alone because it was so cheap. I was pleasantly surprised with what I got. The tone is full and has that fantastic sagging bottom-end to it, I immediately started writing a new stoner/doom metal piece to take advantage of that sound. Dialed back has a great classic overdrive sound. You may want to look elsewhere if you are looking for really tight high-gain applications like thrash/death metal, but especially for the price I would recommend to anyone.

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Most Liked Negative Review

3

Okay budget pedal

It's hard to complain about a distortion pedal at this price. I've only used it at home for the last year+, on its own and within a longer signal chain. The tones are fine, but for some reason this pedal is a noticeable source of both hissing and "tone suck". It's weird because I have the TC Electronic "Honey Pot" fuzz pedal, too, and it's amazing while having no affect on tone or hiss otherwise. Maybe my Grand Magus has a problem in the bypass circuitry? Removing this pedal alone improves the overall tone, so . . . it won't break your budget to try, at least.

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  1. Limited Selection Of Effects2
  2. Poor Sound Quality2
  3. Not Durable1
  4. Does not sound good on it's oun1
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Reviewed by 11 customers

  • Okay budget pedal

    3

    submitted5 years ago

    byJay

    fromWild West

    It's hard to complain about a distortion pedal at this price. I've only used it at home for the last year+, on its own and within a longer signal chain. The tones are fine, but for some reason this pedal is a noticeable source of both hissing and "tone suck". It's weird because I have the TC Electronic "Honey Pot" fuzz pedal, too, and it's amazing while having no affect on tone or hiss otherwise. Maybe my Grand Magus has a problem in the bypass circuitry? Removing this pedal alone improves the overall tone, so . . . it won't break your budget to try, at least.

  • Worked Great. For awhile anyway...

    1

    submitted7 years ago

    byCorey

    fromPittsburgh, PA

    Worked great for about 6 months then 1 day I go to turn it on and it burned itself up in the middle of the night. Was power by a 9v DC 100 ma power supply

  • Not very good

    2

    submitted7 years ago

    byKyle

    fromSpartanburg SC

    It really only use full for high gain

  • Great distortion pedal.

    5

    submitted7 years ago

    byDean

    fromBuffalo, NY

    I think it's a great pedal, low distortion sounds great for blues. I can go to about 2 o'clock with gai after that it starting to really sound like a pushed tube amp and almost loses clarity. overall its a great pedal though!

  • Yes.

    5

    Verified BuyerVerified Buyer

    submitted7 years ago

    byEnrique

    fromundisclosed

    I like it.

  • this is an amazing pedal because of how good it is with pric

    5

    submitted8 years ago

    bykrishen

    fromdublin,CA

    for a cheap pedal this is one of the best. people are talking about the boss pedals but this one is never talked about even though it was an amazing pedal beginner friendly as well and very good if you like a little dirtier and a little clean sound.

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