KHDK Ghoul JR Kirk Hammett

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Effect Pedal for Electric Guitar

Kirk Hammett Signature Overdrive
Controls: Drive, Volume and Tone
Switch: Style and Voice
Power supply via power supply (not included, suitable power supply available under Art.409939)
Handmade in USA

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Available since December 2017

Item number 426226

Sales Unit 1 piece(s)

Overdrive Yes

Distortion No

Fuzz No

Metal No

£126

Including VAT; Excluding £10 shipping

Delivery approx. between Friday, 29.11. and Monday, 2.12.

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Kirk Hammett signature overdrive

The Ghoul Screamer overdrive from KHDK - the company founded by Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett and sound designer David Karon in 2012 - has long been one of the brand's most popular drive pedals. Now, the company also presents the Ghoul JR, a wicked-sounding pedal with exceptional tonal flexibility. This micro-format pedal features two voice settings and three styles that cover everything from fuzz through to sizzling crunch and creamy overdrive. What is more, the Ghoul JR has twice as much gain on tap as its bigger brother. And it goes without saying that the KHDK Ghoul JR, like all of the brand's other pedals, is hand-built in Paducah, USA.

Two voices and three styles

Alongside the obligatory controls for drive, volume, and tone that are found on virtually all overdrive pedals, the KHDK Ghoul JR also provides two interesting options that vastly expand the pedal's sonic flexibility, in the form of two switches labelled "Voice" and "Style". The "Voice" switch effectively shapes the bass and mid frequencies, while the "Style" switch can be used to select from three different gain settings that range from a transparent clean boost through to juiced-up crunch sounds and all the way to infernal levels of distortion. These features together with the tone and drive controls mean you have a wealth of sonic possibilities at your disposal.

Not just for Kirk Hammett fans

The KHDK Ghoul JR is an obvious addition to the pedalboard of any player looking to capture the sound of Kirk Hammett and Metallica. However, the pedal's selection of different voices and styles together with its impressive gain reserves make it a veritable Swiss army knife for all types of Rock and Metal music. As well as a transparent sound, the pedal also delivers outstanding dynamics and thus provides a similarly organic playing feel to that of a real tube amplifier. The housing of the Ghoul JR is compact enough to fit effortlessly into any gig bag, and it won't take up too much real estate on your pedalboard either.

About KHDK

The US company KHDK Electronics was founded in 2012 by Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett and sound designer David Karon. The company is based in Paducah/Kentucky and produces effect pedals for guitar and bass. In order to achieve a high standard of quality, these are exclusively handcrafted on an analogue basis by a small team. The range of products is confined to boost, overdrive, and distortion pedals which cover an enormously wide sonic range that goes from warm clean boost through to infernal distortion and are not only intended for metal musicians. Besides Kirk Hammett, who actually uses his own pedals, KHDK Electronics pedals can also be found in the arsenal of other big names in the Metal genre, including Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian and Gary Holt of Slayer.

From clean boost to high-gain

Whether you are using the KHDK Ghoul JR to push your amp's overdrive channel further into saturation or to provide distortion on a clean single-channel amp, you can be sure that this compact pedal will deliver the sound you want from its broad repertoire, all with its characteristic, lively dynamics. Last but not least, the Ghoul JR also delivers extremely high signal quality and keeps unwanted noise to a minimum, while the "Voice" and "Style" switches give the player a range of practical options for adjusting the sound of the pedal to suit their equipment and their own individual taste.

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Toller Tube Screamer

Player 123 19.05.2019

Der Ghoul Screamer JR ist vielseitiger als der originale TUBESCREAMER von Ibanez ,der Sound gefällt mir besser.
Er macht sich auch gut im clean Kanal.
Von AC/DC bis harten Metal ist mit dem Teil alles drin.
Was mich stört ist aber das starke Rauschen bei hoher Gain
Einstellung oder im "BALLS TO THE WALL" Modus.
Die Potiknöpfe und Kippschalter sind zu dicht beisammen und somit schlecht zu bedienen.
Der Preis ist ebenfalls ein Kritikpunkt.

Fazit: Tolles Gerät mit super Soundmöglichkeiten .
Trotz der Kritikpunkte würde ich es wieder kaufen.

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Ottimo overdrive

Embo 04.03.2020

Parto col dire che è un overdrive, non un distorsore: le recensioni e i video su internet lo presentano come "...il suono dei Metallica, quelli delle Dual/Triple Rectifier negli anni '90, il gain arriva a 11..."...ecco io la Dual ce l'ho e posso garantire che questo pedale non arriva alla complessità e organicità di quel suono, e il gain non arriva a 11 neanche girando tutte le manopole a 360 gradi.
Nel complesso è comunque un ottimo overdrive, forse fra le versioni mini in circolazione potrebbe anche ambire al podio dei migliori (come costruzione e optional sonori presenti in così poco spazio credo abbia pochi rivali).
Il vero punto di forza di questo pedale sono le dimensioni, che essendo veramente molto ridotte fanno in modo di poterlo sistemare su qualunque pedaliera, anche al volo: nel complesso promosso a pieni voti.

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Petit mais puissant

Kirk Wahmmett 04.06.2021

la taille est parfaite pour l'intégrer dans un petit board. Je l'utilise comme un tube screamer pour booster ma disto et le volume. Plus transparent.

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Beste overdrive

JensV18 24.02.2022

Dit is een kleine mini pedal die makkelijk in je pedal chain past, maar don't judge it by his size... dit is een MONSTER van een pedal en kan echt heel luid worden, goede afwerking en de voice switch is echt een super feature om lekker "thrashy" te gaan. Ook voor andere genres is dit een overdrive die je in je Setup wilt hebben,
Negatief punt is dat de switch knoppen nogal dicht bij de draaiknoppen staan en dus wat moeilijk te bedienen zijn

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Effect Pedal for Electric Guitar