The Idea to make a BIGSBY Pedal was already fully fleshed out even before we had finished developing the PLUS Pedal - we simply had no idea how to approach a giant company like Fender and say:
"Hi! We'd like to turn the BIGSBY into a pedal!"
The 2019 Summer NAMM show in Nashville was the turning point - we’d just announced the PLASMA COIL - our collaboration with Jack White and Third Man Records, and we finally thought that we might have enough so called “Street cred”.
At the show we gave a detailed presentation of the BIGSBY Pedal concept to a small group of Fender executives and soon afterwards we received the "green light":
“BIGSBY Pedal - sounds great! Go Build it!
The guys return to Riga in high spirits and with a clear strategy:
“We need to find someone who can write an almost flawless real-time polyphonic pitch-shifting algorithm from scratch.”
August 2019
Bored Electrodynamics engineer Kārlis Ķimsis joins Gamechanger Audio in search of a slightly more stimulating work environment, and begins work on the BIGSBY Pedal's groundbreaking polyphonic pitch-shifting algorithm. The algorithm takes full advantage of a state-of-the-art SHARC Processor that our team managed to acquire before its actual commercial release. It takes around 6 months for Kārlis to deliver the first “playable” algorithm.
Meanwhile, Kristaps, Ilja and Fricis are busy developing what might be the most badass pedal design of all time - a slick Retro-futuristic custom-moulded aluminium enclosure with sunk roller knobs and a spring-loaded tempered steel foot-pedal that’s attached to a reconstruction of the iconic BIGSBY Tailpiece.
BIGSBY Pedal design concept render (August 2019)
Kārlis will keep perfecting the BIGSBY Pedal’s algorithm for another year and a half and finally, in June 2021 we launch a pre-order round exclusively for our fans and subscribers.
Here's the full story of how the BIGSBY Pedal came to life!
The Idea to make a BIGSBY Pedal was already fully fleshed out even before we had finished developing the PLUS Pedal - we simply had no idea how to approach a giant company like Fender and say:
"Hi! We'd like to turn the BIGSBY into a pedal!"
The 2019 Summer NAMM show in Nashville was the turning point - we’d just announced the PLASMA COIL - our collaboration with Jack White and Third Man Records, and we finally thought that we might have enough so called “Street cred”.
At the show we gave a detailed presentation of the BIGSBY Pedal concept to a small group of Fender executives and soon afterwards we received the "green light". “BIGSBY Pedal - sounds great! Go Build it!”
The guys return to Riga in high spirits and with a clear strategy: “We need to find someone who can write an almost flawless real-time polyphonic pitch-shifting algorithm from scratch.”
August 2019
Bored Electrodynamics engineer Kārlis Ķimsis joins Gamechanger Audio in search of a slightly more stimulating work environment, and begins work on the BIGSBY Pedal's groundbreaking polyphonic pitch-shifting algorithm. The algorithm takes full advantage of a state-of-the-art SHARC Processor that our team managed to acquire before its actual commercial release. It takes around 6 months for Kārlis to deliver the first “playable” algorithm.
Meanwhile, Kristaps, Ilja and Fricis are busy developing what might be the most badass pedal design of all time - a slick Retro-futuristic custom-moulded aluminium enclosure with sunk roller knobs and a spring-loaded tempered steel foot-pedal that’s attached to a reconstruction of the iconic BIGSBY Tailpiece.
BIGSBY Pedal design concept render (August 2019)
Kārlis will keep perfecting the BIGSBY Pedal’s algorithm for another year and a half and finally, in June 2021 we launch a pre-order round exclusively for our fans and subscribers.
Here's the full story of how the BIGSBY Pedal came to life!
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