DESCRIPTION - MKII (VERSION 2)

The Ground & Pound MKII started with the idea of having a rat style dirt box and a bass equalizer combined into a single unit. The great advantage of this design is that one can explore the gritty character of the distortion while retaining its low end. The distortion has been carefully tailored and equalised to have a full frequency spectrum, sounding full-bodied and cutthroat, and is very flexible due to its EQZ control, clean blend and wide gain range.

The controls, 6 in total, feature an “EQZ” tilt equalizer, which affects only the distorted signal.

The clean signal has some compression (with a very small [2:1] Ratio) that can be added to the distortion via the “Mix” control. This really helps the clean and distorted sounds meld together in a more organic way.

Finally, “Dis” controls the amount of gain, from fairly clean overdrive to heavy distortion, and “Vol” acts as the master volume.

The ground/pound switch allows the player to select between a standard sound (pound) and a more modern, deeper sound (ground).

Finally, the L-pad attenuator switch allows for a -10db attenuation, perfect to use with hotter basses.

The Ground & Pound MKII is very versatile and it shines when using a pick and digging into the strings, at lighter gain settings, or it can smash your face in when using it at higher gain settings with, both, fingerstyle and pick.

DESCRIPTION - VERSION 1

If you are a Justin Chancellor fan and are aiming at getting closer to his distorted tone, know he is the inspiration behind the existence of the ‘Ground & Pound’.

The Ground & Pound is our attempt at coming closer to Justin’s gritty, stick-out-of-the-mix, distorted sound.

This isn’t, by any means a ‘switch on -sound like Justin -magic pedal’, yet a way to get closer to his distorted tone by combining the two pedals, assigned to do that job, into one single package, saving precious board space. There is no longer the need to use that Turbo distortion pedal plus a separate EQ.

The Ground & Pound has been designed to simulate the two pedals that Justin uses for achieving his signature distorted tone and it successfully combines them into a single box. We’ve also added a blend control, labeled ‘Mix‘, which has a very musical compression ratio (2:1) on the clean signal. This mixes very well with the distorted sound and just adds to the overall playing experience.

The distortion has been carefully tailored and eq’d to have a full frequency spectrum, sounding full-bodied and cutthroat, and is very flexible due to its EQZ control.

The Ground & Pound, despite its original concept, is very versatile, when combining all the provided tools for tone shaping. It shines when using a pick and digging into the strings, at lighter gain settings, or it can smash your face in when using it at higher gain settings with both fingerstyle and pick.