by Mark King
I have been a big fan of Electro-Harmonix for years. My first effect gadget back in the early 70's was an EHX LPB-1 which I used to overdrive the input on a Fender Princeton amplifier and later a Fender Super Reverb.
EHX has made a lot of useful utility pedals over the years. The pedal on review in this article is one of the most simple, useful and low priced gadgets available today.
The "Signal Pad" pedal is one of the most simple in design, it is a volume pot in a box. It has an input and output with a true bypass footswitch and LED to indicate when the Signal Pad is modifying your signal. Basically the Signal Pad makes any signal smaller in size.
It's the opposite of a clean boost, it's a clean cut.
