JRAD Archer and the Klon KTR
- Sam Goffen
- Jan 6, 2020
- 7 min read
Updated: Mar 29
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J Rockett Audio Designs, or JRAD as they’re often known, are a combination of the talents of Chris Van Tassel and Jay Rockett in 2006. With Rockett and Tassel both being session musicians with a lot of experience in the recording industry, they decided to put their heads together and create the best guitar effects they could – a worthy dream that brings to mind the motivation behind Greer Amplification and other notable builders too - and a great many pedals have come out of these dreams.
One of those is the JRAD Archer, in both its original silver design that we’re reviewing here, and the later gold Ikon that followed.
You can tell that they’ve taken the touring musician into consideration straight away just with a glance at the incredibly solid steel enclosure of the Archer pedal under review – if a whale stomped on this with its…. Hmm, what would a whale stomp with? Maybe it’s better not to ask!
Anyway you get the idea: it’s a solid piece of kit.
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