Demonstration Of The Bixonic’s Axentrix A1 'New-gen Distortion Pedal'

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Guitar World Tech Editor Paul Riario calls the Axentrix A1 “an eye-catching design loaded with tons of distortion tones,” and that’s an understatement.  The pedal adds in an extra selectable drive mode, for four in total: Crunch, Overdrive, Distortion and Fuzz. Also new is an Accent function that allows for a wide variety of expressions, carrying on the unique dynamic range expansion effects of the Expandora.

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00:00What's up? It's Paul from Guitar World and today we'll be checking out a brand new pedal from

00:09Bixonic with an eye-catching design and one loaded with tons of distortion tones. The

00:14Eccentrics A1. Let's check it out. Bixonic, previously known as the maker of the Expandora

00:29pedal in the late 90s and 2000 has returned with a new digital distortion pedal called the

00:34Eccentrics A1. This new pedal uses a newly developed dynamic range expressor processing

00:42or DREP technology that allows the user to adjust not just the expansion effect which was a unique

00:47feature of the Expandora EXP2000 pedal but also the compression of the input dynamic range. The

00:54Eccentrics A1 includes four drive modes, crunch, overdrive, distortion and fuzz and once you

00:59pair any of the drive modes with the DREP technology accent function you can begin to sculpt your own

01:05unique tone. Let's take a look at controls and how to access their secondary functions.

01:14You'll see the controls and written underneath is what their secondary function is. Starting with the

01:19level control, if you press and hold it for two seconds you get to select between guitar or bass

01:24and you'll see the foot switch light up red for guitar where the low frequency is removed or blue

01:31for bass and don't be afraid to use blue for guitar if it sounds great to your ears. The accent control,

01:36this carries on the tradition of the Expandora's dynamic range expansion effect. Think of it as a feel

01:42control. Moving clockwise accentuates picking attack and counterclockwise invites percussiveness,

01:48at low gain or more sustain at higher gain settings. The secondary function is illumination,

01:54so you can set the brightness of the knobs by holding it down two seconds. The gain control,

02:00of course this is self-explanatory, it dials in the amount of gain, but if you hold it down for two

02:05seconds you get to change the types of drive available. So when you see it light up for green,

02:12that's crunch, yellow overdrive, red distortion and purple for fuzz. Next up the tone control or the

02:20three band EQ. You press and hold for two seconds and it illuminates white and now you have access to

02:25the three band EQ. So the level control becomes the treble, the tone control becomes the mid and the

02:31gain control becomes the bass. The Accentrix A1 is battery powered or AC powered, however it's better to

02:38use this pedal with a power supply because if you leave it plugged in with the battery, when you're

02:42not using it you'll drain the battery. With the switch on the side you can also select whether you

02:47want true bypass or buffered bypass with the selector switch. The foot switch will light up

02:52white in buffered bypass and to set up your buffered bypass tone you turn off the pedal and select

02:59buffered bypass and the knobs will turn white with the accent knob turning blue. Use the accent knob to

03:06set the dynamic range and the others for EQ. The same idea with the controls for bass, mid and treble

03:14with treble at the volume, mid at the tone and bass at the gain knob in buffered bypass. Once you have

03:22your buffered bypass tone, hit any knob to store it. There's also three memory buttons with a save button

03:29and you can see it's real easy to use. Hit save once you get a setting, the light up and select where you

03:35wish to save and recall that preset. Bixonic also offers an external foot switch that's sold separately

03:41to easily recall the settings. There's also an onboard tuning meter which works the minute you plug it in.

03:55You'll see the light spins in blue and you have to have the effects off and the Eccentrix A1 setup to

04:01buffered bypass. The light for the string you choose rotates clockwise if you're sharp and counterclockwise

04:09if you're flat. When the light stops spinning you're in tune, much like a strobe tuner. All right now I'm

04:14in buffered bypass, that's where the switch is set. So this is my buffered bypass tone.

04:19And you get to hear the range of the kind of distortion so what you just heard very very crunchy type of

04:31distortion. Now listen to this type of distortion. Very different.

04:47Here's more of a higher gain distortion. Check it out.

05:07Moving over to purple, here we have a fuzz setting.

05:27Here you can see the gains dialed back on this one.

05:55Big Sonic Eccentrix A1 is undoubtedly a new-gen distortion pedal that offers an endless supply

06:23of drive tones for any playing style. With the ability to save up to three different sounds,

06:29an onboard tuning meter, and secondary functions that allow for tailoring the EQ to your style of

06:35playing. The Eccentrix A1 is a jam-packed distortion stomp box worth your time. Definitely check it out.

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