CME is the Newest Place to Find The Tonally Complex Modulation Tools from Industry Veteran Rick “Hawker” Shaich!

Adding another chapter to the rich musical history of Western North Carolina, Asheville Music Tools is a marriage of vintage audio processing techniques and modern, high quality electronics! Asheville Music Tools is the brainchild of former Moog engineer Rick “Hawker” Shaich, with assistance from John Snyder, the mastermind behind Electronic Audio Experiments. Hawker took the lessons learned from refining Moog’s pedals, and is now applying his expertise to every pedal that is produced out of his Asheville, NC shop!

We’re excited to announce that you can now find Asheville Music Tools pedals on our website and on our showroom floor! To discover the magic behind Hawker’s creations, call us today at (773)525-7773, chat with us on our website, or come into our Lincoln Avenue Showroom to pick up your pedals from Asheville Music Tools!

A Lineup to Jumpstart Your Creativity!

While the Asheville Music Tools lineup is all formulated to easily deliver classic effects, each pedal has quite a few surprises! Each one is made with the finest components in North Carolina.

APH-12 12-STAGE PHASER

Perfectly Out of Phase!

The Asheville Music Tools Analoger APH-12 12-Stage Phaser is a 100% analog 12-stage phase shifter with total control over the effect! Rather than simply updating a certain classic wood-sided phaser with a cult following, APH-12 goes after tones rarely heard in a phaser! For example, the stage-1 setting amounts to a high pass filter that doubles as a tremolo, or the 2-stage setting is a notch filter, or the 3-stage setting can give any auto wah a run for its money! Of course, the built in preamp produces plenty of overdrive with colorful harmonics.

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AFG-1 DYNAMIC ANALOG FLANGER

Tap into Incredible Lushness and Out-Of-This-World Modulation!

The Asheville Music Tools Analoger AFG-1 Dynamic Analog Flanger draws from synthesizer-style architecture and beloved rack effects to create a flanger that achieves tones rarely heard from other pedals! At the heart of the AFG-1 is a 256-stage MN3009 high-voltage BBD chip to create the comb filter that sweeps up and down. AFG-1’s envelope control is a unique feature that harkens back to the “wooshless” rackmount flangers that defined many classic recordings. These controls interact with your playing dynamics to make the effect swell when you really dig in. From a practical standpoint, this also means that the flanger modulation stays out of the way during the quieter moments of your playing. A three-position phase toggle switch also changes the texture of the feedback and delay signals, resulting in distinct modes: Airplane mode is the classic flanger sound, Swirl mode creates warm textures that are perfect for ambient playing, and Phase setting acts adds a deep, hollow bass reminiscent of a talk box.

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ACV-1 CHORUS/VIBRATO TIME WARPING DEVICE

Become a Master of Time and Space with This Stompbox!

The ACV-1 is a 100% analog modulation device with a BBD delay that gives you everything from subtle chorus enhancement, to faux reverb, to faux flange effects, to massive, barely-in-control warble! The key to the ACV-1 is the variable delay time, which goes from flanging tones, to the drippy ‘80s choruses that defined the decade! Another key to the ACV-1’s tones is the feedback knob with phase options, which is a fresh way of controlling the depth of the chorus! Choose your waveform for maximum effectiveness: triangle for classic chorus sounds, sine to add in a vibrato effect, or square for stark pitch jumping and rhythmic glitching! Finally, ACV-1 also has the ability to zero out the LFO to explore double tracking effects and a short delay.

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ADG-1 700ms ANALOG DELAY

Explore a New Standard of Bucket Brigade Delays!

From bright country slapback, to dotted eight leads, to psychedelic explorations of time and space, the ADG-1 can conjure any analog delay tone imaginable! A pair of studio grade Xvive MN3005 Bucket Brigade Devices sit at the heart of the ADG-1, featuring up to 700ms of harmonically rich, floating echoes. A preamplifier and drive circuit can push the echoes for unique artifacts and color that only an analog delay can provide! An assignable expression/CV input opens up the possibilities for players: warp the delay time, swell in self oscillating feedback, or add a modulated vibrato!

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Lovers of classic analog effects will appreciate the ways that they can push each pedal from Asheville Music Tools, going beyond the instantly identifiable tones to break through boundaries and blur the lines between different effects. To add Asheville Music Tools to your board, call us today at (773)525-7773, chat with our sales team on our website, or stop into our Lincoln Avenue Showroom!

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