Tech 21 Richie Kotzen RK5 Signature Fly Rig v3 Multi-Effect Pedal

General

This 3 edition of his RK5 Signature Fly Rig is the result of an intensive collaboration between Tech 21 and Richie Kotzen himself. In every part of this effects pedal, you notice the attention to detail and perfectionism during development and that Richie has high standards for his equipment. This Tech 21 RK5 V3 has grown along with his musical needs in all his playing situations on both stage and in the studio. As a result, you can rest assured that this latest version is a compact all-rounder. Yet the components have remained unchanged. That's because the Sansamp section and the separate parts for reverb, delay, roto and drive are still there. To give your distorted and overdriven guitar tones an extra boost, there is now a switchable pre/post boost on board. To be able to connect your favourite separate effect pedals, this v3 has also been given an effect loop.

Richie Kotzen RK5 Signature Fly Rig v3: My Rock

This Tech 21 Signature Fly Rig offers you impressive versatility in terms of sounds. This starts with a solid base of fully analogue SansAmp that simulates the complete signal path of a tube amp. With speaker emulation present, you can also effortlessly connect this RK5 V3 directly to a mixer, interface or sound set. To create a wide range of clean and distorted guitar sounds, you can rely on the 3-band active equalisation plus level and drive controls. For extra dynamics, simply switch on the aforementioned boost of this Richie Kotzen stompbox, while the OMG overdrive provides your sound with a rich, expressive saturation from subtle warm to a nice aggressive crunch. Can it get a bit more woolly and gritty? Then you can easily switch to fuzz with the dedicated switch for that. By combining these different gain stages in different ways, you have a huge variety of tones to choose from and make use of.

Make It Easy

To give you a healthy and simple choice of effects, Richie Kotzen and Tech 21 have come up with a great effect selection that you can get started with right away. The reverb is easily controlled with 1 single rotary knob for a wide range from a subtle ambience to a wide reverb. Via the same footswitch, by the way, you can also easily activate the built-in chromatic tuner with automatic for in-between playing. The delay is inspired by those vintage tape echoes and has a drift control to add a slight organic swell, while you control the tempo with the tap switch. With 1 push of a button, this section lets you change the effect to a rich rotary speaker simulation, where you can adjust the speed infinitely and the dynamically modulated mic spacing gives you that authentic rotary effect. All in all, this RK5 Signature Fly Rig v3 is not only a sonically powerful, but also an extremely practical any guitarist looking for a high-quality and practical effect selection in a sturdy and compact guitar pedal.