Poly Effects launches Josh Smith signature Flat V two-channel overdrive
January 17, 2023 · 2 sources
Poly Effects has teamed up with Josh Smith for a signature overdrive pedal, the Flat V, announced on January 17, 20231. The first batch sold out direct from Poly Effects, and a second batch was open for pre-order at the time, shipping in around two weeks1.
The Flat V is a two-channel pedal with dual footswitches and the ability to swap the order in which the channels stack into one another1. It uses touchscreen LED sliders instead of knobs, and stores six banks of six presets1. Channel A is an overdrive stage with selectable diodes: Schottky, germanium, silicon and LED1. Channel B is a gain stage voiced like a tube amp, using cascading JFETs instead of tubes, with 24dB/octave four-pole resonant analog filters1. MusicRadar reports that auto-wah and tremolo are also available1.
Across the top are numbered LED buttons for the six preset banks, and a Signature button at the top middle controls Channel B's presets and changes color to match the active bank1. Below these are four buttons for Channel A's diodes and four waveshapes for Channel B's resonance filters (sine, triangle, square and envelope follower), plus a button for swapping the channel order1. The four LED sliders each have a secondary function selected by a title button beneath; the HPF slider on the far left, for example, switches to High Q, and pressing any secondary function button places all sliders in secondary function mode1. Other sliders include Volume/Sensitivity, Gain/Speed and LPF/Low Q1.
"The Flat V is priced £/$399. The first batch is sold-out direct from Poly Effects but the second batch is available to pre-order now and ships in around two weeks."
The Flat V was later named among Guitar Pedal X's 2023 boost and overdrive selections, listed as the Poly Josh Smith Signature Flat V Dual Channel Overdrive2.