The Westminster Effects 2716 is a distortion pedal built as a signature collaboration between Westminster Effects and Seth Morrison, guitarist of the Christian hard rock band Skillet. According to Delicious Audio, the pedal is meant to emulate Morrison's live setup, and it takes its cues from classic high gain tube amps, naming the Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier Rev F among them1.
What it does
The 2716 is described as creating professional tight high gain tones that range from hard rock to mid-2000s pop punk to the heaviest of metal1. That places it in the same territory as a high gain amp's lead channel: the sort of compressed, focused distortion that keeps low-tuned riffs from turning to mush, rather than the looser breakup of an overdrive pedal.
For shaping that gain, the pedal includes a wide gain range, a three-band EQ, and a presence control1. The wide gain range means it can be backed off toward lower-gain hard rock sounds or pushed into metal territory, while the three-band EQ and presence control give players direct control over the low, mid and top-end balance, the way the EQ section on a high gain amp head would.
"Meant to emulate Morrison's live setup, the 2716 takes cues from classic high gain tube amps such as the Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier Rev F."
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Sources (1)
- Westminster Effects 2716, Delicious Audio, 2022-09-27
