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Test: Electro-Harmonix Percolator Overdrive/Fuzz – Wie klingt die Interpretation des 70er-Jahre Interfax Harmonic Percolator HP-1?

September 16

Der Electro-Harmonix Percolator ist eine Hommage an das in den frühen 70er-Jahren entwickelte Interfax HP-1. Das äußerst seltene und unkonventionell aufgebaute Fuzz- und Distortion-Pedal wurde unter anderem durch die Pro

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