Thorpy FX Scarlet Tunic
Three legendary British amp voices in one pedal — and it started with a request from the guitarist in Syd Barrett's old band. Welcome back to Edge of Breakup.
In this episode the ThorpyFX Scarlet Tunic takes center stage, running into my Benson Amps Monarch with NOS Tung Sol tubes, through the Boss Waza Tube Amp Expander with the Benson Amps Tall Bird tube reverb in the effects loop. Guitar is the Gibson SG with Lambertones Crema Humbuckers — their debut demo on this channel.
The Scarlet Tunic's origin story: Lee Harris, guitarist in Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets, approached ThorpyFX founder Adrian Thorpe about a specific request — create a pedal that could replicate the Selmer TruVoice Treble 'N' Bass 50, the amp Syd Barrett used during Pink Floyd's early years, authentically enough to take on tour. Adrian built the Selmer tones and then, as always, went further. The result covers three distinct British amp characters in a single analog platform.
Under the hood: a high-quality transformer that makes the pedal react to your playing and compress and distort the way a full-size amp does — not a simulated response, a real one. An internal voltage pump increases headroom. The components are ThorpyFX's standard — immaculate.
Five knobs: Master (output), Gain (drive, from lightly crispy to full amp saturation), Treble, Bass, and Presence. The Presence knob is the character engine: full counter-clockwise puts you in Hi-Watt DR103 territory — big, authoritative, mid-forward British rock; noon gives you the Selmer TruVoice Treble 'N' Bass 50 — the early Pink Floyd psych character; full clockwise is Vox AC30 — chiming, jangly, glassy top end. Three toggle switches complete the control set: Deep adjusts the bass character as a master low-end control; Bright adjusts treble presence as a master high-end control; Sens switches between three gain stages replicating the behavior of the high and low input jacks found on the original vintage amps.
The Lambertones Crema Humbuckers making their channel debut here are genuinely extraordinary — extra sparkle and clarity while still doing the full humbucker thing, neck to bridge.
🎛️ ThorpyFX Scarlet Tunic: https://thorpyfx.com/products/the-scarlet-tunic
🔊 Benson Amps Monarch: https://www.bensonamps.com/amps/monarch
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🎸 Gibson SG | Lambertones Crema Humbuckers (Debut Demo)
🎛️ ThorpyFX Scarlet Tunic | Analog Amp Emulator | Selmer / Hi-Watt / AC30
🔊 Benson Amps Monarch (NOS Tung Sol) | Boss Waza TAE | Benson Tall Bird
