Marshall ShredMaster
The Marshall ShredMaster (also known as the Shred Master) is a distortion pedal which is manufactured by Marshall Amps.

The ShredMaster with plugged in jacks.
It is the high-gain pedal of a triad, also including the Marshall DriveMaster and the Marshall BluesBreaker.[1] Each effects pedal is defined to imitate the sound of a particular Marshall Amplifier. The Shredmaster and the other pedals in this series made their debut in 1991, but production was discontinued one year afterwards in 1992.[2] The series was reissued by Marshall in 2023.[3]
The pedal is powered by 9V battery or external power supply.
Controls
The ShredMaster has five knobs, which are, from left to right:
- Gain – controls intensity of the drive
- Bass – controls lower frequencies
- Contour – controls mid frequencies
- Treble – controls high-end response
- Volume – controls overall volume level
ShredMaster users
Notable musicians who have used the ShredMaster include:
- Jonny Greenwood[4] and Thom Yorke of Radiohead
- Gaz Coombes of Supergrass
- James Dean Bradfield of Manic Street Preachers
- Alex James of Blur
- Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine
- Sam Koisser of Peace
- Tom Angelripper[5] of Sodom
Notes
- "Vintage Pedal of the Week: Marshall". Pedals and Effects. 12 November 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- "History of Pedals – Part 2". marshall.com. Marshall Amplification. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- Horsley, Jonathan (24 February 2023). "The Guv'Nor, Drivemaster, Bluesbreaker and Shredmaster return as Marshall officially reissues its famous vintage stompbox range". MusicRadar. Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, Bath BA1 1UA. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- McStarkey, Mick (5 November 2021). "How to play the guitar like Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood". Far Out Magazine. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- "Interview: Tom Angelripper von Sodom".
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