Lovetone / Meatball / 1998 / Purple! / Effect For Sale
This is a lot of fun!! Released in 1995, the Lovetone Meatball is one of the most revered and sought-after envelope filter pedals ever made, and a defining piece in the world of boutique analog effects. Designed and hand-built in the UK by Dan Coggins and Vlad Naslas, the Meatball gained a cult following for its versatility, analog warmth, and the sheer depth of its modulation capabilities.
At its core, the Meatball is an envelope-controlled filter - but it's far more than a typical auto-wah. Using a complex system of internal routing and external control options, it offers dynamic filtering, phasing, and modulation effects that can be tailored to respond expressively to your playing. The pedal features controls for sensitivity, attack, decay, colour, intensity and blend, allowing for fine-grained shaping of the filter's response. The filter itself is a multi-mode resonant low-pass design with selectable bandpass and high-pass options, giving it a wide palette of textures - from subtle vowel-like tone shifts to wild, synth-like sweeps!
The circuit is fully analog, giving the Meatball a rich, organic quality that shines on guitar, bass, synths, or any instrument you run through it. Its wide frequency response and robust headroom make it a favourite in studio settings as well as on stage.
Built in a sturdy and iconic purple metal enclosure with retro-industrial graphics, each Meatball from the original production run is now a rare and coveted piece. Used by artists like Kirk Hammett, Dan Auerbach, The Edge, Kevin Shields, J Mascis and Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien, the Lovetone Meatball remains a benchmark for analog filter design - quirky, complex and endlessly musical!
ATB Guitars, UK 
Hello we’re ATB Guitars.
We are one of Europes leading sellers of vintage and rare guitars. We only sell vintage Gibson and Fender electric guitars from 1950 until 1975 and have an extensive inventory to browse in our bricks and mortar store in Cheltenham, UK or in our online web store.
Payment and p/x:
All prices are in UK GBP £ Sterling. Payment can be made by Paypal, bank transfer, cash, or money order cashiers cheque etc.
Should you not be absolutely delighted with your purchase you may return it to Cheltenham, at your own expense, within 7 days from the date of delivery for a full refund. The item must not have been altered or tampered with in any way, and it must arrive in the same condition as it left us.
Postage and shipping:
We ship within the UK by Royal Mail Recorded (small items under 2Kg), TNT or UPS and Worldwide by Royal Mail Airmail Signed For (small under 2Kg) Parcelforce, UPS or FedEx. All shipping prices include expert packing, cartons and packing materials but not insurance which is typically around 2% of items value. Currently approx shipping rates for a single guitar are as follows:
UK excluding Northern Ireland and Highlands £29
Most of mainland Europe £49
U.S.A. £129
Asia £149 - £190
Rest of World including S. America £149 - £275
