Redemptionist EVR (aka RED EVR

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In 2009, when I started my career as Shun Nokina Design, I designed the "Redemptionist" (commonly known as "RED"). The design was inspired by the extremely smooth and dynamic sound of Brett Garsed and Allan Holdsworth at some point in particular. The treble is kept modest, with a smooth sound at all points, and the Hi-mid flavor is changed slightly. The gain ranges from clean to high gain to accommodate all Jazz/Fusion/Shred scenes. The low cut is controlled so that it does not affect the texture of the distortion at any point, and allows you to adjust the "audibility" according to the playing environment. That was the concept.

(09' SND Redemptionist: I had always admired Scandinavia, so the motif was the flags of Scandinavia, which are common to all of Scandinavia. After 15 years, EVR was realized based on my experience of living in each of the Scandinavian countries.)

In 2014, the Leqtique brand released the RED, which had been redesigned to accommodate a wider range of music with major modifications to the circuit. Compared to the original SND RED, the RED lost some of its intense smoothness, but the treble range was expanded as much as possible within the range of a sensual tone. As a result, it can be used for a wide range of music, including pop and rock, and is the most versatile pedal in the Leqtique lineup. During the five years that it was actually manufactured and sold, it was the brand's best-selling Overdrive/Distortion pedal, second only to the MAT and 9/9.

Now, the design of the 2025 Redemptionist EVR (aka RED EVR) started with the idea of ​​first cloning Leqtique's RED in the EVR format and then adding something extra to it. In the modern music scene, where the focus is on the presence of higher frequencies, the treble control alone was the only thing that crossed my mind during the design, but to be honest, it was a pretty difficult problem because the balance of the Leqtique RED was at a point where it was impossible to tweak any further. In the end, while tinkering with some points of the circuit, I brought in only the filtering idea (ratio) used in the SND Red, and although it has nothing to do with the sound, I raised the treble variable range and the center of gravity of the sound a little higher while keeping the tone smooth.

In my design concepts, I often create products that aim to be specialized in a certain genre, but the RED EVR is extremely versatile, so it allows you to experience the common format of EVRs, so it's a great choice as your first EVR pedal. Or, for hardcore users, I hope you will enjoy the current evolution of the Red lineage that has continued for 15 years.

Shun Nokina

About the "EVR" concept

Since 2019, I have been based in Europe and have been involved in the design of several pedals, but Leqtique pedals have been essentially on hiatus without releasing any new products. However, by temporarily relocating to Iceland in 2024, I was able to get some great inspiration, and I have continued to design all of them as an update package called "EVR".

"EVR" means EVRU: Europe in Icelandic. The letters strongly express the idea of ​​feeding back and embodying the inspiration and experiences gained in various parts of Europe over the years as a base or commuter. Leqtique pedals originally embodied a strong longing for Europe, such as the color of the paint and the darkness of the sound, but now they are clearly embodied as a more realistic experience.

Leqtique pedals have not been updated for 15 years, but we have completely reconstructed the case, all components, concept, etc. from scratch. For example, the case, which was a one-piece machined aluminum case, was only designed as a general "box" with a wide tolerance, but it is a special design that can only be used with Leqtique EVR pedals. By reconsidering the advantages of being "one-piece", the material that was only aluminum has been divided and integrated into three sections: a functional aluminum base case, a cosmetic layer made of non-magnetic stainless steel, and individually machined parts, and constructed by integrating them, paradoxically making a big change to the diversity and consistency of the design of the "machined case" and the limitations of the material choice. As a result, most of the case that was painted with acrylic paint has been replaced with anodized aluminum, achieving durability that is incomparable to the past, and by making the upper layer out of stainless steel, the rigidity of the entire pedal has been significantly improved, and from a cosmetic point of view, the shine of the stainless steel gives the hand-painted parts a deep three-dimensional feel that has never been seen before. In addition, for ideas that are difficult to produce even with a multi-axis CNC machine, they solve the problem by creating parts individually and integrating them. In particular, the internal parts, which the team calls the "Slider," are deliberately made in a different color from the pedal concept, and the Gavitt cross wires that have been used since the brand's early days are individually shielded, elevating Leqtique's characteristic neat wiring from two-dimensional to three-dimensional.

On the other hand, the power section is undoubtedly the most important point in the core design of the pedal, but I have been using battery snaps from Keystone, a leading brand, for many years, but the highest quality ones were discontinued, and this was the part that I was most concerned about.... However, when rebuilding everything from scratch with the EVR concept, I wanted to mount the battery itself as a section, rather than a snap, which may break the wire over time. This ideal was embodied this time. Keystone's "Model 91" has not changed much in material or design from the vintage type, and in the sense of strongly holding a 9V square battery and outputting a strong power signal, combined with the separately designed VPTP board, it has evolved to a much higher level than the original Leqtique pedal format.

Most of these updates are related to the "inside of the pedal", and even though we've mentioned the high-quality parts, it's actually something that you don't really notice when you're playing and enjoying the pedal, but the question "why?" was one of the major themes that drove this update package. My answer is that the "poor access to the inside from the back cover" was one of the major factors, so I spent a long time thinking about and designing the back cover and fixing structure. In the end, I developed it from the traditional four-point plus screw structure to a structure that can be fixed with two small knobs made of polyamide reinforced with carbon fiber, manufactured in the UK. These small knobs have a torque that allows you to tighten and loosen them with your thumb, but if you don't have much opportunity to access the inside, the slits are sized to fit coins or picks from various countries, so I hope you can tighten them up with those.

This is the easiest design to open and close the inside of the pedal to date. This is my final answer, as I have been obsessed with the inside of the pedal. Future new Leqtique pedals and updates to previous models will include many features such as internal trimmers, so I believe this update will definitely have a big meaning. There is also a strong message: "Try opening the inside of the pedal from time to time. You will definitely love this pedal even more." Each of the custom items and secret parts collected from all over the world has a story... (more details in the blog below)

※Leqtique original RED instruction manual