HeadRush CORE Guitar and Vocal Effects Processor

Full Description

Build your setup in seconds with a 7" touchscreen display

Minimal fuss, maximum fun! With the HeadRush Core's large touschreen display you can build, tweak and reset your ideal rig in moments with a few simple swipes. Its high fidelity colour screen and pedal imagery makes it easy to see your current rig at a glance, without getting lost in a sea of menus.

Best in class looper

The HeadRush Core is equipped with a powerful looper that allows you to effortlessly create and layer sounds. With the ability to capture loops up to 5 minutes long and 20 minutes of total audio per loop, you can easily save and load your own loops to capture inspiration whenever it strikes. Additionally, you can sync the looper to other devices like drum machines via MIDI, expanding your creative possibilities. The intuitive looper control makes it accessible for musicians of all skill levels to use, offering features like undo/redo, quick tempo and loop length adjustments.

Simple to use with multiple connectivity options

The Core is equipped to seamlessly integrate into any setup thanks to its array of connectivity options. Create clones, share/download presets, and update firmware with ease thanks to direct WiFi capability. In addition to its wide array of guitar and microphone I/O, you're also equipped with 1/4" XLR, MIDI and headphone outputs to suit any stage or scenario.

All-in-One Performance and Recording Solution

The HeadRush Core is designed with practicality in mind, featuring a road-ready steel chassis to withstand the rigours of touring. It boasts five customisable footswitches, each with colour LEDs, ensuring easy navigation during live performances. This rugged unit is not just durable but offers the flexibility needed by modern musicians.

Moreover, the HeadRush Core doubles as a USB Audio interface, enabling direct recording and re-amping on Mac or PC. Its stereo FX loop seamlessly integrates with your FX pedals and facilitates a 4 cable method set-up. These features enhance its versatility, making the Core an indispensable tool for both studio recordings and live performances.

Easy-to-use onboard practice tools

With the ability to load songs from Dropbox, internal storage, or connected USB drives, our practice tools offer convenience and flexibility. You can loop song sections, adjusting the tempo without affecting the pitch and vice-versa, allowing you to practice at your own pace. Additionally, we provide Bluetooth audio connectivity, enabling you to play along with mobile devices for an enhanced practice experience.

HeadRush firmware 4.1 update highlights

The HeadRush Firmware 4.1 update brings a fresh wave of creative and workflow upgrades for Prime, Core, and Flex units. Three new effects headline the release: C-Verb, a studio-grade convolution reverb with 50 premium IRs and user-loadable options; Multi Tap Delay with four adjustable taps and wide stereo spread; and Grain Delay, a granular-style effect with freeze and pitch controls for glitchy ambience and modulation.

MIDI integration is taken further with expanded control—footswitches, scenes, and rigs can now send up to five custom messages each, alongside improved MIDI In CC mapping. Amp Cloner tone accuracy is tightened, with improved low-end response and gain structure that better reflects the original source. Per-amp output level control has been added for fine-tuning volume between blocks.

Quality-of-life updates include extended tuner ranges, refined UI tweaks, and workflow enhancements in the desktop editor. Altogether, Firmware 4.1 continues HeadRush’s commitment to delivering powerful performance tools that take your playing to the next level, onstage and in the studio.

Specifications

• Product Name: HeadRush CORE Guitar and Vocal Effects Processor
• Product Code: CORE
• Footswitches: 5 footswitches with colour LEDs
• KNOBS: (1) 300° main volume knob, (1) 300° headphone volume knob, (1) 360° navigation/data encoder
• Display: 7” full-colour display with touch interface
• Connections:
  • 1/4” (6.35 mm) TS input (guitar)
  • XLR / 1/4" (6.35 mm) input (microphone)
  • 1/4” (6.35 mm) TRS input (expression pedal)
  • 1/4” (6.35 mm) TS input (expression pedal toe switch)
  • 1/8” (3.5 mm) stereo input (auxiliary device)
  • 1/4” (6.35 mm) TRS output (external amp footswitch)
  • 1/4” (6.35 mm) stereo pair outputs
  • XLR stereo pair outputs
  • 1/8” (3.5 mm) stereo headphone output
  • 1/4” (6.35 mm) TRS input (FX send)
  • 1/4” (6.35 mm) TRS output (FX return)
  • (1) 5-pin MIDI input
  • (1) 5-pin MIDI output
  • USB Type-A port
  • USB Type-B port
• Connection: DC power adapter input
• Input Voltage: 12V DC, 3A, centre-positive
• Dimensions: Width: 16.08" x depth: 9.24" x height: 2.64" inches (Width: 40.84 x depth: 23.46 x height: 6.70 cm)
• Weight: 8.37 lbs. / 3.80 kg
• Country of Origin: Taiwan