{"title":"distortion","description":"\u003cp\u003ethink metal. roaring amplifiers, high, aggressive gain and saturation, but tight and still articulate and letting the melodies and rhythm shine through, just in an aggressive manner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003esort of a middle ground between overdrive and fuzz.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003egenres that use distortion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003egenerally any heavy, aggressive style of music.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003emetal\u003c\/strong\u003e- thrash metal, heavy metal, speed metal, metalcore, deathcore, death metal, nu metal, alt metal, grindcore, goregrind, slam, doom, stoner, sludge etc.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePunk-\u003c\/strong\u003e classic, hardcore, powerviolence, etc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRock- \u003c\/strong\u003eheavy rock, blues, classic rock\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ealternative-\u003c\/strong\u003e grunge, nugaze, shoegaze, emo, goth\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI may be getting the root genres and sub genres wrong but it is confusing and quite different depending on who you ask. You get the point.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-plague-v2","title":"The Plague - Crusty, Dark, Drop Tuned Distortion","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Plague is man-made filth.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003elet me start off with saying that this box is inspired by the guitar tones of the legendary band, Dystopia. I do not want to claim that it is an instant \"Mauz\" in a box transformation device, but when I used to learn and play along to all their songs, this did it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eA machine born from rot, from the twisted marrow of a world that eats itself alive. a reflection of the disease that can be humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003efrom the soil we are born and to the soil we shall return. This is the weapon you want to guide you through the armageddon humanity has created.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat does is sound\/feel like?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eThis circuit is inherently just very dark and hollow feeling. The distortion almost feels dead, just like the souls of many of us living in this depressing late stage capitalism hell hole.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe distortion gain structure feels like it is in the background of your sound- the presence is very dark and blanketed. It is not bright and cutting like many modern distortions. This general feeling compliments the dark nature of crust punk and sludge accordingly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eIt feels much more natural compared to circuits like the metal zone or DS1, buzzword incoming, it truly does feel more like an amplifier voiced distortion than a pedal. It does not feel artificial in the way a metal zone does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eThe tone control is very mild- it is a treb\/bass control that you would find on a orange\/matamp, with a mid scoop section. Meaning, it is passive. It feels like it can boost bass but it does not feel like it boosts treble or mids, mainly just cuts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eIt does a wonderful job tightening up low tuned guitars though. I feel it actually excels at that, I have many guitars set up to very low tunings with scale lengths that do not quite support it, yet this circuit remedies it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eI was exploring the other day with it as well, and with the hard and soft clip diodes completely removed (middle position) It was sounding like an amazing clean boost\/overdrive. I was actually stunned, just based on how high gain this pedal can get.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat kind of player would like this?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eIf you are into extreme forms of metal that have darker themes, such as grind (and all its subgenres) crust, hardcore punk, sludge, powerviolence, I think you would enjoy this.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eIt is not quite limited to those genres though. As mentioned above, with the clip toggles both set to middle, vol max, tone to taste, and gain around 9 o clock, I have used this as a clean boost for jazz.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeatures\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003ewith 3 different soft clipping and hard clipping settings, you can set the characteristics of the gain structure yourself. I will have to spend more time with the pedal to recall how each mode feels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVARIANT NOTES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlague Shard\u003c\/strong\u003e- has all the features of the Plague V2 but has a Post Glass Shard (modded k style overdrive). This one is a prototype technically, I made an error on the PCB and had to rework it. Never got around to redesigning the circuit board so it is a one of one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eV1-\u003c\/strong\u003e This is the original plague from when it was first released, but with a faceplate graphic instead of colored UV print.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBuilt to order (may offer soon)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlease note that the raw aluminum finish option is built fresh to order, and will take 3-7 days typically to get shipped, in rare cases, at maximum 2-3 weeks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe circuit will be built in a raw aluminum case with no paint, but will get lightly sand polished.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI will use my choice of knobs in stock.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Twilight Audio Electronics","offers":[{"title":"sea lava","offer_id":49937128259890,"sku":"","price":199.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"raw aluminum (built to order)","offer_id":49937128292658,"sku":"","price":179.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"moon","offer_id":50229764981042,"sku":null,"price":169.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"lemon swamp","offer_id":50270733402418,"sku":null,"price":159.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"blue hammer V1 w boost mod","offer_id":50270733435186,"sku":null,"price":159.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"jawbreaker (9v-18v compatible)","offer_id":51249378427186,"sku":null,"price":179.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Plague Shard","offer_id":51270046777650,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Plague V1 (brighter mods)","offer_id":51270046810418,"sku":null,"price":129.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0908\/1906\/8210\/files\/1_d0d98b95-a1b2-40e3-93f7-8464cd99eea8.png?v=1780433872"},{"product_id":"sr-71-blackbird","title":"SR-71 Blackbird","description":"\u003cp\u003ethis circuit here is the advancement of a classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ea somewhat hated classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003egod, it is another metalzone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBUT\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ewhat makes mine different? Why is it worth getting over the boss one?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe secret lies in the internal dip switches and trimpots.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are some secret frequency notches in the metalzone circuit that are normally fixed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith this version you can finetune each one, offering a different frequency accentuation than the stock voicing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso, the dip switches. when in the down position, it is off. when up- it is on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ethe left dip switch, controls the soft clipping diodes, allowing for 2 modes- down is open, brighter, louder. down is darker, more compressed and clipped.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ethe middle and right dip switch are high cuts at different points of the circuit- the metalzone inherently has a lot of high cut- when down, you get a much brighter, more present, and open metalzone, that does not feel so boxy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ein my version, the mids freq knob has slightly more range as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003emy version also has a wider sweep of gain- but also gets higher gain quicker than the og.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe last little cherry on top? 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