Earthquaker Devices Zap Machine Fuzz/Boost/Drive

Earthquaker Devices Zap Machine Fuzz/Boost/Drive
Prymaxe Exclusive Limited to 350 Pieces

The Zap Machine is back! We released the original Zap Machine as an
exclusive limited run item for the now defunct Fat Tone Guitars in 2010,
there were fewer than 25 made. It was always a favorite around the shop
but it used a very specific, hard to find germanium transistor and
various NOS parts that were integral to the sound. We recently found
about 350 of these transistors and set to work updating the circuit for a
larger limited release exclusively for Prymaxe! Each Zap Machine is
dated and numbered and comes with a hand signed certificate of
authenticity


The Zap Machine V2 is a dual channel, silicon/germanium hybrid dirt
device. It has an extremely wide and dynamic range from near clean boost
with the gain at minimum on the low gain Green Channel through gigantic
overloaded distortion tones with gain at maximum on the high gain Red
Channel. The Bass control adjusts the low frequencies coming into the
Zap Machine and the Treble control adjusts the high frequencies coming
out. This unique tone arrangement allows for different flavors of boost,
drive, distortion and fuzz that are not commonly heard from transistor
based dirt devices. It is very "amp-like" in response to picking
dynamics, saturation and clean up. With two foot switchable channels of
dirt available, the Zap Machine can easily take over the duties of at
least 2 or 3 pedals on your pedal board! Leave it on the green channel
for your overdrive/boost needs and kick on the red channel for your
distortion/fuzz tones. Just like the first version, the Zap Machine V2
features a more rugged, vintage amplifier inspired design with NOS
carbon composition resistors and big high voltage caps along with a NOS
low gain germanium transistor. We tried to build it with our standard
parts but it just didn't sound the same. The Zap Machine is true bypass,
all discrete analog circuitry and handmade one and a time in wintery
Akron, Ohio.

Earthquaker Devices Zap Machine Fuzz/Boost/Drive Features:

Dual channel, silicon/germanium hybrid dirt device
Extremely wide and dynamic range
More rugged, vintage amplifier inspired design
Each Zap Machine is dated and numbered and comes with a hand signed certificate of authenticity


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