NAMM 2024: Walrus Audio has unveiled the Silt, a two-in-one harmonic fuzz pedal designed in collaboration with tube skilled Jim Hagerman of Hagerman Amplification.
Central to the Silt’s promise of a “distinctive and wild sonic panorama” is a 12AU7 preamp tube which delivers “heat, bone-rattling fuzz”. Not solely does the function provide the normal grit and growl anticipated from a fuzz pedal, it additionally provides a layer of harmonic complexity that’s distinctive to tube-driven results.
As beforehand famous, the Silt is a twofer pedal, that includes an additional Harmonic mode that may be activated utilizing the secondary footswitch. In response to Walrus, Harmonic Mode acts as a frequency doubler earlier than the drive part of the pedal. The outcomes, says the model, is “crispy, octave-like sounds” that lend a singular edge to your lead tones.
The pedal additionally comes fitted with Contour management so that you can fine-tune your fuzz tones with added precision. Swap between excessive go, flat, and low go curves within the pre-tube EQ stage – a function that’s certain to come in useful when switching guitars with completely different pickups.
In the meantime, Silt provides variable voltage and operates between 9v and 12v. Working the pedal at 12v offers you an additional achieve enhance, letting you push the primal boundaries of fuzz to ship the searing tones you’ve been looking for.
The Silt Harmonic Fuzz is out there in two finishes: a textured crimson model with dinosaur art work by Adam Forster, and a sleeker, matte black model. Each variations will set you again $299/£289.
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