As the western-most National Park in the United States, Volcanoes is the second pedal in The Americana Series. This fuzz is a departure from the smooth and subtle Eastern cousin, Acadia. Although Volcanoes is nasty at heart, the Germanium input gain stage allows for a huge range of cleanup and dynamic low-gain tones.
Switchcraft and Lumberg Jacks
Demont soft-touch mechanical switch
Proprietary turret+PCB design
NOS Germanium transistor
NOS Silicon Fairchild Globe transistors
NOS Ero, Vishay, Philips, CDE, Sprague, Dearborn and other premium quality audio-grade capacitors
Dale Military spec metal film resistors
Silver-coated solid core teflon wire
Hand-wired and assembled in California
Custom tin 'lunch box' carrying case
Hand silk-screened customized ID tag
Custom maple and steel etched bartender's bottle opener
Custom art print and instruction card
Controls
First row of knobs (Northwestern most): Volume and Gain
Volume controls the master volume of the entire circuit. It gets very loud.
Gain controls the gain level of the first gain-stage in the circuit. You can slam the rest of it or choke it to rely on the controls at the end of the circuit
Second row of knobs: Depth, Bias, Fuzz
Depth controls the frequency being fed into the first gain-stage. CW is beefy, CCW is thin and treble-y
Scoop controls the mids character of the fuzz. CCW is scooped and CW is bright and present
Fuzz does not control the amount of fuzz, but rather the character of the fuzz
All controls are incredibly interactive. Great tones are available at any setting, but after spending some time with it, you'll really get things dialed in and find fun extremes and middle ground that work for your tastes and rig!
Power
It is CRITICAL that you use a high quality, isolated and filtered power supplies with The Americana Series. Every modern measure was taken to ensure quiet, recording-worthy noise suppression, but low-quality power and power supplies can inject unwanted noise in these effects and cause compatibility issues. Even though we've designed them to play nicely on a daisy chain, we don't recommend it.
Demos
Returns are not accepted on small batch effects like The Americana Series.
