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sunn O​)​)​) Life Pedal v3 Octave Distortion + Booster demo riffs

by SUNN O)))

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  • sunn O​)​)​) Life Pedal v3 Octave Distortion + Booster White & Black band exclusive

    To commemorate the launch of the LIFE PEDAL v3, Sunn O))) is offering a limited-edition White & Black color way available exclusively on their Bandcamp page. This color way is available only from the band.


    ***includes an exclusive 5.75″x2″ Sunn O))) Life Pedal v3 woven patch

    The Sunn O))) Life Pedal is designed to represent the core front-end chain used in those sessions, to drive the tubes of the band’s multiple vintage Sunn O))) Model T amplifiers (or take your fancy) into overload ecstasy. This is a 100w tube amp full stack’s holy dream or its apostate nightmare.

    An octave fuzz inspired by the Shin-Ei FY2 & FY6 units leads the circuit into a brutal big box rodent-inspired distortion, recreated with the best components, and including a three-way clipping switch (opAmp, Asymmetric & Symmetric). The second stage is a purely clean boost to further overdrive the preamp tubes of your vintage system into -scaped harmonics, and feedback overtone bliss.

    Chasms are cleared, mountains sheared, glaciers calved, novæ birthed. Vintage valve amplifiers are recommended. We hope you transcend.

    TECH SPECS:

    Sunn O))) Life Pedal is a distortion with a blendable analog octave up and a booster
    Features 3 different clipping options: Symmetrical Silicon, Asymmetrical Silicon & LED, and pure OpAmp Drive
    Distortion and booster can be used independently
    Expression and footswitch control over analog octave up
    Octave blend allows total control over how much Octave is mixed into the circuit
    True bypass with silent relay-based soft touch switches
    Features EarthQuaker Devices’ proprietary Flexi-Switch® Technology
    Lifetime warranty
    Current Draw: 15 mA
    Octave Distortion: Input impedance: 1 MΩ / Output impedance: <1 kΩ
    Booster: Input Impedance: 500 kΩ / Output Impedance: <1 kΩ
    List Price: $299 USD

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Sunn O))) and EarthQuaker Devices Present the Third Incarnation of the Sunn O))) Life Pedal

AKRON, OHIO, October 2022 – Sunn O))) are pleased to present an enhanced version of the Sunn O))) Life Pedal Octave Distortion + Booster, in collaboration with their comrades at EarthQuaker Devices. The Sunn O))) Life Pedal circuit has been meticulously tweaked from the original to squeeze every last drop of heavy crushing tone available. The octave section has been fine tuned to make it more pronounced without losing the bottom end and we added a third footswitch, utilizing Flexi-Switch Technology®, for the octave to allow an additional method of quick and radical tone shaping.

“I’m super stoked to have this pedal back in our line!” says EarthQuaker founder, president and designer Jamie Stillman. “We put in a lot of hours dialing this one in and I’m very proud of the final product. Sunn O))) is such an iconic band and I’m thrilled to be part of their legacy.”

EarthQuaker CEO Julie Robbins agrees.“It has been an honor and privilege to collaborate with Greg and Stephen on the SUNN O))) Life Pedal. We are so excited to give this special pedal a permanent place in our line.”

In the writing sessions for Life Metal, Stephen & Greg worked extensively shearing their tones toward a broader energy spectrum over high powered saturation and across planes of sonic character, with the ambition to take full advantage of recording engineer Steve Albini’s exacting capture skills.

The results are astounding: there is breadth and luminosity of colour, vast sonic cosmoses, flashes of abstract colour (synthetic and objective) through resulting themes which emerged from the mastered depths of saturation and circuits between the two players and their mountains of gear.

“We set out to create something that was unique and had its own distinct character to it. The result combines different distortions and achieves different shades of saturation that we were actually doing in the studio,” says Greg Anderson. “I’m extremely happy with this pedal. It’s an integral part of my tone and it holds an important place in my pedal chain.”

“Working on this new version has been a great continuity of this collaboration which feels so right, and sounds so right,” says Stephen O’Malley. “It’s a really beautiful pedal and it’s also a beautiful art collaboration. I think we made something really interesting that people can enjoy to use for their own music, but also, it makes a lot of sense to release a piece of distortion as a release for our band. We’re really happy that this is a trilogy now.”

The Sunn O))) Life Pedal is designed to represent the core front end chain used in those sessions, to drive the tubes of the band’s multiple vintage Sunn O))) Model T amplifiers (or take your fancy) into overload ecstasy. This is a 100w tube amp full stack’s holy dream, or its apostate nightmare.

An octave fuzz inspired by the Shin-Ei FY2 & FY6 units leads the circuit into a brutal big box rodent inspired distortion, recreated with the best components, and including a three-way clipping switch (opAmp, Asymmetric & Symmetric). Second stage is a purely clean boost to further overdrive the preamp tubes of your vintage system into -scaped harmonics, and feedback overtone bliss.

Chasms are cleared, mountains sheared, glaciers calved, novæ birthed. Vintage valve amplifiers recommended. We hope you transcend.

TECH SPECS:

Sunn O))) Life Pedal is a distortion with a blendable analog octave up and a booster
Features 3 different clipping options: Symmetrical Silicon, Asymmetrical Silicon & LED, and pure OpAmp Drive
Distortion and booster can be used independently
Expression and footswitch control over analog octave up
Octave blend allows total control over how much Octave is mixed into the circuit
True bypass with silent relay based soft touch switches
Features EarthQuaker Devices’ proprietary Flexi-Switch® Technology
Lifetime warranty
Current Draw: 15 mA
Octave Distortion: Input impedance: 1 MΩ / Output impedance: <1 kΩ
Booster: Input Impedance: 500 kΩ / Output Impedance: <1 kΩ



ABOUT SUNN O))):

Sunn O)))) formed in March 1998 in Los Angeles. A synthesis of diverse: drone, ur, noise, metal, minimalism/maximalism; supported by a cast of collaborators, O))) has two core members: Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson. For twenty-four years, Sunn O))) have been challenging the way we think about music. From 1999’s The Grimmrobe Demos to 2021’s Metta, Benevolence BBC 6Music : Live on the Invitation of Mary Anne Hobbs, core members Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson have forged connections between the worlds of Metal, Drone, Contemporary Composition, Jazz, and Minimalism with startling results while remaining true to the eternal principles of volume, density, and weight.

www.earthquakerdevices.com/life-pedal

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released November 4, 2022

Demo riffs utilizing the SUNN O))) LIFE PEDAL v3

SOMA (Stephen O'Malley) : demo tracks 1, 4 & 5
THE LORD (Greg Anderson) : demo tracks 2, 3 & 6

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SUNN O))) Seattle, Washington

Sunn O)))) formed 1996, Seattle WA (as Mars). A synthesis of diverse: drone, ur, noise, metal, minimalism/maximalism; supported by a cast of collaborators, O))) has two core members: Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson.

All digital sales directly go to O))) funding future actions. Hail to our great fans! Thank you all very much for your support so far and in the future! WE RESPECT!
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