Electro-Harmonix Ripped Speaker Fuzz Pedal with Analog Circuit and True Bypass

The Electro-Harmonix Ripped Speaker is a modern fuzz with
old-school roots and pays homage to one of the ways that early, distorted
guitar and bass sounds were made. At low fuzz settings, the pedal emulates the
lo-fi distortion sounds of yesteryear, the kinds of sounds created by a razor
blade applied to a speaker cone, a loose tube, or a faulty channel on a
recording console. When you crank the fuzz up the sound is transformed. Its
modern and monumental with a searing, fully saturated, fuzz tone.

Features

The Ripped Speakers Rip knob is a bias control that sets the amount of
clipping at the top and bottom of the signal waveform. It adds a lot of
versatility and lets you tailor the character of the fuzz. Noon is neutral, a
position where the fuzz is perfectly biased. Fat, with a great low-end and
top-end bite without being harsh. As you turn the knob clockwise the pedal
produces a hard gating effect and the signal sputters and chokes. Its great for
creating a dying battery effect. Turning the knob CCW produces yet a different
style of fuzz with a smoother gating effect where the signal fades out quickly.
The Ripped Speakers Tone control is active and delivers a tilt-shift type EQ.
That means at noon the EQ is flat. As you turn the knob counter-clockwise the
frequency response gets darker with more pronounced lows and fewer highs. Going
clockwise yields a brighter tone with more highs and rolled-back lows. The
footswitch toggles the Ripped Speaker between effect and true bypass mode. The
LED lights when the effect is engaged. The Ripped Speaker features true bypass
switching, comes equipped with a 9 Volt battery, and accepts a standard EHX 9
Volt power supply.