Endangered Audio

Endangered Audio
Asheville, N.C.

Endangered Audio builds module and stomp box effects for studios and touring
artists. EA gear is known for unique sound and dependability, using only through-
hole components soldered in shop at Smashing Guitars in downtown Asheville.
Todd Kelley started the company in Dec. 2008 to release the Gristleizer, an
updated version of Roy Gwinn’s module used in Throbbing Gristle. Taking
audio input and using an LFO to effect the amplitude or a filter on the signal, the
Gristleizer can do everything from subtle tremolo to complete signal destruction.
Their most recent pedal, the AD4096 is a unique analog delay that is currently
used by Baroness, Band of Horses, U.S. Christmas, and Emeralds.
http://www.smashingguitarsasheville.com/

AD4096 Analog Delay
Beyond Delay
$375

The AD4096 goes above and beyond other delays with its Wet/Dry stereo out,
Expand, and Infinity switches. The Expand switch turns the depth to 100%,
causing run-away self-oscillating feedback for as long as you hold it down. The
Infinity switch introduces a hold function that repeats forever, but not quite like a
loop pedal. Instead of layering signal on signal indefinitely, the Infinite wet signal
takes on the color of whatever’s being played. The Aux out can be switched
between wet and dry, splitting your signal into two separate channels.100%
analog circuitry provides up to 300ms of uniquely colored delay with adjustable
delay, echo, and depth settings. From recreating classic delay sounds to creating
unique sonic creations, the versatility of the AD4096 can’t be denied.

Blackout Effectors

Blackout Effectors
Asheville, N.C

“Built by us, for us … but available to you”

Kyle Tompkins started Blackout Effectors in his Vancouver kitchen in 2008, modding, fixing, and building the occasional pedal with a cheap soldering iron. “Really,” he say, “I should have been playing guitar instead of fooling around. It was an awesome kitchen though.” In 2009 he quit his day job and relocated to Asheville, N.C. to focus on Blackout full time. Skip to 2011 and Blackout Effectors is producing 40+ handmade pedals a week that ride with bands from Band of Horses to Baroness and The Black Angels. With the experience accumlated over the past several years, Kyle is sticking true to his vision of what Blackout Pedals need to be, even if that means he ends up scrapping the majority of new circuit designs because they won’t fit the Blackout mold. “We’re only going to release the coolest of the cool stuff and in the Blackout world no one gets to decide what is cool besides us.”

http://www.blackouteffectors.com/

Blackout Effectors Mantra Overdrive
True Grit
$175

Whether you’re looking for that classic overdriven sound or want to turn your speaker into Satan’s mouthpiece, you need a Mantra. Amp-like circuit architecture gives you maximum control of your overdriven sound while the Mantra’s multiple gain stages give you endless amounts of clean-up with your guitar’s volume knob. It switches between rock and blues as easily as it switches between low output single coils and hot potato humbuckers. From fingerpicked phrases to windmill finishes, this pedal conjures a classic sound that’s all your own, a Mantra you’ll play over and over again.

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