GS

Casado Western Glitch-Fuzz

So dig this: The GS is based off the Gold Standard fuzz circuit that I carried as a semi-flagship product from 2013-2017 or thereabout. Ok - to be more accurate it IS the Gold Standard circuit, albeit with a noticeable size reduction, a couple tweaks to make it more synth friendly and one or two other updates derived from lessons learned after a decade since the first time I spray-painted a box with some gold enamel in an attempt to keep the bill collectors at bay. Also, these tiny panels, man - you try to spell "Gold Standard" in a legible font on a tiny panel and still have enough room to make it pop among a sea of modules. Sonically, it’s a weird one – definitely derived from inexperience and a little bit of luck, but it somehow found its followers. Among its many features include buzzsaw-grade thickness, a whole deal of sustain, an interesting breakup and an input impedance that’s so low that it should probably be illegal – all of which pretty much mean nothing when you’re not running a guitar through it – not to say that you couldn’t if you so desired. However, when paired with the usual blips and chirps of the synthesized world, it half acts as a waveshaper; cutting and compressing various signals and half as a filter, accentuating the occasional harmonic peaks and valleys. In short, it’s not without its merits. Oh right, it also does this thing with the kick drums where it makes it all saturated and grimey in the best and/or worst possible ways. Not to mention, on certain occasions when the moon is just right, it may just start oscillating and chirping on its lonesome, which I guess is also a feature. All said, I like it and while I'm not sure this is my signature circuit, I've had a Gold Standard on my pedalboard since the day I first built one and have converted it into a couple other formats as well over the years so that's at least something. Under normal circumstances, I'd be all "lets make a production run of this thing and call it a day" - BUT - at the moment, the rest of my existence has me running myself ragged with other electronics stuff and truth be told, I'm more about education and DIY than I am about the whole capitalist thing, so for the time being this thing will be a DIY/workshop only exclusive. I mean, yeah, I'll probably pony out one or two for merch tables from time to time, but again, busy - not to mention that the further I slide into this academic trip I'm on, the ethics of trying to peel out a couple hundo in sales at the back of the venue only go over so well. So it goes. Either way, have at gang.

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