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Green Controls
Tone:
Changes the tonal character of the fuzz. Darker counterclockwise, brighter clockwise.
Green:
Sets the output level when the green LED is lit.
Red Controls
Fuzz:
Adjusts the fuzz amount — dirtier clockwise, cleaner counterclockwise
Red:
Sets the output level when the red LED is lit.
Foot Switches
Channel Switch:
Selects between
Red
(Dream Crusher) and
Green
(Nu Fuzz) channels
Activate Switch:
Turns the effect on and off
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Welcome to your new Spires
™
! The Spires was born from my need to have my big old Rosac
Nu Fuzz and our now discontinued Dream Crusher on my pedalboard without taking up all the
space.
The
Green (2)
channel features a cranked fuzz inspired by the Rosac Electronic Nu-Fuzz, which,
for all the unacquainted fuzz seekers, was released in 1968- decades prior to the dreaded “nü”
prefix ever being uttered. The original schematic for Rosac Nu Fuzz is somewhat of a mystery
so I used my original to make a “sonic copy” that is pretty much dead on. It is full-on fuzz all the
time and uses crude wide range
Tone (1)
control to change the character from big and warm to
sizzling and blown out. The original was slightly below unity at max so I gave this one plenty of
output volume while retaining the original tone.
The
Red (4)
channel is a silicon version of the now discontinued Dream Crusher. There’s no
need to mourn the loss anymore. Dreams will still be crushed with walls of classic two transistor
fuzz; only this time, the crushing will be much more stable and less temperature sensitive. It
features a very usable, dynamic
Fuzz (3)
control and tons of output volume, just like the original.
Each Spires is hand made one at a time by a white gloved team of professional experts in the
dirty, dusty canyon of Akron, Ohio.
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