crowther pedals Crowther Audio Prunes & Custard Pedal

crowther pedals Crowther Audio Prunes & Custard PedalThis is an Open Box Prunes and Custard with a malfunctioning Low Frequency Contour toggle switch. It needs to be replaced, and is being sold as is. The effect works as it should otherwise! Hand made in New Zealand by Paul Crowther, the Prunes and Custard is a small pedal with a lot of capabilities. There is a preamp stage, the gain of which is adjusted with the Drive control. This stage followed by a special waveshaping distortion circuit. There is

This is an Open-Box Prunes and Custard with a malfunctioning Low Frequency Contour toggle switch. It needs to be replaced, and is being sold as-is. The effect works as it should otherwise! Hand-made in New Zealand by Paul Crowther, the Prunes and Custard is a small pedal with a lot of capabilities. There is a preamp stage, the gain of which is adjusted with the Drive control. This stage followed by a special waveshaping distortion circuit. There is some treble roll-off between the preamp and the special distortion circuit. The frequency at which this treble roll-off happens can be changed with the Guitar/Bass switch. The special distortion stage produces strong harmonic overtones, mostly odd harmonic. Higher harmonics are progressively introduced with increased Drive settings and signal level, so a decaying bass guitar note can sound like a mean swept filter. Playing double notes, like 4ths or 5ths can produce some strong intermodulation effects, rather like a ring modulator, but more musical, albeit more distorted! The Mix control is a balance between the preamp stage output, (CCW) and the special distortion stage output (CW).