earthquaker life pedal EarthQuaker Devices Sunn O))) Life v3 Pedal – Chicago Music Exchange

earthquaker life pedal EarthQuaker Devices Sunn O))) Life v3 Pedal – Chicago Music ExchangeSqueeze every last drop of crushing, heavy metal tone out of your instrument with the new EarthQuaker Devices Sunn O))) Life V3 Pedal! Made in collaboration with the band, the Life V3 provides distortion with a blendable analog octave up and a booster combined in one compact package, featuring a fine tuned octave section to make it more pronounced, without losing the bottom end, plus a third footswitch utilizing Flexi Switch Technology for the octave,

Squeeze every last drop of crushing, heavy-metal tone out of your instrument with the new EarthQuaker Devices Sunn O))) Life V3 Pedal! Made in collaboration with the band, the Life V3 provides distortion with a blendable analog octave up and a booster combined in one compact package, featuring a fine-tuned octave section to make it more pronounced, without losing the bottom end, plus a third footswitch utilizing Flexi Switch Technology for the octave, to allow an additional method of quick and radical tone shaping! Get the Life V3 Pedal today from CME.

Birth of a Life Pedal
In the writing sessions for Life Metal Stephen & Greg worked extensively shearing their tones toward a broader energy spectrum over high powered saturation and across planes of sonic character, with the ambition to take full advantage of Steve Albini’s (the recording engineer for the album) exacting capture skills. 

The results are astounding: there is breadth and luminosity of colour, vast sonic cosmoses, flashes of abstract colour (synthetic and objective) through resulting themes which emerged from the mastered depths of saturation and circuits between the two players and their mountains of gear. 

What is it?
Life Pedal is a distortion with a blendable analog octave up and a booster combined in one compact package. The “Amplitude” side is faithfully modeled after the classic “White Face” distortion unit, using modern, reliable components to last a lifetime. The only modifications made to the original circuit are in the clipping section. The traditional circuit uses a single pair of silicon diodes for a tight, compressed crunch. The Life Pedal introduces two additional clipping options to better adapt to different rigs. The first position is no diodes to allow for full, grinding Op Amp assault at maximum volume. The second position utilizes two silicon diodes and one LED in an asymmetrical clipping configuration. This delivers a slightly compressed and smooth crunch, similar to a valve amplifier. The last position is the stock double silicon diode configuration which provides that classic tone you know and love. 

The Octave in Life Pedal is an all-discrete, analog full-wave rectifier base on a classic vintage design. Located at the input of the circuit, the Octave control slowly blends in the octave effects as you turn it clockwise. This feature can also be used via expression control allowing for wild, hands-free octave swells mid-riff or using the footswitch for immediate octave fuzz destruction. Because this is an analog octave effect, it is monophonic and works best playing single notes above the twelfth fret while using the neck pickup. Playing chords with the analog octave will sound clanging and chaotic. Using the bridge pickup and playing below the twelfth fret will produce a very subtle octave effect. Going full Octave transforms Life Pedal from a simple distortion device into a swelling, raging fuzz similar to the classic Super Fuzz! 

Controls
Octave: This blends in the analog octave as your turn it clockwise. 
Distortion: Turn clockwise for more distortion, counterclockwise for less. This provides about +60dB of gain. 
Filter: This is a low pass filter with a frequency response from around 500Hz to 30kHz. Turn counterclockwise for more high end, clockwise for less. 
Amplitude: Output volume for the octave distortion side. Clockwise for more hearing loss, counterclockwise for a healthy life in old age. 
OpAmp: No diodes to allow for full, grinding Op Amp assault at maximum volume.
Asymm: Utilizes two silicon diodes and one LED in an asymmetrical clipping configuration. This delivers a slightly compressed and smooth crunch, similar to a valve amplifier.
Symm: This is the stock double silicon diode configuration which provides that classic tone you know and love. 
Magnitude: This is the output volume for the booster. Clockwise to blow up your amp, counterclockwise if you are a baby. Unity is somewhere right around noon on the dial. 
Amplitude Footswitch: Distortion Activator 
Magnitude Footswitch: Boost Activator 
Octave Footswitch: Octave Activator 
Octave EXP: Connect any expression pedal to this input to control the analog octave blend. Before inserting the expression pedal, make sure the pedal is powered off.