EarthQuaker Devices and Death By Audio reissue Time Shadows as full production pedal

June 6, 2024 · 3 sources

EarthQuaker Devices and Death By Audio have re-released their collaborative Time Shadows Subharmonic Multi-Delay Resonator as a full production run, with new features, at $199¹²³. The original run was limited to 1,000 units and sold out immediately, and units later fetched high prices on the used market¹².

The pedal is a split design: an EarthQuaker pitch-morphed fuzz delay on one side and a Death By Audio multi-delay filter on the other¹². The updated version keeps the original two modes and adds a third, a dual delay where each repeat shifts up and down with each regeneration¹². It also adds user-assignable expression control and six preset slots¹²³. Guitar Pedal X lists the controls as Time, Span and Filter knobs, a three-way mode switch, a preset save/recall button and a six-position preset rotary³. It runs in Live mode (green LED) or Preset mode (red LED), has true bypass with silent soft-touch relay switching and Flexi-Switch latching and momentary operation, and takes a 9 V DC supply at 75 mA³. It is made in Akron, Ohio³.

Death By Audio founder Oliver "Ollie" Ackermann said of the return:

EarthQuaker president, founder and product designer Jamie Stillman said the prices for the original are "bonkers" and that the updated version "really opens up a whole dimension in tone mangling"¹².

A limited Cyberpunk version, in a black enclosure with graphics by Ackermann, is limited to 500 units and sold through the EarthQuaker Devices Reverb shop¹². EarthQuaker hosted a launch party on June 18 at Musica in Akron, Ohio, with Ackermann and Stillman giving demos and taking questions¹.

Reported prices differ. Guitar World and GuitarPlayer give $199 for the standard edition, the latter saying it was available on June 6¹². Guitar Pedal X lists a US map price of $199³.