Empty Head Effects announces The Lover overdrive and fuzz pedal

September 25, 2024 · 2 sources

Empty Head Effects announced The Lover on September 25, 2024, according to Delicious Audio, which published its report that day¹. The pedal is a two-stage analog transistor overdrive and fuzz².

The circuit has three rotary controls: gain, variable diode clipping and output level². Delicious Audio names them the Heart knob for gain, the Lungs knob for the amount of signal sent to the clipping diodes, and the Whispers knob for volume¹. Three toggle switches control low-pass filtering, high-pass filtering and circuit bias²; Delicious Audio calls them X Veil, Loss and Compassion respectively¹. Both filter frequencies can be fine-tuned with internal trim pots². The pedal uses true-bypass switching and runs on 9V DC, center negative, at 100mA².

Delicious Audio describes the Lover as delivering tones between overdriven and fuzzy, with the Lungs knob adding fuzzy overtones and texture to the overdriven sound¹. The report quotes the maker's notes:

Neither source gives a US price or a ship date. Delicious Audio lists the pedal under its overdrive and fuzz categories¹.