Gone Fishing Effects releases one-off Grim fuzz pedal for charity draw

April 26, 2022 · 3 sources

Gone Fishing Effects has released a one-off fuzz pedal called The Pedal Grim, with the only unit available through a prize draw on the company's Crowdfunder page¹². Proceeds from the draw go toward funding the short film Grim¹².

The pedal is a high-gain germanium fuzz in an octagonal enclosure, black with a white crow design on its front face¹². MusicRadar describes the enclosure as decorated with an illustration by Jessica Jumpers that was hand-painted by Rachel Porter, and says the pedal is hand-wired by Richard Pratt, also known as Churd, on a turret board³. Guitar.com and Guitar World both report that the circuit boosts the player's signal while crushing the guitar's wave¹².

The two germanium transistors inside were set aside in 2021, when Pratt was building the company's Rage of the Tsar pedals and found them higher in gain than the others, keeping them back so the Tsar units would sound uniform¹². Guitar World calls the pedal a germanium fuzz box; MusicRadar calls it a high-gain germanium fuzz²³.

No US price is given. The film Grim is a collaboration between Found Films and the mental health organization We Are Hummingbird, described by MusicRadar as a dark comedy whose protagonist plans to end his life before a stranger stops him¹³. It will feature original music from DM Stith and Bob Vylan¹². Pratt said he made the pedal after losing friends and colleagues in the music industry²³.