Life is Unfair and Pedal Partners release Violet Oscillation fuzz
June 11, 2024 · 2 sources
The Violet Oscillation is a collaboration between UK builder Life is Unfair, the one-person operation of Grindle in Cardiff, Wales, and Pedal Partners, a YouTube channel focused on shoegaze. Delicious Audio described it on June 11, 2024 as "a hand-made limited edition fuzz pedal created for the grating yet dreamy soundscape of shoegaze rock"1. It is limited to 100 units, shipping from Dec 10th, and is available exclusively through www.lifeisunfair.co.uk1.
The pedal has Volume, Fuzz, Bass and Treble controls and a two-band EQ1. A second footswitch engages oscillation and octave down and, when pressed, also changes the functions of the knobs: bass controls the oscillation's pitch, treble controls its level, and the fuzz knob adds glitchy and gated effects1. Both footswitches can be set to momentary via internal DIP switches1. It runs on a standard 9VDC negative center adaptor and takes no batteries1. Delicious Audio reported that the circuit was "at least in part inspired by the sound of a Boss HM-2"1.
An earlier report by Guitar Pedal X, published Nov 17, 2023, described a pink glow-in-the-dark batch of the pedal and listed its controls as Volume/Output, Fuzz (Glitch/Gating), Bass (Pitch) and Treble (Octave Down/Oscillation), with twin DIP switches for latching or momentary modes per footswitch and a trim pot for the oscillate channel output level2. Neither report gives a US list price.
"The Violet Oscillation pedal was specially developed for Luca's (Pedal Partners) band 'violet oscillation' & their debut single 'a nation of pilots.'"
Delicious Audio also published the maker's note that each pedal is hand assembled with hand-screen printed artwork, and that faulty pedals will be fixed for free, excluding cosmetic damage1.