Pigtronix announces Star Eater dual-footswitch fuzz pedal

November 10, 2023 · 3 sources

Pigtronix has announced the Star Eater, a dual-footswitch fuzz pedal, according to a November 10, 2023 report¹. The maker describes it as "an all-analog, dual footswitch super-jumbo Fuzz with a footswitchable booster and variable filter stage"².

The fuzz side uses precision-matched transistor pairs, which Pigtronix says are used so that each unit is dialed in to "the sweet spot" that can be elusive in vintage pedals². A rocker switch selects between Germanium and Silicon diode clipping². Downstream from the fuzz, a booster stage drives a filter, and a second rocker switch selects Scoop or Bump voicings, which Pigtronix says drastically changes the frequency response of the Sweep control across its range².

The controls are Hunger (gain in the fuzz), Volume (output level of the fuzz), Sweep (frequency response of the filter, active only when the Contour footswitch is on), Voice (Silicon or Germanium clipping) and Contour (shape of the tone)²¹. The pedal is true bypass and runs on 9VDC with a current draw of 100mA².

Pigtronix lists the Star Eater at $134². A June 2022 MusicRadar report on the pedal gave a US MAP of $179³; the two figures differ.