Pigtronix announces Star Eater fuzz pedal with footswitchable filter

June 22, 2022 · 3 sources

Pigtronix announced the Star Eater, a fuzz pedal with two footswitches, on 22 June 2022, as reported by MusicRadar¹ and Guitar World². Guitar World reported it as available now at $179²; MusicRadar gave a US MAP of $179¹ and Gearnews an MSRP of USD 179³.

MusicRadar described the Star Eater as an "all-analogue, dual footswitch super-jumbo" fuzz pedal¹. On the fuzz side, precision-matched transistor pairs are used, with a rocker switch choosing between Germanium or Silicon color¹. Guitar World reported that the fuzz is controlled by Hunger, the amount of gain in the signal, and Volume, which controls output level, with the silicon and germanium modes selected by rocker switch².

The booster stage on the right drives the pedal's filter¹. Guitar World reported that when the filter stage is activated via the Contour footswitch, the filter is applied and controlled via the Sweep dial and a two-way rocker switch selecting between Bump and Scoop voicings; the Sweep control is only in play when the Contour footswitch is active². Gearnews described the contour switch as either bumping or scooping the mid frequencies, with a dedicated footswitch to bring it in or out of the fuzz circuit³.

Guitar World reported three over-sized purple dials, two pale blue rocker switches and top-mounted jacks, and that the pedal runs from a 9V DC power supply². Gearnews also reported 9-volt operation and top-mounted jack sockets³.