Red Witch releases limited edition Hypostasia fuzz overdrive pedal

June 24, 2024 · 2 sources

New Zealand effects company Red Witch ltd announced the release of the limited edition Hypostasia Fuzz Overdrive Amalgam pedal on June 24, 2024¹. The pedal is limited to 59 units and is sold exclusively from the company's website¹².

The Hypostasia combines a fuzz circuit and an overdrive circuit in one pedal, with the signal path feeding the guitar into the fuzz circuit first and then into the overdrive circuit². It has four dials arranged along the top of the enclosure, including an Input level control and a Fuzz knob, plus a footswitch for engaging or bypassing the effect². It is a true bypass design¹². Red Witch says each unit is built by hand by designer Ben Fulton using through-hole components, is hand numbered and hand signed by Ben, and carries a lifetime warranty¹. MusicRadar describes the Hypostasia as part of Red Witch's hand-wired Nouveau series².

MusicRadar reports a US price of $349 with free shipping². Red Witch says the pedal is available now and will be available until allocation has been exhausted¹.

Fulton, who Red Witch says has 22 years of experience designing pedals, described the intent behind the circuit¹²:

MusicRadar describes the expected tones as ranging from "tasteful rhythm overdrive to full on, singing lead sounds (think American Woman), from classic Clapton Beano era Rangemaster drive to Hendrixian walls of speakers tumbling to the ground"². Red Witch says the pedal offers "an almost limitless number of dirt based tonalities"¹.