Spaceman reissues Spacerocket II fuzz for 15th anniversary
October 15, 2024 · 2 sources
Spaceman Effects has reissued the Spacerocket as the Spacerocket II, a discrete silicon transistor fuzz reworked for the company's 15th anniversary1. The pedal is a handmade, limited run of 100 units in a white enclosure, 50 in black and 20 in blue2.
The Spacerocket II keeps a three-position toggle switch that simultaneously adjusts compression, gain and bass, which Spaceman says gives three starting points for the sound2. Delicious Audio describes the pedal as covering thick fuzz through classic octave-up tones via that toggle1. Spaceman's circuit upgrades over the 2011 original include an average noise-floor reduction of 15dB, a more pronounced octave effect in the center switch position, and tighter lows and smoother highs across all voices2. Delicious Audio lists the same three changes, describing the octave change as applying to the Oct position1. Six silicon transistors are visible on the circuitboard2.
All three editions are priced at $299 on the Spaceman Effects Webstore2.
"The signature voice of the Spacerocket is a fat, compressed fuzz, with notes that uniquely sustain into an octave as you draw them out."
Delicious Audio characterizes the pedal as producing mostly non-traditional fuzz with interactive controls, and says it works well for single-string lead lines, where it describes a saturated fuzz that blooms between notes; with chords it reports intermodulated, metallic and noisy robotic tones1. Guitar Pedal X's writer, who said he bought a white edition, called the original a pedal he liked and the II a further improvement of it2.
The Spacerocket II is a fuzz pedal; more coverage of the type sits in our fuzz pedals section.