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Stone Deaf FX opens preorders for Rise & Shine octave-up fuzz

December 8, 2023 · 3 sources

Stone Deaf opened preorders on December 8, 2023 for the Rise & Shine, its first pedal in three years, according to Guitar Pedal X¹. Guitar World reported the pedal as the company's return to digitally controlled analog pedals².

The Rise & Shine is an octave-up fuzz built on a discrete transistor fuzz circuit with analog octave up and a digitally controlled tremolo vibrato that Stone Deaf calls Octapulse¹. Guitar Pedal X describes Octapulse as closer to octave modulation than a traditional tremolo, engaged with the right-hand footswitch when a +Trem mode is selected¹. Guitar World reports the effect blends tremolo and vibrato with tap tempo, built-in subdivisions and custom-tapped patterns, and that an expression pedal can be connected to shape how it oscillates². Gearnews reports the expression input controls the Octapulse rate and doubles as a remote tap tempo switch³.

Controls are Volume, Tone (a see-saw EQ), Dry>Wet Mix and Fuzz Saturation, with five color-coded modes and two voices¹:

Control	Settings
Mode	Fuzz Standard/Latching (orange), Fuzz Momentary Octave (green), Fuzz Momentary Bypass (cyan), +Trem Standard Division (magenta), +Trem Custom Division (white)
Voice	Bright Tone (orange), Fat Tone (cyan)

Guitar World reports the gain sweeps between low-gain distortion and full fuzz, the tone control works as high or low pass filters, and a clean blend mixes the dry signal back in². The left footswitch engages the core fuzz and the right engages static or modulated octave depending on mode¹. Advanced features include a factory reset, polarity options for the momentary modes and an external footswitch octave mimic¹.

Stone Deaf owner Luke Hilton said of the optical footswitch system:

"It uses no parts that can fail unlike SPST, SPDT and 3PDT and is contactless - using a break beam sensor and magnetic relay. Mechanical & electric failure is minimum 10 million switches but we've tested over 22 million switches to failure."

Guitar Pedal X¹

Guitar World and Gearnews both report the footswitch rated to withstand 10,000,000 stomps²³. The pedal runs on a standard 9V DC [-] supply with 100mA draw and requires an isolated power supply¹.

The US list price is $285¹². Guitar Pedal X gives an MAP/RRP of $285¹; Guitar World reports shipping included in the $285 US price². Shipping was targeted for early 2024, around NAMM in January according to Guitar Pedal X¹, with Gearnews expecting mid January 2024³.

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