Walrus Audio Crams Slö and Fathom Into a Gold Standard Unit

July 1, 2020 · 3 sources

Walrus Audio announced the Gold Standard, a dual reverb pedal that combines the Slö and Fathom pedals into one gold-colored enclosure. Each unit contains the complete Slö and Fathom circuits, so the player gets two reverb pedals in a single box, and both can create the swelling, ambient pads they are known for on their own. The unit was limited to 196 units and was available exclusively through Reverb.com for $349¹.

The Slö side sits on the left and can operate in Dark, Rise and Dream modes, which give sub-octave, swelling and shimmery ambient reverbs respectively. It carries controls for modulation depth and waveform, a tone filter, overall mix and reverb decay. The Fathom side, on the right, offers Hall, Plate, Lo-Fi and Sonar operating modes as well as three modulation modes, with controls for decay, dampening and overall mix¹.

Each half of the pedal has its own bypass indicator and footswitch, plus a sustain footswitch for each side¹.

Gearnews described the unit similarly, noting that each unit contains the Slö and Fathom circuits, giving the player two reverb pedals in one². Its Spanish-language sister site called it a large gold reverb pedal carrying the Slö and Fathom circuits in a single unit, available through Reverb³.