Walrus Audio releases Eons Five-State fuzz pedal

September 27, 2022 · 4 sources

Walrus Audio released the Eons Five-State Fuzz on September 27, 2022, the third pedal in its Five-State line after the Ages overdrive and the Eras distortion¹². The Eons houses five fuzz voicings in one enclosure, selected with a five-way rotary dial¹.

The modes run from a soft-clipping silicon fuzz in Mode 1 to Mode 5, which combines hard-clipping silicon transistors with LED and silicon soft-clipping diodes¹. Mode 2 adds a bass boost to the silicon clipping, Mode 3 uses germanium clipping, and Mode 4 uses LED clipping diodes with a high-end cut¹. Walrus describes Mode 5 as "the rowdiest of the modes with tons of gain: compressed, loud, and angry"³. Guitar.com reports that the mode switch also introduces subtle EQ changes³.

A voltage control knob, marked with a lightning bolt, runs the circuit from 3V to 18V: higher voltage gives open, uncompressed fuzz, while lower voltage produces gated, sputtering tones that replicate a dying battery¹². Other controls are Volume, Gain, and active boost/cut Bass and Treble¹³. The pedal runs on a 9V DC supply drawing a minimum of 100mA¹⁴. Guitar Pedal X describes the core circuit as based on a Ram's Head Big Muff and notes the pedal lacks a Mids control⁴.

The Eons lists for $229¹³².