Walrus Audio launches Fundamental Series of affordable pedals

June 1, 2022 · 2 sources

Walrus Audio released its first series of affordable "bread and butter" pedals in the first half of 2022, a range that includes the Fundamental Phaser¹. The Oklahoma City company's series covers eight effects, among them Drive, Distortion, Fuzz, Tremolo, Chorus, Phaser, Delay and Reverb².

Each pedal in the series has three sliders for adjusting parameters and a three-way switch for selecting modes¹². The Fundamental Phaser is a compact digital stompbox with faders for Rate, Depth and Feedback and a Mode slider offering three voicings: Light, Medium and Heavy¹. Walrus Audio describes Light as "a scaled-back phaser that slightly modulates your signal," Medium as emulating "a classic warm analog phaser," and Heavy as a "multi-voiced phaser with lots of experimental sounds"¹. The company says Rate and Depth control the rate and depth of the modulated LFO, and Feedback controls the amount of affected signal sent back into the feedback loop, with more feedback creating more resonance¹.

Guitar World's review lists US prices of $99 for the Drive, Distortion and Fuzz and $129 for the Tremolo, Chorus, Phaser, Delay and Reverb². The same review gives dimensions of 60 (w) x 116 (d) x 56mm (h), true bypass on the Drive, Distortion, Fuzz and Tremolo, buffered bypass on the Chorus, Phaser, Delay and Reverb, and tap tempo on the Delay². Power is a 9V DC adaptor, not supplied². The review notes the power socket is sited on the side².

The company says the pedals are designed and assembled at its headquarters in Oklahoma City¹.