The EF111 Guitardämmerung is a synth pedal from Electro Faustus, a maker better known for unconventional noise-making devices than for conventional effects. Delicious Audio, which covered the pedal when it appeared, filed it under its "synth pedal" category1.
What it does
The pedal's exact circuit has never been spelled out in detail. Delicious Audio's Paolo De Gregorio noted that he had read it described as "some kind of matching phase oscillation thing"1. In practical terms, that points to a pedal that generates its own oscillating signal in some kind of relationship with the note the guitar plays, rather than a straightforward pitch-tracking synthesizer. Players curious about the wider family of pedals that turn a guitar into a synth voice can compare it against the range covered on the Synth Pedals page.
"The product doesn't seem to have a description or manual available online"
That lack of documentation is worth knowing before seeking one: as of the December 2017 coverage, no description or manual for the EF111 was available online, so the demo material below is the main public record of what it sounds like1.
Hearing it
The most useful way to judge the Guitardämmerung is to hear it. Delicious Audio pointed readers to a demo by Dennis Kayzer, published alongside its coverage of the pedal1.
Videos
60 Cycle Hum
SHOEGAZER CHANNEL
Stephen McLeod
Sources (1)
- Electro Faustus, Delicious Audio, 2017-12-11