Mythos Pedals The Fates

The Fates is a chorus and vibrato pedal from Mythos Pedals, and it is the company's first modulation pedal¹. It is an analog BBD chorus built around the MN3207 bucket-brigade chip, which Mythos positions as an homage to the classic 80s Japanese chorus units². Premier Guitar's demo describes it as carrying "all the swirly tones you'd expect from those classic 80's units," with the spirit of the Boss CE-1 and CE-2 living on in its MN3207-driven circuit¹.

The Fates is a chorus pedal made by Mythos¹². Its bypass is a JFET buffered bypass/input stage, which the maker says helps keep the noise down and also helps push the signal¹. On the face of the unit is a Rate LED that flashes in relation to the Rate setting¹.

An analog chorus with a vibrato mode

The Fates is an analog chorus: the delayed, modulated copy of your signal that creates the chorus effect comes from an MN3207 bucket-brigade chip, the same family of delay-line chips used in the classic Japanese chorus pedals of the 1980s². Premier Guitar's reviewer found the design openly rooted in the Boss CE-2, and wrote of the result: "But I bet you'll never need another analog chorus"⁴.

On top of that chorus circuit, Mythos added a vibrato mode. A toggle switch on the pedal selects either chorus or vibrato⁵. In vibrato, the pedal turns off the clean mix portion of the chorus, so you hear only the modulated signal rather than the blended dry-plus-modulated sound². Mythos also tuned the vibrato circuit by shifting select components, so that the Depth control does not produce the extreme warble you might otherwise get at high settings². MusicRadar's launch coverage described the same design: in Vibrato it takes out the clean signal, with the vibrato tweaked so you will not hit extreme warble on the Depth control³.

RockBoard's PedalPedia says both modes run a wide gamut, from swirly shimmer to rotary-speaker-like vibes².

The controls

The control set is deliberately small: two knobs and a mode toggle.

RockBoard's PedalPedia says the Rate and Depth controls are finely tuned for the most musical range of sounds². There is also a Rate LED on the face of the unit that flashes in relation to the Rate setting, so you can see the modulation speed at a glance¹.

For a starting point, Guitar.com's buying guide reckons The Fates is at its best with the rate knob at noon and the depth set slightly higher, which brings out what the reviewer calls a beautiful responsiveness⁶.

Power and bypass

The Fates runs on 9V DC with a center negative plug, fed from a pedalboard power supply²³. The maker's product page lists a current draw of 16mA², while MusicRadar's launch report said it will draw 19mA³. Either figure is light enough for any standard isolated or daisy-chain supply.

The pedal uses a JFET buffered bypass and input stage, which Premier Guitar's demo says helps keep the noise down while also helping push the signal¹. That means it is a buffered pedal rather than true bypass, worth knowing if you run it alongside low-output pickups or long cable runs.

Where it came from

The Fates is built by Mythos⁵¹². Its bypass and input stage use a JFET buffer, which the maker says helps keep the noise down and helps push the signal¹.

Reviewers found settings that worked well. One reviewer's view: The Fates is at its best with the rate knob at noon and the depth set slightly higher, which brings out a beautiful responsiveness⁶.

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