Heavy Electronics Releases El Oso Bass Distortion

Heavy Electronics has released a new bass distortion pedal named El Oso, which translates to “the bear.” The pedal is built for heavy tone and simplicity with only three intuitive knobs: Level, Mix, and Gain.

El Oso’s distortion is blended with your dry signal via the Mix knob, which gives 100% dry or 100% distorted when turned either way to the extreme. Heavy Electronics explains that the distortion top-end is rolled off and contoured to reduce the harshness found in most bass distortion pedals.

The pedal includes true bypass switching with a JFET input signal buffer to match impedances.

The Heavy Electronics El Oso is available now with a street price of $149. For more info, visit the Heavy Electronics website.

Heavy Electronics El Oso Bass Distortion Specs:

• Hand-made in minneapolis, mn by musicians
• Voiced openly for guitar, bass or any instrument
• True bypass switching & minimum length leads
• PCB designed, printed and populated by Heavy Electronics
• 1 oz. copper 1/16” single point mounted PCB
• 24mm large size pots
• Flying leads to all potentiometers and jacks
• Neutrik or Switchcraft 1/4 inch signal jacks
• Sealed metal LED housing with flying leads
• 9V 200MA power
• Powder-coated die-cast aluminum enclosure
• Dual quality-control testing (both audio & build)
• Lifetime warranty
• Upgrades, repairs and mods available for life