EarthQuaker Just Revived LCD Soundsystem’s Prized Fuzz Pedal
EarthQuaker Devices and LCD Soundsystem have collaborated on a new pedal called the Chelsea Low End Fuzz Driver. The pedal recreates the magic from a well-worn bass fuzz that was purchased all the way back in 1989. Since then, it’s created some of the band’s signature low-end dirt.
“It has been the chosen bass fuzz for several LCD recordings and has traveled around the world with them. I’d say that it is a prized possession, a real one-of-a-kind pedal. It has been beat up and taped back together. It looks like it shouldn’t work but it always delivers,” EarthQuaker writes. “It is old, it is fragile, and it sounds massive. Too good to retire yet too tired to keep going. That is where we came in. We were tasked with replicating the exact sound of this pedal but it a reliable format that can withstand the stresses of this modern world. No easy feat, for sure, but we persevered and have brought you the Chelsea.”
The Chelsea has an all-analog signal path a simple three knob layout: Level, Sustain, and Tone. A mini-switch lets you remove the tone control from the circuit, just like on the original. This, EQD says, opens up a whole world of midrange grind.
Hear the pedal’s range in the company’s demo video:
The EarthQuaker Devices Chelsea is out now with a price of $179.
EarthQuaker Devices Chelsea Low End Fuzz Driver Pedal Specs:
| All-analog signal path |
| True bypass |
| Electronic relay-based switching |
| Limited lifetime warranty |
| Current Draw: 10 ma |
| Input Impedance: 50 k ohm |
| Output Impedance: <10 k |
| Retail Price: $179.00 |
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