Deep Sea Diver: Benson Amps’ New Fuzz-Echo
Benson Amps unveils the Deep Sea Diver Fuzz-Echo, a signature pedal designed with Jessica Dobson
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After three years of meticulous collaboration, Benson Amps has unveiled the Deep Sea Diver Fuzz-Echo, Jessica Dobson’s new signature pedal.
Deep Sea Diver
The Deep Sea Diver Fuzz-Echo is a signature pedal crafted with the band’s guitarist, Jessica Dobson. This signature stompbox blends her favourite fuzz tones with vintage echo textures into a versatile, compact unit.
“When Benson first asked me what I wanted out of a pedal, I asked if he could smash together my favorite fuzz tones and vintage echos,” Dobson stated. “One of my favorite pedal configurations has always been running my echos & delays before my dirt pedals to get unorthodox sounds. So, we started there and it morphed into a pedal than became bigger and wider than what we initially had imagined.”
Jessica Dobson
Dobson emphasized that the Fuzz-Echo transcends the typical “gated fuzz pedal with an echo feature.” She sought a pedal capable of delivering a spectrum of sounds, from “splatty gated sounds” to “wooly and straight forward” fuzz, and even the “gauzy My Bloody Valentine textures” she admires.
The pedal also functions as a treble booster for solos and can generate “a foreign landscape of oscillation and interrupting textures.”
Silicon Fuzz
The Fuzz-Echo features a silicon three-transistor fuzz variant, a “deranged mashup of mk1.5 and mk2,” meticulously tweaked by Benson Amps.
Its interactive “bias” and “gate” controls offer a wide range of tones, from aggressive treble boost to thick, textured fuzz, and the band’s signature gated skronk.
Echo
The echo section utilizes a modified PT2399 chip, perfectly tuned to complement the fuzz. Standard time, feedback, and level controls are included, and holding down the footswitch triggers sustained feedback, a hallmark of Deep Sea Diver’s sound.
A unique feature of the Fuzz-Echo is its switchable fuzz and echo order. By powering the pedal on while holding the footswitch, users can toggle between fuzz-before-echo (green LED) and echo-before-fuzz (orange LED), with the latter being Benson’s preferred configuration.
Benson Amps assures users that the Fuzz-Echo is compatible with any guitar, bass, or synthesizer and can be placed anywhere in the signal chain. While the pedal produces a slight hiss, even on cleaner settings, the company advises users to “play a guitar solo instead” of dwelling on it.
Price & Availability
The Deep Sea Diver Fuzz-Echo is now available for purchase. It offers musicians a powerful tool to explore new sonic territories and capture the signature sound of Jessica Dobson and Deep Sea Diver.
If you like fuzz and echo, this new signature stompbox has to be on your radar!
MSRP – USD 249
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