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Trashmore gets its name from the legendary landfill-turned-park deeply rooted in 1980s skateboarding. As much as I loved being terrible at skateboarding, I swapped the deck for a guitar around 13. Then, I bought my first guitar pedal back in 1989—a black, oddly shaped enclosure with glow-in-the-dark graphics and named after a rodent.While its tone didn't immediately grab me at the time, gradually I grew to love it. Given how endlessly this classic circuit has been replicated, our aim was to honor its character while offering something distinct. Like most creations from Distorted Dream Devices, the Trashmore incorporates a unique combination of uni-polar and bi-polar DC power internally because sometimes headroom is over rated. Running the distortion core uni-polar gives the Trashmore some squish and pleasing artifacts. Operating the rest of the circuit bi-polar gives some dynamics back and plenty of space and volume for the eq section which is really what set the Trashmore apart. The active low and presence controls enable versatile tone shaping, offering a spectrum of sounds and musical styles through an intuitive 5-knob layout. And for the nerds, we didn’t use a 308. After trying several op-amps by ear alone, the winner was the TL061 which, don’t worry; still has a S%*t slew rate compared to modern IC’s. As the first DDD release, this pedal is a bit self indulgent ,but I really hope you like it too. MikeD
FFO: Classic Rock, blues, stoner & doom, noise rock, grunge, shoegaze, OSDM, and black metal
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The Caustic Dis/troyer is an artistic and tonal collaboration between Distorted Dream Devices and Ethan Lee McCarthy of Primitive Man, Vermin Womb and Many Blessings. When Ethan reached out, we discussed an early band of his and how he wanted a bit of that tone in his sound. Fortunately, I practiced across the hall from that band in a building that once served as an olympic athletic club boxing gym, so I remembered the tone well. Taking a bit of DNA from an old design of mine he was touring with, we added some amp like distortion and a powerful eq that offers plenty of massive low end, throaty mids and some treble filtering. With 6 gain stages and 2 gain controls, this pedal's intended purpose is to punish your amp and live on the edge of unhinged while still letting all the notes through.It embraces feedback as part of the wall of sound it creates and is best for downtuned baritone and bass guitars Bias aside, this is one of my favorite dirt boxes of all time. The “Yellow Dog” variant is the staple but keep an eye out for limited edition art by Ethan.
FFO: Death, doom, sludge, and existential dread