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Return of the Zap Machine
Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 11:39 am
by Bassus Sanguinis
You still remember the Zap Machine?
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The Zap Machine is back! We released the original Zap Machine as an exclusive limited run item for the now defunct Fat Tone Guitars in 2010, there were fewer than 25 made. It was always a favorite around the shop but it used a very specific, hard to find germanium transistor and various NOS parts that were integral to the sound. We recently found about 350 of these transistors and set to work updating the circuit for a larger limited release exclusively for Prymaxe! Each Zap Machine is dated and numbered and comes with a hand signed certificate of authenticity
The Zap Machine V2 is a dual channel, silicon/germanium hybrid dirt device. It has an extremely wide and dynamic range from near clean boost with the gain at minimum on the low gain Green Channel through gigantic overloaded distortion tones with gain at maximum on the high gain Red Channel. The Bass control adjusts the low frequencies coming into the Zap Machine and the Treble control adjusts the high frequencies coming out. This unique tone arrangement allows for different flavors of boost, drive, distortion and fuzz that are not commonly heard from transistor based dirt devices. It is very "amp-like" in response to picking dynamics, saturation and clean up. With two foot switchable channels of dirt available, the Zap Machine can easily take over the duties of at least 2 or 3 pedals on your pedal board! Leave it on the green channel for your overdrive/boost needs and kick on the red channel for your distortion/fuzz tones. Just like the first version, the Zap Machine V2 features a more rugged, vintage amplifier inspired design with NOS carbon composition resistors and big high voltage caps along with a NOS low gain germanium transistor. We tried to build it with our standard parts but it just didn't sound the same. The Zap Machine is true bypass, all discrete analog circuitry and handmade one and a time in wintery Akron, Ohio.
Re: Return of the Zap Machine
Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 11:44 am
by skullservant
Cool that they found more germaniums! Looks rad. I still want to make a Zap
Re: Return of the Zap Machine
Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 11:54 am
by rhargis14
If only I could afford it...
Re: Return of the Zap Machine
Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 12:47 pm
by sovtek50
I still love my Zap. It looks like you can't cascade the two channels on the new one, which would have been really great.
Re: Return of the Zap Machine
Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 2:12 pm
by earthdevice
sovtek50 wrote:I still love my Zap. It looks like you can't cascade the two channels on the new one, which would have been really great.
The switch actually changes the gain structure of a single channel. There are not 2 circuits inside.
Re: Return of the Zap Machine
Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 3:59 pm
by sovtek50
earthdevice wrote:sovtek50 wrote:I still love my Zap. It looks like you can't cascade the two channels on the new one, which would have been really great.
The switch actually changes the gain structure of a single channel. There are not 2 circuits inside.
That sounds pretty cool. Since buying my Zap at Fat Tone when they were released, I've never played a more versatile pedal.
Re: Return of the Zap Machine
Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 9:58 pm
by Almonds
omfg i want this bad. almost just pulled the trigger. gonna wait until tomorrow to see if i can resist
Re: Return of the Zap Machine
Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 10:11 pm
by t-rey
I was always slightly bummed that I missed out on the original run. Glad to know I can have a two channel version now
Re: Return of the Zap Machine
Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 4:12 am
by colin
Looks awesome, I'd love to hear a demo of this new version.
Re: Return of the Zap Machine
Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 2:27 pm
by Almonds
yeah i totally caved and ordered one of these...will demo when i get it if nobody else does
Re: Return of the Zap Machine
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 5:04 am
by walkerrn
Snap ordered.
Because of the rarity of the parts, does that pretty much guarantee that this pedal will never go into full production?
Re: Return of the Zap Machine
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 5:45 am
by Uncle Grandfather
why no 15% discount code work
oh well
Re: Return of the Zap Machine
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 7:43 pm
by Casavettes
prymaxe is still calling them discounts?
Re: Return of the Zap Machine
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 7:49 pm
by Uncle Grandfather
Casavettes wrote:prymaxe is still calling them discounts?
its been there for ages it seems.
Re: Return of the Zap Machine
Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2013 9:41 am
by Uncle Grandfather
its here......
