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Walrus Audio’s Eons is a monster of a fuzzbox loaded with five unique “states” that provide drastically different clipping styles to run the entire gamut of fuzz tones. Silicon, germanium, LED: they’re all here, and a simple swipe of the Mode knob is all you need to sweep through some of history’s most iconic fuzzy voices. A 5-state stompbox is impressive enough as is, but Walrus Audio takes it to a whole new level with a variable voltage knob, allowing you to adjust each state from a sputtering squawk to crushing walls of hard-hitting dirt. If you’re the type of player who regularly ventures from smooth silicon-style leads to abrasive garage-rock-style gated fuzz sound, the Eons simplifies your setup by packing it all into a single stompbox!





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The star of the Eons is the 5-position mode switch, giving you access to five distinct “states” that are a veritable history lesson in the art of fuzz.





I: This position produces a traditional soft-clipping silicon-style fuzz with a smooth response and rounded-over high end.


II: The second position is also silicon-style clipping, but pushed harder and with an added bass boost.


III: Walrus Audio describes this one as “if a distortion and a fuzz had a kid,” and that’s about as apt of a description as you’re going to get! In more technical terms, it’s a rough and dynamic germanium soft clipping-style fuzz.


IV: This one is a bit of a darker tone, courtesy of LED clipping diodes. It’s a great setting to tame brighter guitars and amps.


V: The fifth setting is the Eons at its wildest: hard-clipping silicon transistors combined with silicon and LED soft-clipping diodes. If you’re after a mean, compressed voice, this one will be your go-to setting.


Variable voltage control





While the Eons might be labeled as a “5-state” design, a variable voltage knob unlocks far more tones than that by drastically changing the fuzzy voice of each state. At the lowest 3V settings, Eons produces a nasty, sputtering tone that’s reminiscent of a gated fuzz ? Sweetwater’s Jack White-inspired garage rockers are particularly fond of this setting! Crank it up to 18V for massive fuzzy walls of sound or even slide it somewhere in between to combine these two extremes into your own signature fuzz tone.





Walrus Audio: built by tone tweakers for tone tweakers





The artists, musicians, and engineers at Walrus Audio take pleasure in chasing sounds that inspire, like the perfect breakup of an overdrive, a beautifully thick distortion, an endlessly sustaining reverb, and a self-oscillating delay. Simply put, these guys love to play with sound. They design stompboxes that re-create the sonic textures that they hear in their heads. Built by tone tweakers for tone tweakers, Walrus Audio’s guitar pedals are as versatile as they are functional. Complete with eye-grabbing graphics, Walrus Audio’s pedals are the perfect tools for guitarists who want to sculpt their own unique sounds.





Walrus Audio Eons 5-state Fuzz Effects Pedal Features:


Loaded with 5 distinct fuzz “states”


Each state features its own distinct clipping style, from LED to silicon to germanium


Variable voltage knob takes you from gated and sputtery sounds at 3V all the way to crushing walls of sound at 18V


Standard bass, treble, and gain controls to perfectly sculpt out your sound