Description
The Electronic Audio Experiments Glaive is a modern op amp fuzz built for players who want high-gain chaos with surgical control. It's a killer fit for experimental guitarists, doom and sludge players, or producers looking to inject synth-like fuzz textures into their tracks. Capable of over 80dB of gain, the Glaive isn't just aggressive; it's deeply tweakable, with tonal tools that let you shape its destruction to fit your rig or recording chain.
The key to its versatility lies in the Weight and Texture controls. Weight adjusts a high-pass filter right at the input, letting you go from dry, cracked-speaker grind to massive low-end sludge. Texture blends in a full-wave rectified analog signal, and it's essentially a controllable octave-up fuzz layer that adds everything from subtle harmonic smear to wild intermodulation artifacts. LPF and Squelch toggles help you fine-tune it further. LPF lets you tame or unleash top-end sizzle, while the Squelch gate tightens things up or rips your note decay to shreds. It's all built on a 24V internal power rail for big headroom and dynamic response, even when things get out of hand.
Even with all that range, the Glaive is easy to dial in. The controls are responsive, and the buffered bypass with momentary or latching switching makes it super flexible on your board. Whether you're stacking it with other fuzzes or letting it stand alone as your main dirt box, it offers a wide, usable range of chaos. We've used it, and it's the kind of pedal that surprises you in the best way.
Controls:
- Level - Sets the output volume
- Fuzz - Adjusts gain into the primary stage, up to 80dB
- Weight - Sets a high-pass filter at the input. Lower for tighter response, higher for more low-end
- Texture - Blends in a full-wave rectified signal for analog octave-up fuzz tones
- LPF (Left Toggle) - 3-position low-pass filter. Center = no cut, down = moderate cut, up = strong cut
- Squelch (Right Toggle) - 3-position bias/gate. Center = off, down = mild gating, up = strong gating
- Footswitch - Engages effect with momentary or latching function
Specifications:
- Bypass - Silent buffered electronic switching with momentary/latching function
- Power - 9VDC (center negative), 70mA current draw, 24V internal operation
- Input Impedance - 1M ohms
- Output Impedance - Less than 1K ohms
SKU: EA-GLV
