Silicon Harmonic Percolator (£140 RRP)
With years of experience recreating the iconic Interfax Harmonic Percolator – a distinctive, rare and sought-after mid 70s fuzz pedal – Fredric Effects now offers the Silicon Harmonic Percolator. It’s a revised version that swaps the original germanium components for carefully chosen vintage silicon transistors from 1980s East Germany. Fredric Effects have been building a part-for-part clone of the original 1970s Interfax Harmonic Percolator for over a decade now, and an improved version of that hybrid Silicon/Germanium circuit as the Utility Perkolator for almost as long.
The Harmonic Percolator circuit is simple and versatile, and careful component selection can yield fascinating results. This modified version of uses only silicon transistors manufactured 40 years ago in the former East Germany, and clips the signal using a weirdo East German diode array. This result is an effect which tightens and focuses the sound of the Percolator. The Silicon Harmonic Percolator sits somewhere between fuzz and distortion – clearer and more defined than a traditional fuzz, but still wild and saturated when pushed. It’s a distinctive evolution of a cult classic.
Info here:
https://fredric.co.uk/silicon-harmonic-percolator
Demo by Phil at Pedal Experiments here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=towmoEMhwyY
About Fredric Effects
Based in North London, Fredric Effects has grown since 2011 to become one of the UK’s most highly regarded effects manufacturers. We build high quality handmade boutique pedals at realistic prices working musicians can afford. Fredric Effects pedals have found their way onto the pedal boards of many well-known and ground-breaking guitarists and bassists around the world.
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