New Earthquaker Devices Sea Machine V3 Mega Chorus Guitar Effects Pedal

Includes a Fender Custom Shop Tweed 10-foot instrument cable and a 6-inch patch cable

The Sea Machine is a chorus pedal with as many modulation possibilities as there are fish in the ocean. That's a lot of fish. And a lot of modulation. From subtle, shimmery chorus sounds, to wobbly, seasick, warbly pitch-bent detuning that rocks the boat, the Sea Machine is the audio bait that'll help you reel in the big one.

The Sea Machine ain't no one-trick seahorse. A variable waveshape LFO (adjustable via the Shape control) modulates your chorus tone from a smooth triangle shape, to a rough and choppy square wave, and an extended delay line allows you to dive deeper into uncharted modulated waters than ever before. Other LFO controls include Rate, which sets the speed of the LFO, and Depth, which sets how strongly the LFO modulates the delay time.

The delay line has controls for Dimension, Animate, and Depth. The Dimension control adds a slightly detuned slapback at low levels, reverb-like ambience at mid-levels, and a trippy echo-resonance that leads to self-oscillation when cranked. The Animate control is the real pearl in the Sea Machine's oyster, if you will. This controls how far the pitch swings. At lower settings, you'll hear slight detuning for a subtle double-tracked thickening effect, a la traditional chorus pedals. As you increase the Animate control, the pitch swings further and further away from the root note for an effect that lies somewhere between chorus and vibrato, before landing at full tilt on sonar-like oscillations. Finally, the Intensity control rounds out the delay line, adjusting the blend between the modulated and dry signals.

With this mix of standard and unique controls, everything from subtle warble, classic Leslie, seasick pitch bends, strangled alien sounds, stunted arpeggiations and many more far out sounds are available. Or you could just use it as a chorus. The Sea Machine works well following fuzz / overdrive / distortion pedals without getting muddy, lowering in output, or breaking up. When engaged, the Sea Machine's transparent buffer leaves the all-analog dry signal unaltered and crystal clear.

The Sea Machine is true-bypass, uses silent relay-based switching, and is built one at a time in Akron, Ohio, USA.

V3 UPDATES - JUNE 2017:

• Improved circuitry for better performance, cleaner sound, and lower noise
• More range added to almost every control from subtle modulation to extreme oscillation
• Silent relay-based switching

Controls:

• Rate: Sets the speed of the LFO. The miniature LED will show the tempo even in bypass mode.
• Shape: From soft triangle through hard square wave.
• Dimension: Adds a slight slap-back at low levels, reverb-like ambiance at mid levels and an echo-resonance at max.
• Depth: How much the LFO modulates the delay time.
• Animate: How far the pitch shifted signal swings.
• Intensity: How much modulated signal is blended in with the dry signal.

Measures: 4.75 x 2.50 x 2.25 with knobs

Power: Earthquaker pedals take a standard 9 volt DC power supply with a 2.1mm negative center barrel. Current draw is 50 mA.