Why SolidGoldFX NU-33? There are very few things that we enjoy more around here than guitars and records.
What could be more satisfying than putting your mitts on your favorite instrument or spinning a record and watching the needle drop on a limited color pressing?
We love vintage guitars for very much the same reasons we love listening to vinyl.
While they might not play as great as a shiny new high-end, precision-built custom axe, their magic lies in their flaws.
Every ding and scrape tells a story. Every little bit of player wear and lacquer checking lends a feeling and leads to inspiration.
The same goes for records. A little bit of noise and static pops add ambiance. Get lost in the music while being mesmerized by the rotating platter.
It’s not so much about fidelity but rather warmth and texture to create a mood. We set out to combine our love for guitars with our love for records and the result is the NU-33.
Named after the Greek letter symbolizing spatial frequency and the RPMs of a turntable, the NU-33 is a lo-fi Vinyl modulator like no other.
Designed to capture the vibe of some of our favorite records. For example, a particularly worn-out copy of Black Sabbath’s Master of Reality and an original pressing of Led Zeppelin I with just the perfect amount of static.
The NU-33 serves up chorus and vibrato mixed with tastefully engineered hiss, crackle and pops to give your riffs just the right touch of vintage flair.
The controls allow you to choose how much or how little flutter to add to your tone.
Color it with 2 additional filter modes. Shape it with 3 different waveforms and dial in the mix with an analog blend. You can easily make this pedal sound as pretty and lush or as dark and somber as you please.
Once we were finally happy with the way it sounded, it was time to pepper it with all the fun bits!
Crammed in this little box is:
Well, with all that said, and whole lotta painstaking work leading up to this point, the NU-33 is finally here and all that’s left to do is to get lost in its immersive waves and textures.
See it in use, in all its lo-fi glory, here
Speed: This knob adjusts the speed of the LFO, from low and slow, to warble fast. Manipulate the speed by using an expression pedal. (See Dipswitches)
Flutter: This knob adjusts the width of the chorus/vibrato effect. When set fully counter-clockwise, the NU-33 enters into manual mode, where the delay can be swept with the Speed knob from 15ms to 50ms for a doubling effect. The flutter can also be manipulated using an expression pedal. (See Dipswitches)
Ramp – See: Tap/Hold Ramp Footswitch: The ramp is a momentary feature.
This allows you to speed up or slow down the LFO by holding the Tap Tempo/Ramp switch. With the knob in the center position, the Ramp feature is off. Turning it down from the noon position ramps it down, while turning it up from noon position ramps it upward.
The distance the knob is from the noon position determines how quickly the speed will ramp up or down and return to its original position.
Hiss: This knob controls the amount of white noise that is mixed in with the effect. Manipulate the hiss using an expression pedal. (See Dipswitches)
Blend: This center-detent knob blends the wet and dry signals. The center is a 50/50 mix for chorus effects while turning the Blend fully clockwise turns the NU-33 into a Vibrato.
Level: This is a master volume of the pedal and can boost or cut the output.
Wave:This three-position switch changes the LFO waveform. When switched to the left, the waveform is a combined sine wave wiggling up and down a triangle shape, center selects a traditional sine wave, and the right selects a sawtooth wave.
Skip –See: Bypass/Hold Skip Footswitch: This toggle switch provides three tempo presets for the Skip function. The left position selects long (937ms), the center position selects medium (625ms) and the right position selects short (312ms).
Color: This toggle selects filter modes. The left selects a low pass filter for darker sounds and the right position selects a high pass filter. The center position bypasses the color filters.
Crackle: This toggle adds random vinyl-like pops and crackle to your signal when set to the right.
Bypass/Hold Skip Footswitch – See: Skip-Turns the effect on and off. If you hold the foot switch down while the effect is on, you will momentarily engage the Skip function, endlessly looping the signal left in the delay buffer until the switch is released.
Tap/Hold Ramp Footswitch– See: Ramp– This footswitch allows you to tap in the speed. Hold the switch down to ramp the speed up or down
In: Plug in your instrument (or another pedal etc.) into here.
9V: The NU-33 requires a center-negative, 2.1mm 9VDC power adapter with at least 60mA of current (not included). Almost all power supplies meet this requirement but check yours beforehand. There is no option for a battery.
Standard Delivery - UK
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