This is a pre-owned pedal.
All pre-owned pedals have been tested and are in proper working order. Each pedal is rated for condition on a scale of 1-5 (5=excellent condition/as new; no paint chips or scratches). The rating is for the pedal only. If it comes in the original box, that will be noted in the listing.
The condition of this pedal is rated 5/5.
The Son stays true to the patriarch of the Pharaoh line. All of what you achieve with the Gold Standard Pharaoh, you will achieve with the Son of Pharaoh,with one exception:You will save pedalboard space. The Son has a footprint of 2.75×5 inches saving space on today’s crowded pedalboards.
The Son of Pharaoh has all familiar features of the Gold Standard Pharaoh and same sonic abilities. ALL parts and components are pulled from the same bins as the Gold Standard Pharaoh and Pharaoh Supreme. Sounds the same. Feels the same under your fingers, amps react the same. Same King Pharaoh tone, smaller Son stature.
Still handmade. Still handwired. Still the Pharaoh.
The Pharaoh is a Germanium and Silicon fuzz.
The Pharaoh starts with a hi/lo input switch, not unlike that of your favorite tube amp. Lo for more headroom/less clipping. Hi for less headroom/more clipping. A standard fuzz knob. A full range tone control with the addition of a high end compensation knob to allow you to replenish the highs cut by the tone control when boosting lows. The diode selector switch allows for different modes of clipping. Silicon Diodes for a raspy distorted sound, Diodes out for more volume /headroom and less clipping. Asymmetrical Germanium clipping diodes give a warm, tubey old school sound.
The two switches can take the Pharaoh from a clean/ fat boost to light OD which cleans up well with your guitar’s volume knob, all the way to hairy open fuzz. The Pharaoh utilizes signal caps large enough to pass all frequencies through, uncut. Again, a natural sound. This is especially important for bass player; you’ll get huge fuzz with NO low-end loss, and without squishy flubby tones.
This pedal operates on a Standard 9VDC power supply. No battery connection.
