Sometimes you don't know where a circuit will take you -- such is the story with the Hephaestus. This fuzz box started life as the now legendary Jordan Bosstone, but as Zach attempted to make the pedal more useful, he stumbled upon something he didn't expect. The Bosstone circuit is a relatively simple circuit combining a NPN and PNP transistor pair to get some pretty great classic fuzz tones. However, the variety of tones in the original units are fairly limited. Zach was bound and determined to find something more interesting and after poking and prodding we landed on something Mythos Pedals think people may not expect. Enter the WARNING knob.

The WARNING knob on the face of the pedal does not control volume or gain, it controls the voltage that feeds the circuit! When maxed out, the circuit sounds like classic fuzz, but as you turn the Warning knob down, it begins to adjust the overall voltage entering the circuit. Once the knob hits 1 o'clock something magical happens -- a sub octave begins to be introduced! When and where it appears will be dependent on your guitar and amp setup. It creates a sub octave synth effect that is unlike anything Mythos Pedals have ever tried from a simple analog device. Further reducing the voltage, the WARNING knob will cause even more octave things to happen while reducing the overall gain of the circuit. Internally there is a master volume so you can adjust the overall output of the pedal. Be warned, this circuit is loud! The master will… read more be set at 50% so as to not worry friends and family around you who may bear witness to the first riffs heard from this little red fuzz box.

Features:

- Hand measured silicon NPN Transistor
- Single "Warning" Voltage Knob
- Internal output volume pot
- Approx. - True Bypass Switching

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