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Dusky Electronics doesn’t make a ton of pedals. But the few I have tried, the Mandorla boost and the new Hypatia distortion reviewed here, stand out for their adaptability in any kind of rig. Dusky pedals’ capacity for seamless, natural integration makes sense when you consider the mind of the guy who builds them. Chris Rossi, after all, builds great amplifiers, too. We loved his D2O amp. And we were especially enamored of its economical design and punchy tones—qualities that underscore Rossi’s preoccupation with unadulterated connections between guitar, wire, amplifier, and speaker.
Clearly, that outlook can pay big dividends in pedal design too. And in the new Hypatia, a pedal that remarkably spans overdrive, distortion, and fuzz, the approach yields the same organic, energized immediacy that distinguishes Rossi’s amps.
Sings from the Source
One key to the Hypatia’s beautiful crunchy tones is its cleverly executed input buffer. It’s designed to generate the resonant filter effect derived from mating passive pickups to a low impedance input stage—all while using a modern high-impedance input that enables Hypatia to work anywhere in an effects chain. This resonant filter effect is among the ingredients that make early germanium fuzzes so expressive. In the case of Hypatia, it means you can situate the pedal almost anywhere on a pedalboard and experience the expressive range and sensitivity to volume attenuation and picking dynamics that make a good Fuzz Face so versatile.