Escape Plan Pedals Asphalt Launch Distortion and Launch Code

North Carolina's Escape Plan Pedals featured their new Asphalt Launch distortion and Launch Code fuzz/octave/glitch machine here at Winter NAMM. The former is a grinding, punkish distortion, the latter, however, is way more musical than the 8-bit graphics suggest. A very effective wet/dry blend is key to its versatility, as is the 2-position octave voice switch that moves from deep low-end rumble to tweezy top-end emphasis. Nice builds and a nice price too at $160 a pop.