The new versions are still handwired one at a time using the exact same through-hole circuit components as the originals.
Wheaton, IL (April 19, 2019) -- Introducing the new updated versions of the Tevatron Fuzz and KE/64 Overdrive.
What’s new about the V2’s? String Theory EFX has been working hard over the last few months to make the KE/64 and Tevatron more pedalboard friendly, reduce production time and lower the cost, all while keeping the same great sound of each pedal intact. Both pedals now feature printed circuit boards and powder coated enclosures with UV printed graphics to drastically reduce the labor intensive practice of point-to-point wiring each circuit and acid etching each enclosure that the original effects featured. The Tevatron Fuzz and KE/64 Overdrive are still 100% handwired one at a time, using the exact same through-hole circuit components as the originals to retain the same sound and feel of the original versions of the pedals. The Tevatron Fuzz is also now available with the option of coming with either a hand selected NOS germanium transistor or a silicon transistor.
Both pedals from String Theory EFX are available now and can be purchased directly from our website www.stringtheoryefx.com . The KE/64 Overdrive is available for $165 and the Tevatron Fuzz starts at $180 equipped with the silicon transistor and $190 equipped with a NOS germanium transistor.
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Raw and super rich—the KE/64 packs a punch that never overpowers.
RatingsPros:Top-quality build. Concise, rich, and crazy punchy. Cons: A little pricey for a 2-knob overdrive. Street: $250 String Theory EFX KE/64 Overdrive stringtheoryefx.com
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I’ve been in a streamlining, minimalist kind of mode lately, so I guess I was ripe for the String Theory EFX KE/64. Still, even when I checked this potential, transitory bias at the door, this raw, feral, and somehow very sophisticated overdrive still knocked me silly.
As suits a temporarily minimalist fellow, the KE/64 has only a master volume, a gain control, and about 20 internal components fastidiously arranged on a perf’ board. Three CEN 2N5457 JFET transistors do the lion’s share of drive work. But KE/64 is a more-than-the-sum-of-its-parts proposition. It’s artfully and carefully built.
Builder Michael Fumarolo says the spark behind the KE/64 was the sound of Dave Davies’ busting-at-the-seams Elpico AC-55 amp on “You Really Got Me”. To my ears it doesn’t sound specifically like that. But man does it have that Kinky ferocity. Individual note definition is superb. The harmonic balance is excellent. It also manages to sound simultaneously wide-spectrum and concise, making it a mix engineer’s dream. That quality makes chords incredibly punchy and complex, and lends leads a searing, Jimmy Page-circa-’69 feel. But it also means you can drive delay-stacked-on-modulation-on-top-of-reverb shoegaze miasma without losing the plot—even if you’ve lost your minimalist urge.
Test gear:Fender Telecaster Deluxe with Curtis Novak Widerange humbuckers, Fender Jazzmaster, ’68 Fender Bassman