KMA - CHIEF DISRUPTOR

Holding three different Gain Modes, a pre- or post-EQ Clean Blend, active Bass and Treble controls, a foot-switchable and expression-controllable parametric Mid-EQ as well as a switchable top-boost for even more raspy, grinding bite, CHIEF DISRUPTOR is the most flexible, beautifully balanced and LOUDEST muff-style pedal you’ll ever hear!

Main Features:

Fuzz/Distortion Pedal with Switchable Mid EQ/Boost

The ultimate ‘muff-style’ drive, with stacked topology

3 distinctive gain structures:

Vintage (dynamic)

Tight (more focussed)

Heavy (sustaining and thick)

Pre or Post Clean Blend, for a tight low end

Active Bass and Treble EQ

Separate Mid EQ, with footswitch and frequency control

Top-Boost, for more crunchy harmonics

External Expression control, allows for filter or pseudo-phase tones

Internal controls for Mid Q and Top Boost Level

Relay-based soft-switching

Made in Berlin, Germany

Power by opt. 9 V PSU

(9 V DC, centre -, 2,1 mm, >160 mA max. current draw)

Over the years, different muff drives had different levels of gain, so we derived three major distinctive gain structures all based on what we consider to be the best versions. The Vintage Mode (VTG) will give you every shade of discrete overdrive, while the Tight Mode will give a more focused and modern tone with less bass and super crisp harmonics. Heavy Mode is the essence of what we all love about muffs. Heavy, sustaining and crazy thick fuzzy distortion, with bone-shaking lows and chewy mids. Just crank the Disruption (Gain) Control and you’ll know exactly what we’re talking about here.

Tonal shaping was one of the true weak points of classic muff pedals and something we absolutely knew we had to remedy. We’ve opened the gates to more modern tonal flexibility through our active Bass and Treble controls, which let you boost or cut highs and lows with up to 15 dB, while our parametric Mid-EQ with adjustable centre-frequency and level boost/cut allows you to fine tune the mids with extreme precision, for everything from classic scooped fuzz tones, modern mid-focused dirt tones and all the way to cocked-wah saturation.

You can take complete hands-free control of the Mid-EQ frequency via an expression-pedal. This lets you make instant tone changes on the fly, as well as unleash fast and quacky wah-like sounds or slow and enveloping phaser-like sweeps. If you feel like the filter needs to be more resonant for screaming synth-like sweeps or needs to be subtler, then you can adjust the Q of the Mid-EQ via an internal trimpot.

Go forth and empower your creative side, with tone that has true vision to inspire. If you are ready for a change in distortion history, then it’s time to follow the CHIEF DISRUPTOR!