Okay, so technically Subdecay is not
in Portland, but we’re claiming the
company as our own anyway. Located
in nearby Newberg, Oregon, Subdecay,
the PGS and TRW crew go way back
to the early days of both companies.
It even bought us pizza one time! In
recent years, the Subdecay team has
really come into its own, carving out a
distinctive niche for itself in the industry
by creating some of the freakiest, best
sounding filter, synth, and modulation
pedals available. Pedals like the Proteus
and Prometheus DLX filters, the
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legendary Octasynth, and the Starlight
Flanger have solidified Subdecay’s
reputation for innovation and quality.
It also makes some really unique dirt
pedals, like the Variac and the
Harmonic Antagonizer, and perhaps
the finest tube-driven spring reverb
simulation pedal on the planet, the
Super Spring Theory.
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