Tone Report Weekly Issue 159 | Page 24

From deep in the north woods of Wisconsin comes the Eau Claire Thunder , an outrageously fun noisemaker from everyone ’ s old pal Aen and the team of gleeful noiseniks at Dwarfcraft Devices . The Eau Claire is loosely based on sort of a Muff-style circuit for its primary tone , but it quickly deviates from that classic formula into unexplored and much more audacious territory . It ’ s set up from the get-go to be a playground for guitar noise fetishists , and it certainly delivers the goods . It features a momentary feedback footswitch for instantly summoning the chaos that lurks deep within its bowels , and another switch labeled “ Toneblast ” which bypasses the tone control for the purpose of delivering extra mid-range and a heap more volume . Other interesting tidbits on the Eau Claire include a knob for fine-tuning the feedback , a “ Timewarp ” switch for going backand-forth between standard Muff and stoner sludge , and some very useful tone controls . Dwarfcraft ’ s Eau Claire Thunder is a modern classic of overthe-top fuzz-stortion .
From deep in the north woods of Wisconsin comes the Eau Claire Thunder , an outrageously fun noisemaker from everyone ’ s old pal Aen and the team of gleeful noiseniks at Dwarfcraft Devices . The Eau Claire is loosely based on sort of a Muff-style circuit for its primary tone , but it quickly deviates from that classic formula into unexplored and much more audacious territory . It ’ s set up from the get-go to be a playground for guitar noise fetishists , and it certainly delivers the goods . It features a momentary feedback footswitch for instantly summoning the chaos that lurks deep within its bowels , and another switch labeled “ Toneblast ” which bypasses the tone control for the purpose of delivering extra mid-range and a heap more volume . Other interesting tidbits on the Eau Claire include a knob for fine-tuning the feedback , a “ Timewarp ” switch for going backand-forth between standard Muff and stoner sludge , and some very useful tone controls . Dwarfcraft ’ s Eau Claire Thunder is a modern classic of overthe-top fuzz-stortion .

“ IT ’ S SET UP FROM THE GET-GO TO BE A PLAYGROUND FOR GUITAR NOISE FETISHISTS , AND IT CERTAINLY DELIVERS THE GOODS .”

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