Fairfield Circuitry- Unpleasant Surprise

[behndy]

hah! it's (basically) December. MID December means 2 weeks'ish.

that's gonna be one loooooooong anticipatory erection.

FUCK YOUR FOUR HOURS VIAGRA. four hours is for BITCHES.

[sylnau]

So excited for this. Still have no clue what to expect though....

Has there been an explanation on the controls?

From an old thread:

Talk about living up to expectations.

The Unpleasant Surprise is a strange beast, hard to control and even harder to explain. Think of it as losing all dynamics, there's either a wall of sound coming at your ears or nothing at all, no in between. I'm getting some samples together to give a little taste of it's fury. The switches are loosely labelled G(ain), C(omp) and T(one). Onset is a gate threshold and gain all wrapped into one, particularly useful when the US is preceded by dirt pedals. Design ain't final yet, might be some slight changes. It sounds great with bass too, if you're into nasty bass lines.


Guillaume
I love fuzz, and I like this place.

[jb2106]

From what I've heard, it might sound like a bit like the Smallsound/Bigsound Year 4545 !

[sylnau]

From what I've heard, it might sound like a bit like the Smallsound/Bigsound Year 4545 !

I don't think so...
It's a gated fuzz. 4545 is based on oscillation (from what I know... never tried one).
You can listen to some sample here:
http://www.fairfieldcircuitry.com/US.html

Those sound sample feel like there is electricity going on in the sound!!! I love that!!!

[jb2106]

Yeh I've heard those samples, thank you !

But I was just checking some youtube videos of the Year 4545 and thought that they might sound a bit similar...

[sylnau]

I'm not 100% sure since I don't have the UL yet... but I don't think there is oscillation there.
Any way... juste a couple of weeks to wait now.

[jb2106]

And what about the 4th sample...? Is it really the Unpleasant Surprise at the beginning...? Sounds like there some other pedal or I don't know

[sylnau]

Hard to know...
From what I heard the only clip that feature another pedal is the third one (w\ Randy's Revenge).
It is described as a gated fuzz.

We'll see very soon I guess.

[jb2106]

Alright, thank you Sylnau !

I've just pre-ordered it as well, can't wait to receive it !

[sylnau]

Hey!!! welcome to ILF!!! ^

[jb2106]

Thank you man !!!

[Almonds]

this sounds so nasty...WANT

[nuclearfamily]

Two weeks... or less maybe?
I've had mine preordered since day one. So excited but as much as I want this I am probably a little bit more excited for randys revenge to be rereleased. As much as I want a ring modulator I have been putting it off and waiting until randys revenge comes out.

[fairfield]

They won't start shipping until at least the 16th. The week of the 19th will be when most get shipped. I know this is less than ideal considering the Christmas crazies, but we'll all have to live with it anyways.

As I'm writing the user manual, this came to mind...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgWn7zbgxZ4[/youtube]

[kosta]

WHERE"S THE PICKLE??????????? (Place the ham thusly.)

(LOVE THAT CLIP!)