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Summer NAMM 2019: Walrus Audio Unveils New Kangra Filter Fuzz

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Two-in-one pedal designed in conjunction with ‘Saturday Night Live’ guitarist Jared Scharff.

(Image credit: courtesy of Walrus Audio)

Summer NAMM 2019: Walrus Audio has unveiled the Kangra Filter Fuzz, a two-in-one pedal designed in conjunction with Saturday Night Live guitarist Jared Scharff.

The new pedal, inspired by Scarff’s love for the vintage Kay Fuzz Tone, combines a filter with a ”thick and spatty” octave fuzz. Two different styles of fuzz can be accessed via the M/V (modern/vintage) switch. The filter, meanwhile, offers resonance, sensitivity, frequency and envelope controls. The filter effect can run independently or with the fuzz feeding into it.

The Kangra comes in a “Peach Ice Cream” enclosure with Adam Forster-designed artwork inspired by an expedition Scharff took to the Kangra Valley near the Himalaya Mountains.

The Kangra is available for $199. 

For more information or to purchase, head to Walrus Audio.

Richard Bienstock
Richard Bienstock

Rich is the co-author of the best-selling Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion. He is also a recording and performing musician, and a former editor of Guitar World magazine and executive editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine. He has authored several additional books, among them Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, the companion to the documentary of the same name.