Are these Tetris-like effects the future of stompbox design?
Say hello to Puzzle Effects' modular, jigsaw-style pedals
French design firm Puzzle Effects has introduced a series of effect pedals with jigsaw-style connectors, allowing the units to slot together and power one another and doing away with messy power cables and patch cords in the process.
The new pedals feature contacts to transmit power and audio between the pedals.
So far, Puzzle Effects has three circuits in the prototyping phase: the Silly Fuzz, a Fuzz Face clone; the Gold Digger, a clone of EarthQuaker Devices’ Acapulco Gold with an added gain control potentiometer; and the Cloudy Tremolo.
These are all 3D printed prototypes, but Puzzle says they hope to have their own custom aluminum enclosures soon.
Until then, you can head over to Puzzle Effects’ Instagram page to get a closer look at the rather ingenious Tetris-style designs.
A photo posted by @puzzle_effects on Sep 23, 2020 at 9:47am PDT
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