PEFFTRONICS
SUPER RAND-O-MATIC
The Rand-O-Matic—the only pedal ever made by Pefftronics—is a true denizen of the
list of unclassifiable effects. Granted, the sounds made by the Super Rand-O-Matic don’t
sound all too “Rand-O,” when kept low, as its lower settings resemble an LFO-swept
resonant filter or subtle phaser. However, whoever came up with the name “Super
Rand-O-Matic” wasn’t doing so in an effort to goad players into buying it. When nearly
any combination of knobs is turned up past the halfway point, chaos ensues. Some
settings sound like robotic duck on the edge of sentience, and other settings resemble
an inside-out flanger. Once players blast off into the upper regions of the knobs, all bets
are off—up is down, down is up, dogs and cats live together. It’s a real shame and a
genuine wonder that the Super Rand-O-Matic hasn’t been cloned yet.
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