DOD Carcosa
Kneel before the King in Yellow and
file this one under “didn’t see it
coming.” The Carcosa arrived out
of the blue at NAMM with a name
reminiscent of True Detective but
culled from a book of short stories
by Robert Chambers—not that any
of that matters when you plug into
the Carcosa and start twisting the
knobs. It’s an absurdly versatile pedal
running from thunderous Big Muff
style fuzz to razor sharp Tone Bender
sounds, and everything in between.
The Demhe-Hali switch alternates
between boosted lows and mids and
cut lows offering a wide array of base
tones. Pair this with the After control
which adjusts bias from long sustain
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to splattery decay and the options are
limitless. Finally, the Carcosa offers
a Hi-Cut control for taming (if that’s
your thing) the fizz that can occur with
a gated fuzz. There’s a whole lot of
fuzz in this little box.
”It’s an absurdly versatile
pedal running from
thunderous Big Muff
style fuzz to razor sharp
Tone Bender sounds, and
everything in between”.