Gamechanger Audio Third Man Plasma Coil
- Sam Goffen
- Jan 2, 2023
- 3 min read
Updated: Mar 23
Overview:
Warning: this pedal is divisive! It's either going to be something you will love or hate - If you like Jack White's sound at all, you'll probably think it's great. But it is a pedal you hear and can either immediately think of uses for, or one that you think you'd never use.
But this isn't a bad thing; let's just say it's niche:) Personally, I love it.
The Distortion Sound
The Plasma Coil is a distortion pedal with a pretty unique sound. I'd say it's closer to a full on fuzz really than distortion as it doesn't have the tightness that you might want from a modern distortion pedal, sounding more like a muff or other silicon fuzz.
Like with the original Plasma Coil, the distortion is created by feeding a xenon tube with a high voltage - 3.5kV! - signal created by the signal from the guitar, the resulting electrical discharge provides the harmonic saturation. So you can probably tell that this unique way of creating the distorted signal is likely going to end up in a pretty unique tone.
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