Walrus Audio Ages Five-State Overdrive

AGES is an overdrive with innovative features that can stand on its own and stack well with other drives. From clean, sparkly and smooth gain to thick compressed overdrive.

For Ages, overdrive has been the one effect vital for so many. It’s used to charge through front lines of the mix and deliver a clear message that won’t soon be forgotten to its loyal listeners. Ages is a massively versatile overdrive machine standing at the ready for any amp and pickup combination that is thrown at it. An overdrive with innovative features that can stand on its own and stack well with other drives, Ages is ready to stand its ground and convey an unforgettable sound.

The five-position rotary knob offers the following gain states:

I.    Low-gain mode with symmetric silicon soft clipping. Compressed and smooth.
II.   Low-gain mode with symmetric LED soft clipping. Pushed, open, and sparkly. 
III.  High-gain mode with symmetric silicon soft clipping. Increased saturation and tight.
IV.  High-gain mode with symmetric LED soft clipping. Saturated, punchy and big.
V.   High-gain mode with symmetric silicon hard clipping. Heavy compression, thick and chewy.

Think of each position as a different “flavor” of the pedal. Fine-tune each of these gain states with the dry knob for a near-infinite supply of gain options.

With five different gain-states, a dry blend knob that can go from transparent to thick and saturated and a boost/cut bass control that hits your signal before it hits the overdrive we felt this was something worth sharing.

• Five selectable gain-states ("overdrive flavors")
• From transparent light to thick and chewy
• Blend in dry signal for added clarity or Bass
• Bass control cuts or boosts low frequencies
• Stacks extremely well with other drives

Features

• Versatile overdrive machine
• Controls: Vol, Dry, Gain, Bass, Treble, Mode (5-position-switch)
• 5 selectable gain-state-modes
• From sparkly, smooth-gain to thick, heavy-compressed high-gain
• Each mode offers different combination of internal gain and clipping-style (Silicon / LED)
• Mode 1: Low Gain with symmetric silicon soft clipping (compressed and smooth)
• Mode 2: Low Gain with symmetric LED soft clipping (pushed, open and sparkly)
• Mode 3: High Gain with symmetric silicon soft clipping (increased saturation and tight)
• Mode 4: High Gain with symmetric LED soft clipping (saturated, punchy and big)
• Mode 5: High Gain with symmetric silicon hard clipping (heavy compression, thick and chewy)
• Mix-in dry guitar signal for added clarity
• Bass control cuts or boosts low frequencies before they hit the overdrive
• Treble control tames high frequencies
• Stacks very well with other drives
• Olive green enclosure with white, cream and black ink
• 9-volt DC, Center Negative, 100mA minimum
• 12.1 x 6.6 x 3.5 cm
• Power Supply not included
• Made in the USA