Walrus Audio Fundamental Series – Available now! Prices & Specs.
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The Walrus Audio Fundamental Series is now official! We have the full pricing, specifications and pictures of this exciting new range of pedals from Walrus. Boutique tone at budget prices? These are undoubtedly the most accessible Walrus Audio pedals yet…
Walrus Audio Fundamental Series
Last week, we published the news on a brand new, accessible line of effects pedals from Walrus Audio. Walrus Audio‘s president, Colt Westbrook announced that:
Cat’s out of the bag! Gotta love the internet; secrets were made to unveil :-). This is a leak I’m happy to comment on. I think what we’ve built is something a guitar player could get their hands on really early, but keep the spot on their board for a long time. Growing up playing guitar, there were several pedal lines that were part of my guitar journey. The original Danelectro pedals like Fab tone, Cool-Cat Chorus, Ibanez Soundtank series, Ibanez 10 Series, or even the ubiquitous Boss lineup we all had access to. I spent an inappropriate amount of time in front of an amp playing a DD3 after my paper route every day. I still have the ODR-1 I bought from Daddy-O’s in Stillwater, Oklahoma on my board today. I wanted Walrus to be part of the guitar journey earlier but incorporate the audio fidelity and build quality that we’ve spent the last 12 years developing for our core line and Mako series. I wanted us to build something that would make it super easy for newer pedal users to dial in great sounds, but for them to also be something a professional would be happy taking with them on tour.
Well, now we have the full pricing, specs and official close-up images of the whole range. Let’s say that if you’re a guitarist or a synth player looking for quality pedals without breaking the bank, the Walrus Audio Fundamental Series could be just the ticket!
Essential Effects – Accessible Pricing
As mentioned last week, the Fundamental series all share the same enclosure and switch layout. Choices like this help streamline production efficiencies and as a result, the prices of these pedals are very competitive. JHS Pedals, for example, took a similar route with their 99$ Series 3 Pedals. Similarly, Drive, Distortion and Fuzz are priced at £95, with Tremolo, Chorus, Phaser, Delay and Reverb priced at £129
All the pedals in the Fundamental series are designed and assembled in the USA, so again, we can assume that a degree of overseas manufacturing is being used to keep prices down. This seems like a very accessible price point for anyone to get into the boutique pedal game. There are no fancy paint jobs, no exotic naming or features, just the essentials for bare tone. I like that approach very much!
The Fundamental Series at a Glance
Walrus Audio Fundamental Overdrive
- FUNDAMENTAL Overdrive
A versatile overdrive that allows for a wide range of tones thanks to its 3-mode switch. This is the perfect tool at the front of your chain to set the tone for your whole rig.- 3 Mode Overdrive
- Selectable modes: Smooth, Crunch, Bright
Walrus Audio Fundamental Distortion
- FUNDAMENTAL Distortion
Three-mode distortion covering a wide range of sounds from dark and doom through sharp cutting leads.- 3 Mode Distortion
- Selectable modes: Dark, Silicon LED
Walrus Audio Fundamental Fuzz
- FUNDAMENTAL Fuzz
Three-mode aggressive fuzz pedal with a wide tonal range. It can live anywhere in your chain: hit it with your favourite overdrive or push it into another crazy distortion.
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- 3 Mode Fuzz
- Selectable modes: Gate, Classic, Mid+
Walrus Audio Fundamental Tremolo
- FUNDAMENTAL Tremolo
A classic optical tremolo, giving you that iconic chewy movement. With 3 wave shapes to select from, you can get sounds from smooth and soothing to glitchy and crazy.
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- Optical Tremolo with 3 selectable wave shapes
- Selectable wave shapes: Sine, Rectangle, Random
Walrus Audio Fundamental Chorus
- FUNDAMENTAL Chorus
A digital emulation of a classic analogue chorus, recreating bucket brigade modulation. With 3 types of chorus algorithms to select from, you can get sounds ranging from gentle modulation to 80’s tri-chorus.
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- Digital emulation of classic analog chorus
- 3 selectable algorithms: Light, Medium, Heavy
Walrus Audio Fundamental Phaser
- FUNDAMENTAL Phaser
A versatile digital emulation of a classic phaser. With 3 types of Phaser algorithms to select from, you can get sounds ranging from light tonal modulation to a highly modulated and resonant phaser.
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- Digital emulation of classic analog phaser
- 3 selectable algorithms: Light, Medium, Heavy
Walrus Audio Fundamental Delay
- FUNDAMENTAL Delay
The core sounds of repeated effects. With 3 delay algorithms, you can go from clean digital feedback to an analogue delay emulation, as well as reversing your trails.
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- Digital Delay with 3 algorithms
- 3 selectable algorithms: Digital, Analog, Reverse
Walrus Audio Fundamental Reverb
- FUNDAMENTAL Reverb
The core sounds of ambient effects. With 3 reverb algorithms, go from ambient hall to an analogue spring emulation, as well as a bright plate emulation.
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- Digital Reverb with 3 algorithms
- 3 selectable algorithms: Hall, Spring, Plate
So there we have it then? A range of eight, mono effects pedals covering all the effects staples and at an accessible price point! What do you think? Will you be eager to get your hands on one of these new Fundamental Series pedals? Drop us a line in the comments!
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For me the horizontal sliders are a case of ‘different for different’s sake’. OK in the studio, but live there’s something easy and intuitive about crouching down and making a small adjustment to a rotary control mid set or even mid song, but sliders will be more difficult to make small, accurate tweaks.
Perhaps vertical sliders might be slightly easier than horizontal ones, but then I remember the fiddly curse of gigging with the Boss GE-7 and GE-7B all too well.
Not for me – I’ll definitely be sticking to rotaries.
Yeah, that’s kind of a turn-off for me too.
But as I’m a big fan of Walrus Audio, I’ll pick a few up as I’m sure they’ll sound great.
They definitely look cooler than the very plain 3-series pedals. Intuitive controls, top jacks, and a tap tempo for the (reverse!) delay… I like it. Looking forward to demos.