ZANDER CIRCUITRY SiClone Silicon Chaos Initiator

About the ZANDER CIRCUITRY SiClone Silicon Chaos Initiator

From it’s humble beginnings as a modified Fuzz Factory circuit to its latest iteration, Zander Circuitry's first pedal model has come a long way.

These days the SiClone Silicon Chaos Initiator is a super-versatile 8-knob fuzz monstrosity, capable of taking you from vintage-style fuzz tones right through to complete sonic annihilation!

SiClone Silicon Chaos Initiator Controls

There is plenty of scope to push your imagination with this pedal - use the Shunt control to tame feedback and create stuttering gated effects. Squash compresses the attack, creating a synth-like character at higher settings. Starve restricts the voltage to the circuit, creating beautiful dying-battery sounds. Bright allows you to dial in just the right amount of high frequency, while Body enables you to emphasise or cut the low end. Punch controls the mid-range frequencies.

The Tone footswitch allows you to bypass the Bright and Punch settings to give a fat, mid-rich sound with a volume boost, although the output can be reduced by means of an internal trim pot if required.

What's new?

This latest version of the Zander Circuitry SiClone Silicon Chaos Initiator features a more compact footprint with beautiful knurled steel controls. The circuit is revoiced and the transistors used in this latest version are completely different.

The footswitches support both momentary and latching switching, meaning that you can temporarily engage a channel by holding your foot down on either one of the switches. You can also now engage the second footswitch from bypass, without having to activate the pedal first.

SiClone Silicon Chaos Initiator Demo

SiClone Silicon Chaos Initiator Features

• Updated version of SiClone Chaos Initiator for 2021
• Super-versatile fuzz pedal
• Top-mounted jacks
• Shunt, Squash, Starve, Bright, Level, Body, Punch, Fuzz & Tone controls
• Power: 9V power adaptor, centre-negative (not included).
• Current draw: 120mA