Blackbox Inferno

248 Rock Hill Drive, P.O. Box 760
Rock Hill, NY 12775
Phone/Fax 845-796-3616

Blackbox Inferno

Blackbox Inferno
All Blackbox Effects are handpainted. Actual paint scheme may differ from what is shown.

The Inferno is a versatile full-range fuzz box featuring a combination germanium/silicon circuit. All components are hand selected and auditioned for the best sound resulting in the warmth of vintage germanium transistors combined with the high gain of silicon. A lot of distortion/fuzz units cut a significant amount of bass and low mids out of your tone, giving at best, a thin sound or at worst, that lovely fingernails on chalkboard tone. The Inferno exhibits none of these issues due to its wide frequency range. As a result, the Inferno works well with a large range of instruments (guitar, bass, synths, etc.). The Inferno is very responsive to picking strength and to the volume knob on your guitar or instrument and will give a range of tones from mild overdrive to full-on sick fuzz. Controls Smoke - Controls the amount of fuzz/distortion and input gain Fire - Controls the effect output volume Heat - Controls the amount of boost, gain and compression

Turn down the smoke (or your guitar volume knob) and adjust the heat to your liking for overdrive to light distortion tones (picking strength will also alter the amount of distortion quite a bit from clean to medium to heavy distortion/fuzz). For medium gain fuzz, turn the smoke halfway up (or adjust the guitar volume knob) and set the heat to taste. For full on dense, insane fuzz, crank everything up to 11 and flail away. For some seriously sick sounding fuzz, drive the Inferno with a preamp, EQ or overdrive (like the x-ray or TS-808) and watch the sparks fly out of the back of your amp! (You might want to turn that amp down before doing this!) The Inferno exhibits some interesting sustain and compression dynamics, especially at high gain settings. Like everything else, experimentation is key to finding sounds you really like.

Dimensions: 4.7"(L) x 2.4"(W) x 1.6"(H)

Feature:	What it means:
True bypass	Since the input and output of the effect are wired "straight through" when the effect is bypassed, it won't suck the life out of your instrument's tone
Built by hand using the highest quality parts	Durable construction and reliable performance
Cool, unique hand painted exterior	So it looks as good as it sounds!
Low power consumption for long battery life	Replace the battery less often (if ever)
Better frequency response than a cheap AM transistor radio!	Designed and built for full frequency range for use with guitar, bass, synths, etc.

$189 Web Price
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Strat Solo	Guitar: Custom Shop Vintage Strat '59 replica. Front pickup all controls @ 10 Extra Effects: Delay Amp: Fender Deluxe Inferno Settings: Smoke-All Out @ 5:00 Heat-All Out @ 5:00 Fire-9:00 This clip shows off some of the responsiveness and sensitivity of the Inferno. Not to mention that sweet sustain!
Swamp Tele	Guitar: Fender Telecaster-Bridge Pickup Volume @10 Tone @ about 1 Amp: Groove Tubes Soul-O 75 Set in class A mode, clean channel Inferno Settings: Smoke-3:00 Heat-9:30 Fire-1:30 This clip starts out without the Inferno engaged and shows off basically three things. The boost characteristics of the Inferno, the percussive nature of the pedal and the pedals note articulation qualities. Most of the Tele's register and frequency response is used in this clip.
Blue	Guitar: Les Paul-Middle position (Both pickups)-Volume @ about 8-Tone @ about 9. Extra Effects: Roger Mayer Voodoo Vibe Amp: Ancient Fender Deluxe Inferno Settings: Smoke-9:00 Heat-1:00 Fire-1:00 A blues tune showcasing the Inferno's nicer side. The Inferno is used more as a gain boost and less of a fuzz here.
Old School	Guitar: Les Paul-Bridge Humbucker Volume @10- Tone @ 3 Extra Effects: Delay Amp: Marshall 100 watt JMP-Mid 70's Inferno Settings: Smoke-4:00 Heat-9:00 Fire-3:00 Showin' off some of that good old school fuzz sound. More of an open, uncompressed solo sound that can cut through nicely.
Compuuuuhresssssion	Guitar: Washburn Mercury II Series hybrid Strat-Rear Humbucking position-Volume and Tone @10 (Full up) Amp: Same Fender Deluxe Inferno Settings: Smoke-All Out @ 5:00 Heat-All Out @ 5:00 Fire-9:00 An example of the intense compression and gain the Inferno is capable of. You can really hear the compression on the very last bend.