Get the great warm sound of a big amp head with a pushed 12AX7 tube – from a clean boost all the way up to a crisp fuzz. Lots of musicians who tried the Ray love to use it as the always on pedal in their effects chain!

• Made in Switzerland
• Based on a rare and desired J201 JFET end stage and NE5532 preamp stage
• True bypass
• Op-amp replaceable without soldering with TL082, LM358 etc.
• Built like a tank, easy to repair thanks to the modular structure and no wire spaghetti inside
• Customizable bias (trimmer potentiometer inside). You can let us know whether you prefer symmetric or asymmetric bias in the order or change it yourself.
• Unique top mounted input/output jack layout, saves space on the pedalboard
• Standard 9V center negative guitar DC jack
• Open source – all the schematics and more can be found on our website and GitHub

When we designed the Ray, we wanted that rich and detailed sound of 12AX7 tube you can find in some Fender amps, but in a compact form factor, without building an actual tube into the pedal. We are proud to announce that we did it! We made a unique sounding pedal that offers a very similar tonal characteristics and dynamics to big tube combos, in a tiny package! Pluck the strings delicately, and you will hear the sound of your guitar, nearly unaltered, with that discrete warmth of a tube. Now pluck the strings harder and you can hear a beautiful heavy, yet detailed fuzz of a big old combo.

The pedal is fully analog and sports a subcircuit known as the Fetzer valve. Thanks to the carefully selected JFET transistor (J201) and precisely tuned biasing and capacitors, you can now enjoy a tube sound in a modern form factor. Additionally, we push the J201 with a pre-gain NE5532 op-amp stage to produce even richer sound. If you want to know more about the inner workings of this pedal, you can read our blog.

Most fuzz or distortion pedals like the RAT rely on diodes to produce clipping, which in turn results in a very compressed sound that lacks detail and the original tone of your guitar. Ray stands out from the crowd thanks to its huge headroom. This means that when you pluck the strings of your guitar delicately, the tone of your guitar remains almost unaltered, with a little warmth of a tube added. However, if you play the strings harder, you start hearing the warm fuzziness. Even cranked up to the maximum, the now aggressive sound produced by this pedal has very little compression and through the heavy fuzz you can still hear a lot of the original tonal value of your guitar. This, combined with being open source and user-adjustable is exactly what makes this pedal so unique.

As long as you don’t alter anything inside or mechanically damage the item, our products all have a lifetime warranty. We firmly believe in the right to repair and knowledge sharing and therefore we share all the schematics and designs with our dear customers under non-commercial open source license. If you ever decide to play around with the electronics and even modify our products, we’ve got your back and we share all the necessary information and more in our blog.

Thanks to the two knobs – V and D (Volume and Drive, respectively), you can control the op-amp gain and JFET gain individually. This means you can create a rich gamut of sounds ranging from pure undistorted boost, through pure JFET boost which adds the harmonic richness of a vacuum tube, or crank both knobs to the maximum and enjoy a warm fuzz of a big old combo! If you want an even heavier tone, you can toggle the presence switch for that extra fat sound!