Idiotbox Death Ray Mangler

      I usually stick to fairly traditional dirt boxes.  Before I bought the Idiotbox Death Ray Mangler, I stayed away from the weirder boxes and stuck to the basics.   This might be a turning point in my taste on stompboxes...
     The Idiotbox Death Ray Mangler is one weird beast.   It's got an on/off switch and three knobs: Z, A, and P.   Z controls the main pitch of the square wave divider, A knob slews the pitch.   With the A knob on full, the Z knob gives a filtered square wave fuzz.  With the A knob backed off the pedal gives a wide range of lo-fi blip outs, octave overtones, video game sounds, and ring-mod type textures.   While the pedal is capable of more stable fuzz tones, it's all still pretty gated, so the notes kinda cut out as they fade.   The P knob controls the volume.   There is a huge variety of sounds to be had, from the more traditional to the way out stuff that noise freaks adore.  Again, this is one trippy pedal.   I spent a few hours playing with the knobs and still haven't done it all, the controls are highly interactive with each other and it would be impossible to dial in everything this pedal is capable of in a short time, if at all.
    I did Devo-ish ring-mod sounds, Wall of Voodoo "Ring of Fire" fuzz, 60's punk freak outs, early Cabaret Voltaire industrial chunks, Butthole Surfers inspired noodling, tones worthy of the Unsane and Sonic Youth, and I've just started...   Check out the Idiotbox Death Ray Mangler if you want unique and interesting fuzz with a twist.
     Just to say, the box takes a expression pedal to control the Z knobs parameters, I haven't tried it yet, but I'm sure it will add a substantial extra dimension the the already impressive sounds coming out of this stompbox.
     This pedal is very reasonably priced, a big thanks to rocknrollvintage.com for what turned out to be a screaming good deal.   You can also order them direct from  idiotboxeffects.bigcartel.com.