Old Blood Noise Endeavors Excess V2 Distorting Modulator

A Marriage of Distortion and Delay-Based Effects

Way back in 2017, Old Blood Noise Endeavors released their first venture into Distortion aligned with Delay-based effects. Aptly named Excess, we all thought it was fantastically excessive enough back then, but along comes 2022 and Old Blood Noise are adding more switches. Despite this, the controls are actually dead simple, but the sonic potential is immense!

Expanding on the original model, Old Blood Noise Endeavors continues their journey to revive and expand sought-out sounds of the 80s. With delay, chorus and harmonized fifths available, along with distortion in series or parallel configurations, Excess V2 unveils more unique tones and even more control, yet all in a smaller more pedalboard friendly package.

• Distortion and Modulation pedal
• Three modes of modulation (Delay, Chorus and Fifth) each with Time, Depth, and Volume controls
• Distortion section with control over Gain, Tone and Volume to access light overdrive through fuzzy distortion
• Order switching to run Distortion into Modulation, Modulation into Distortion, or separate parallel paths
• Soft touch switching and true relay bypass for each section
• Expression jack to externally control Rate and Depth
• Internal trimpot to set wet-dry mix of Modulation section
• Made in the USA
• Powered by 9V DC PSU

Simply put, Excess V2 is two effects in one: a distortion and a modulation. The modulation takes the form of chorus, delay or pitch shifted delay and the way you route and engage them makes all the difference. Each mode has its own footswitch to engage or disengage the sound. We’re thinking about circuits from the 80s, 90s, today and a little bit earlier, all helping to create tones you’ve never thought of before!

Excess V2 features three modes of modulation. Fifth is a harmonized delay and harmonizes the delay repeat up to a perfect fifth. When depth is turned up (adding delay repeats), those repeats continue to harmonize upward, creating rising fifths and octaves from your original note. Chorus offers a classic chorus, modulating the delay line to create swirling sounds. Delay is a short delay (up to 125ms) focused on comb filter, doubling, and slapback sounds. This section features three knobs, Mod Vol which controls the volume of the modulation, from zero to loud, Rate controls the rate or time of modulation (either the speed of the chorus LFO or the delay time of the delay) and Depth adjusts the depth or feedback of modulation (either the width of the chorus LFO or the number of repeats of the delay).

Condition: Brand new, in original box, with full warranty.