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Baltimore Sonic Research Institute BSRI X MAE Maybe the Real Treasure... Fuzz

Baltimore Sonic Research Institute BSRI X MAE Maybe the Real Treasure... Fuzz

by Baltimore Sonic Research Institute
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Maybe The Real Treasure… is our collaboration with dear friend Alec Breslow of Mask Audio Electronics. Alec and I had an idea to put a couple of initially simple ideas together and the pedal grew in wild directions from there. It is an absolute and intricate collaboration from two fuzz fanatics. Equal parts Alec’s penchant for chaos and abrasive textures and my interest in putting more knobs and more flexibility and more chunk into everything. It looks like a BSRI pedal but the art and knobs are clear nods to Alec’s style. Maybe The Real Treasure… is a fuzz pedal for people who want ever more and louder. They want to push. They want S P L O D E. Maybe The Real Treasure… is a love letter to all the fuzzes we played along the way.

OK lets look at the controls because some of them are weird and do weird stuff when you turn them even though they do pretty normal stuff under the hood. We designed it that way and its all stuff that makes the pedal cool.

Loud - What it says on the box. Turn down for less volume. Turn up for more volume. There are areas in the middle where the volume is a lot but there is more or maybe too much but you could have less. Maybe your definition of loud is different than ours? We like our loud really loud.

Texture - Early-circuit tilt EQ stage to set the frequency balance going into the transformer stage. Think of this as kind of an overall voicing control that sets the feel and shape of the fuzz and alters how you interact with the pedal as a player. Higher settings will emphasize brighter harsher tones and lower settings will reward letting a longer note breathe and evolve into a sludgy wall of noise. Its a tone control but its not really a tone control. Its a texture control. Naming stuff is weird. Start with this one at noon and see what happens as you tweak.

Push - Interstage attenuator for controlling gain staging. Rolling this one back will tighten up the fuzz texture and bring it more into a controllable distortion vibe. Cranking it cascades a huge front end boosted octave circuit into the main fuzz stage which is A LOT to handle and gets things cooking fast. Start at max and roll back as needed.

Splode - Gain control in the main fuzz stage which is messy and really just not having a good day and that’s what we love about it. This is kind of an overall stability control where it’s somewhat controlled around noon and below and cranking it to max really dramatically changes what this pedal feels like to play. Splode and Push are interactive and you should spend a lot of time seeing how different settings between the two feel and react to your playing. Or just crank them both to max and strap in.

Depth - Boost-only 100 Hz EQ band for balancing the frequency response of the fuzz, shaking walls, destroying your amp, creating brutal bass fuzz, etc. Start at minimum and increase until you feel the fuzz in your soul.

Warranty & Returns

All New products are covered by the manufacturers new warranty. Please check their website for the length of warranty and warranty conditions. If an item you receive is faulty get in touch with us ASAP. Second Hand products come with a 4 week warranty from us. If there is an issue let us know ASAP! This covers normal use and does not cover accidental damage, misuse, wrong power plugged into it, modding, water damage or any other damage caused by mistreatment. Just treat it nice and all will be good!

Shipping

We send A LOT of packages every week so don't worry about the shipping side of things!

We've never lost a thing and your awesome new gear will be packed up really well to avoid any damage in transit.

If your order comes in before 2pm we will ship it same day. Most of the time we pack things up all the way to 4pm so just call if you need it to leave same day after 2pm.

We ship mainly with Australia Post but may use a courier depending on location and size of the package.

Free Post ships with Australia Post standard and expected shipping times are between 4-6 business days depending on location. It will be longer to outside of metro and rural areas.

Express Post will usually be with you next business day in metro areas of QLD, NSW, SA, VIC and TAS. WA will take 2 days to metro and extra days after that to out side metro and rural areas.

Everything we ship has a tracking number with the exception of some power cables and smaller envelope packages. You will be emailed tracking once your order has been shipped!

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Maybe The Real Treasure… is our collaboration with dear friend Alec Breslow of Mask Audio Electronics. Alec and I had an idea to put a couple of initially simple ideas together and the pedal grew in wild directions from there. It is an absolute and intricate collaboration from two fuzz fanatics. Equal parts Alec’s penchant for chaos and abrasive textures and my interest in putting more knobs and more flexibility and more chunk into everything. It looks like a BSRI pedal but the art and knobs are clear nods to Alec’s style. Maybe The Real Treasure… is a fuzz pedal for people who want ever more and louder. They want to push. They want S P L O D E. Maybe The Real Treasure… is a love letter to all the fuzzes we played along the way.

OK lets look at the controls because some of them are weird and do weird stuff when you turn them even though they do pretty normal stuff under the hood. We designed it that way and its all stuff that makes the pedal cool.

Loud - What it says on the box. Turn down for less volume. Turn up for more volume. There are areas in the middle where the volume is a lot but there is more or maybe too much but you could have less. Maybe your definition of loud is different than ours? We like our loud really loud.

Texture - Early-circuit tilt EQ stage to set the frequency balance going into the transformer stage. Think of this as kind of an overall voicing control that sets the feel and shape of the fuzz and alters how you interact with the pedal as a player. Higher settings will emphasize brighter harsher tones and lower settings will reward letting a longer note breathe and evolve into a sludgy wall of noise. Its a tone control but its not really a tone control. Its a texture control. Naming stuff is weird. Start with this one at noon and see what happens as you tweak.

Push - Interstage attenuator for controlling gain staging. Rolling this one back will tighten up the fuzz texture and bring it more into a controllable distortion vibe. Cranking it cascades a huge front end boosted octave circuit into the main fuzz stage which is A LOT to handle and gets things cooking fast. Start at max and roll back as needed.

Splode - Gain control in the main fuzz stage which is messy and really just not having a good day and that’s what we love about it. This is kind of an overall stability control where it’s somewhat controlled around noon and below and cranking it to max really dramatically changes what this pedal feels like to play. Splode and Push are interactive and you should spend a lot of time seeing how different settings between the two feel and react to your playing. Or just crank them both to max and strap in.

Depth - Boost-only 100 Hz EQ band for balancing the frequency response of the fuzz, shaking walls, destroying your amp, creating brutal bass fuzz, etc. Start at minimum and increase until you feel the fuzz in your soul.

Warranty & Returns

All New products are covered by the manufacturers new warranty. Please check their website for the length of warranty and warranty conditions. If an item you receive is faulty get in touch with us ASAP. Second Hand products come with a 4 week warranty from us. If there is an issue let us know ASAP! This covers normal use and does not cover accidental damage, misuse, wrong power plugged into it, modding, water damage or any other damage caused by mistreatment. Just treat it nice and all will be good!

Shipping

We send A LOT of packages every week so don't worry about the shipping side of things!

We've never lost a thing and your awesome new gear will be packed up really well to avoid any damage in transit.

If your order comes in before 2pm we will ship it same day. Most of the time we pack things up all the way to 4pm so just call if you need it to leave same day after 2pm.

We ship mainly with Australia Post but may use a courier depending on location and size of the package.

Free Post ships with Australia Post standard and expected shipping times are between 4-6 business days depending on location. It will be longer to outside of metro and rural areas.

Express Post will usually be with you next business day in metro areas of QLD, NSW, SA, VIC and TAS. WA will take 2 days to metro and extra days after that to out side metro and rural areas.

Everything we ship has a tracking number with the exception of some power cables and smaller envelope packages. You will be emailed tracking once your order has been shipped!

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