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Pigtronix Philosopher's Gold Compressor + Germanium Distortion

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ALCHEMICAL TONE

Philosopher’s Gold is a variation on the original Philosopher's Tone, featuring the same optical sustain engine with the addition of an optional layer of germanium-enhanced distortion. The unique diode arrangement found in the Philosopher's Gold delivers a smooth top end and rich midrange response, tailored to match the characteristics of the optical sustainer driving it. The clean side of the Philosopher’s Tone remains the same—dial in your Blend and Volume to get your desired signal, and Sustain for compression. What defines Germanium Gold is the Grit control. More than a simple gain knob, Grit acts a blend for the supreme germanium-enhanced distortion folded into the unit.

KNOB-BY-KNOB

Volume: Sets the overall output volume.

Sustain: Sets the amount of sustain.

Grit: Blends in a Germanium overdrive stage.

Blend: Mixes your compressed effect with your clean signal. 

DESIGNED FOR RICH RESPONSE

Featuring the same groundbreaking optical compression of the original Philosopher’s Tone, the design behind Germanium Gold sought to prove a simple theory: Germanium-enhanced distortion would only make this better. Sweet drive and midrange response tailored perfectly to the optical sustainer. 

LIMMERING GOLD

In a niche corner of the cosmos, Marvin encountered a shrine to his previous work on Philosopher’s Tone. What better way to repay the flattery than to leave behind a new offering.

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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ALCHEMICAL TONE

Philosopher’s Gold is a variation on the original Philosopher's Tone, featuring the same optical sustain engine with the addition of an optional layer of germanium-enhanced distortion. The unique diode arrangement found in the Philosopher's Gold delivers a smooth top end and rich midrange response, tailored to match the characteristics of the optical sustainer driving it. The clean side of the Philosopher’s Tone remains the same—dial in your Blend and Volume to get your desired signal, and Sustain for compression. What defines Germanium Gold is the Grit control. More than a simple gain knob, Grit acts a blend for the supreme germanium-enhanced distortion folded into the unit.

KNOB-BY-KNOB

Volume: Sets the overall output volume.

Sustain: Sets the amount of sustain.

Grit: Blends in a Germanium overdrive stage.

Blend: Mixes your compressed effect with your clean signal. 

DESIGNED FOR RICH RESPONSE

Featuring the same groundbreaking optical compression of the original Philosopher’s Tone, the design behind Germanium Gold sought to prove a simple theory: Germanium-enhanced distortion would only make this better. Sweet drive and midrange response tailored perfectly to the optical sustainer. 

LIMMERING GOLD

In a niche corner of the cosmos, Marvin encountered a shrine to his previous work on Philosopher’s Tone. What better way to repay the flattery than to leave behind a new offering.

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!