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O FORTUNA! - Polychromatic Fuzz

O FORTUNA!

 

One of the things I love most about music is its ability to convey emotion and feelings in a way that transcends the limitations of language.

But sometimes there are passages of language that manage to convey those emotions in a unique and beautiful way. The medieval Latin Goliardic poem “O Fortuna”, written in the 13th century, is one such passage.                                                                                   (I have included the poem below).

For the next pedal in my Nouveau series I took this poem and created a pedal which I feel aligns with the text of this poem. With it’s epic, panoramic vision….

Fortuna offers fuzz with the ability to dial in an Octavia effect (generating a note an octave above the note you’re playing) and a sub octave note ( one octave below the note you’re playing). You can blend in as little or as much of the octave up or octave down as you like.

I designed Fortuna so you can place her anywhere in your signal path, unlike most fuzz pedals which have to be placed first in your pedal chain.

Use it as a phenomenal stand alone, straight ahead fuzz, or dial in the additional two notes to enter an expansive world of polychromatic fuzz glory!

Use FORTUNA to rage against the Goddess of Fortune…. Or express any emotion you desire.

FORTUNA transmogrifies the simplest of notes into massive, sonic statements.   

  Initiate your next epoch of creativity.

Own FORTUNA.

 

Each FORTUNA is hand built, numbered and signed by me Ben Fulton, using through hole components. 

I’m using high spec Neutrik jack sockets that are hand wired in. The super high quality true bypass foot-switch is independent from the main PCB – offering much more durability and resilience. 

Guaranteed to last a lifetime.

I’m only building 79 of these pedals. Once they have sold out, there will be no more.

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to own an extraordinary sounding, super limited edition Polychromatic Fuzz Pedal.

 All orders will ship via DHL International express tracked courier service.

Freight on your FORTUNA order is free, anywhere in the world.

Place your order now to guarantee you receive one of these magnificent fuzz pedals.

Don't miss out!

 

O Fortuna
velut luna
statu variabilis,
semper crescis
aut decrescis;
vita detestabilis
nunc obdurat
et tunc curat
ludo mentis aciem,
egestatem,
potestatem
dissolvit ut glaciem.

Sors immanis
et inanis,
rota tu volubilis,
status malus,
vana salus
semper dissolubilis,
obumbrata
et velata
michi quoque niteris;
nunc per ludum
dorsum nudum
fero tui sceleris.

Sors salutis
et virtutis
michi nunc contraria,
est affectus
et defectus
semper in
angaria.
Hac in hora
sine mora
corde pulsum tangite;
quod per sortem
sternit fortem,
mecum omnes plangite!

O Fortune,
like the moon
you are changeable,
ever waxing
ever waning;
hateful life
first oppresses
and then soothes
playing with mental clarity;
poverty
and power
it melts them like ice.

Fate – monstrous
and empty,
you whirling wheel,
you are malevolent,
devoid of security
and ever fading to nothing,
shadowed
and veiled
you plague me too;
now through the game
I bring my bare back
to your villainy.

Fate, in health
and virtue
is against me,
driven on
and weighted down,
always enslaved.
So at this hour
without delay
pluck the vibrating strings;
since Fate
strikes down the strong,
everyone weep with me

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