Gallery: Station Audio's Acid-Etched Stompboxes Look Gritty, Sound Gorgeous
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*The Sparkle Punch is Station Audio's flagship stompbox. It pairs a 12AU7 tube boost with a Mosfet tube boost, all wrapped up in a bold, acid-etched metal shell.*
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*Station Audio's Reverb pedal re-creates the sound of a classic spring reverb unit.*
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*Graulty's Kanagawa Tremolo pedal uses old-stock 12AU7 tubes. He's been tweaking its guts for a while, searching for the best sounds. "The circuit is just about ready," he says.*
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*The Analog Echo is a one-off pedal.*
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*The Death Rattle pedal is a one-off clone of Pro Co Rat models. "It's got three different Rats in one pedal," Graulty says.*
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*Graulty made this one-off Ibanez Tube Screamer clone, which he calls the Boba Fet Drive, from an electronics kit.*
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*Unfinished effects pedals, part-way through the production process.*
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*Several cases for Station Audio's Big Top Treble Boost pedals, midway through the fabrication process.*
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*Sometimes Graulty stashes his electronics in vintage containers.*
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*Lyon Graulty sits on a pallet of bricks behind the Clayworks Studio in Austin, Texas.*
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