The Lifer

PRESALE OPENS 10/17/2026 at 9AM mountain time
Ships in 4 to 6 weeks
The Lifer V3 is a signature pedal for Jon Campos of Primitive Man, and features art from Ethan Lee McCarthy. Inside the box lurks two pedals in one; a Caustic Distortion on one side and a Synth Drone on the other. These 2 circuits run in parallel and independently, but can both be turned off with the Distortion footswitch. The Distortion has been updated to what Jon used on Observance.  Its new design  retains the low end  well while preserving mids  to cut through any mix. With 2 op amp gain stages, and a JFET stage, the amount of dirt and volume are plenty. However, we kept the gain sweep wide for versatility and this pedal sounds great on Bass and Guitar. With active low and high pass filtering, you sculpt your sound, and the Distortion and Drone run on their own volume controls. With 3 voices, and frequency and volume controls for each, the Drone is highly flexible. The Drone voices are then sent through a delay for more chaos, and low fidelity while also passing their dry signal. Turn the volume on the Distortion side all the way down, and the drone can be used as a stand-alone instrument. 
OSCILLATIONS - Controls the frequency of each Drone independently. Turn CW for lower tunings.
TRIMMERS - Volume control for each oscillator
TIME – Controls delay time of Drones. Longer delay times create more lofi noise.
FEEDBACK – Feeds Drones back into delay chip and can self oscillate
DRONE – Controls volume of Drone circuit independently of Distortion.
GAIN – Dual gang pot controls the gain of both op-amps in tandem.
LOW -  12 o clock is flat. CW is more low end and CCW is less
HIGHS -  2 o clock is flat. CW is more low end and CCW is less
VOLUME - Controls volume of the Distortion independently from the Drone.