Metasonix Butt Probe TX-2
Annihilates, maims, crushes and defaces your sound.
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Description
The Metasonix TX-2 is entirely made of vacuum tubes. To be specific, three type 4BN6
beam modulator devices. They were intended for use in crummy TV sets as FM detectors,
and were NOT meant for audio applications. Only Metasonix knows how to apply these
strange devices to audio processing.
Instability is inherent in a circuit having this much gain, and the third tube provides an extra
way of modulating the distortion. Basically, it is wired as a very bad bandpass filter. Filter
center frequency is controlled with a "Vactrol" optical resistor, and swept continuously
with an LFO built into the TX-2. The sweep may be disabled by turning down the SCREW
knob or by plugging an unassigned 1/4" plug into the CV IN jack. If the latter is done, the
SCREW knob will tune the filter manually, giving a vast range of NAUSEATING tonal
effects not obtainable with any of the existing effect pedals on the market.
Each TX-2 Butt Probe is hand-made and hand-painted in Northern California. Because
they're hand-painted, they are all different from each other. (Each one, a different variety of
disgusting.) Only 100 pieces of the TX-2 will be made. As an extra special 'feature', the Butt Probe's owner manual contains extremely offensive cartoons by "Retarded Animal Babies" creator Dave Lovelace. These cartoons are so disgusting, they will NOT be made available anywhere else. If you wanna see them, you'll have to buy a Butt Probe.
Brand new in box with power adapter and instructions.