{"id":245405,"date":"2025-10-28T10:26:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T10:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/245405\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T10:26:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T10:26:09","slug":"korn-just-released-a-pedal-which-channels-the-guitar-tone-of-their-landmark-album-but-its-already-sold-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/245405\/","title":{"rendered":"Korn just released a pedal which channels the guitar tone of their landmark album \u2013 but it&#8217;s already sold out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Been a <a href=\"https:\/\/guitar.com\/artists\/korn\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Korn<\/a> fan since the early days? Guitarist\u00a0James \u201cMunky\u201d Shaffer has unveiled the Indigo Sludge Preamp + Fuzz, a limited-edition pedal that captures the heavy, fuzzed-out tones of the band\u2019s first records.<\/p>\n<p>Designed to channel the same high-gain aggression and woolly fuzz that powered Korn\u2019s landmark debut album and 1996\u2019s Life Is Peachy, the pedal brings the rawness of the band\u2019s Indigo Ranch sessions straight to your pedalboard.<\/p>\n<p>Limited to just 500 units, the Indigo Sludge combines a searing high-gain preamp section with a fuzz circuit based on the same modded pedals used during Korn\u2019s mid-\u201990s recording sessions with producer Ross Robinson.<\/p>\n<p>The result is that unmistakable down-tuned aggression, sustain-heavy distortion, and the same \u201cpreamp roar and fuzzed chaos\u201d that fuelled classics like Blind and Shoots and Ladder \u2013 all housed in a compact, road-ready enclosure.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-183544\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Korn-Pedal@2000x1500.jpg\" alt=\"Korn Indigo Sludge Preamp + Fuzz Pedal\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\"  \/>Credit: Korn<\/p>\n<p>Visually, the pedal mirrors the intensity of Korn\u2019s early era with a striking red-and-black design. It offers a full EQ section with Bass, Mid, Treble, Gain, Volume, and Presence controls, plus independent fuzz parameters that let players shape the balance between tight crunch and full-blown sonic sludge. There\u2019s also an octave switch for extra low-end depth \u2013 perfect for down-tuned chugs and subterranean riffs.<\/p>\n<p>True bypass switching and standard 9V power ensure easy pedalboard integration, while a rugged chassis makes the Indigo Sludge ready for the stage or studio alike.<\/p>\n<p>The Indigo Sludge isn\u2019t just \u201c\u2018inspired by\u2019 Korn\u2019s tone. It\u2019s built on the same ingredients that forged it,\u201d says the band.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt really takes me back to the days of the Indigo Ranch,\u201d Munky adds.<\/p>\n<p>Priced at $250, each pedal comes with a Certificate of Authenticity signed by Munky himself and is available exclusively through Korn\u2019s official website.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more at <a href=\"https:\/\/pedal.kornofficial.com\/products\/detail\/korn-pedal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Korn\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Been a Korn fan since the early days? Guitarist\u00a0James \u201cMunky\u201d Shaffer has unveiled the Indigo Sludge Preamp +&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245406,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,341,115041],"class_list":{"0":"post-245405","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music","12":"tag-pedals"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}