Amber Spyglass

Studio-Grade Hybrid EQ

## Description

### Graphic

The graphic is of the titular "Golden Compass" of the His Dark Materials series from which the pedal takes its name: a handheld, refracting telescope pointing down with its lens segment highlighted by a compound star polygon.

### Controls

* Bass - Active bass frequency (40-100hz) EQ
* Level - Output master volume
* High - Active treble frequency (4,000-10,000hz) EQ
* Lo-Mid - Active low mid-range frequency (400hz) EQ
* Mid - Additional active mid-range frequency EQ (18dB boost/cut)
* Hi-Mid - Active high mid-range frequency (1,000hz) EQ
* Freq - Sweeps frequency band controlled by Mid knob (250Hz to 3kHz)
* Mid footswitch - SmartRelay footswitch, toggles optional Mid control on and off
* Bypass footswitch - SmartRelay footswitch, engages and bypasses effect

### Jacks

#### Top

* In - Signal input
* 9v - 9 volt, center negative power adaptor input
* Out - Signal output

### Webstore Description

> The *Amber Spyglass* is a super flexible solution for people who are looking for both a boost or an EQ-pedal! With 4 perfectly chosen bands it allows you to tailor your sound pre- or post gain with drastically different results: put it in front of your amp, cut the bass to tighten the sound and push the high mids to get cutting leads or push the low mids for syrupy sludge sounds and change the gain structure of your overdriven sounds! In the fx-loop or after your distortion pedal it changes the whole frequency spectrum of your tone: add bass to make it fat and warm, cut low mid muddyness for tight, modern sounds or tame harsh highs. It’s all possible with its 4 non-interactive, constant-Q filters. The pedal has extreme headroom, super low noise floor and allows for a full-range boost of up to 16dB! In addition to this you’ll find a semi parametric mid-control that allows you even more control over the frequencies where the guitar really lives: the mids!
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> * Lichtlaerm Audio Smart Relay technology
> * 4-band EQ with up to 16dB cut/boost per band, non-interactive, constant-Q
> * low noise, high headroom (27V internally created)
> * bass: 40-100hz, low mid: 400hz, high mid: 1000hz, treble: 4000-10000hz
> * up to 16dB full range boost via volume control
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## History

### 2019

A prototype of the Amber Spyglass first appeared in a tease of all three His Dark Materials themed pedals (the Golden Compass, the Aesahaettr, and the Amber Spyglass) made on December 10, 2019. It featured a four band EQ labeled "Low Mid," "High Mid," "Bass," and "Treble" as well as a "Volume" control and a single footswitch. The control knobs were arranged in the shape of a pentagon to match the Hagiphobic graphic.

### 2020

On December 1, 2020, it was announced that the Amber Spyglass had been officially added to the Lichtlaerm web store in a post that also stated that a break in operations would start December 6 due to surgery Daniel would be facing.

### 2022

After Lichtlaerm operations were quietly put on hold in late 2020, a relaunch of the company was announced on July 1, 2022 with the Amber Spyglass featured as the fourth returning pedal on July 8. The relaunched versions of the pedals featured new SmartRelay footswitches and were housed in plain black enclosures with silkscreened graphics replaced by gold plated faceplates mounted to the pedal by pot and switch nuts and washers. The new version of the Amber Spyglass added an additional parametric Mid control with frequency sweep that could be engaged or bypassed with a new second footswitch.

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### 2023

On September 17, 2023, in a post on Lichtlaerm's social media pages regarding Guitar Summit 2023, it was revealed that all pedals in production going forward would feature white text and pedals with dual footswitches (except for the two reverb pedals, the Transcendence and the Untiefe) would feature dual bi-color LED indicators rather than a single bi-color LED.

## Videos

### 2020

* May 17 - Dome
* July 15 - Dome (with Pepers' Pedals Satanist)
* August 1 - Truck Driver Shawn
* October 23 - Petar Makes Noise

### 2022

* October 1 - Sonic Drive Studio
* October 16 - Dome
* October 26 - Truck Driver Shawn
* December 21 - Dome (with Aesahaettr)

### 2023

* March 2 - That Sounds Terrible
* October 4 - Mad Steex (feature explanation by Daniel with full Guitar Summit 2023 line)