Aesahaettr

Modern Metal Boost

## Description

### Graphic

The graphic is of the titular "Subtle Knife" of the His Dark Materials series from which the Aesahaettr takes its name: a dagger with a chipped blade and a hilt carved to resemble a robed, hooded figure with a circular halo backed by a upward pointing triangle and a pair of wings for the cross-guard. A compound dodecagram with an inset circle surrounds the dagger while two compound octagrams ornament the Level and Cut controls.

### Controls

* Level - Output master volume
* Cut - High-pass filter
* Bass - Active bass frequency EQ (40-100hz)
* Lo-mid - Active low mid-range frequency EQ (centered at 400hz)
* Hi-mid - Active high mid-range frequency EQ (centered at 1khz)
* Treble - Active treble frequency EQ (4-10khz)
* EQ footswitch - SmartRelay footswitch, toggles four band EQ section 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

> *“A subtle knife. Also known as Æsahættr. This knife could cut not just flesh but spirit. It could slice through Worlds.”*
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> Aesahaettr (God Destroyer) is the name of a knife capable to cut through the very fabric of time and space in Phillip Pullmans epic novel “His Dark materials”.
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> Like its namesake our Aesahaettr is made to help your tone cut through any mix by boosting the signal and allowing for reduction of all frequencies that muddy up the sound: delivering up to 35dB of clean boost to push any amp into overdrive and a parametric low-cut up until 1500Hz that allows to dial in any taste of boost from thick, saturated or even blown up sounds over classic treble boost sounds up into modern metal territory and far beyond. This thing works great with down-tuned and extended range guitars and allows for the modern sounds everyones crazy about right now without being another TC-Integrated derivate. For ultimate flexibility we added an active 4-band EQ that’s capable of up to 16dB cut or boost on each band: 40-100hz, 400hz, 1000hz and 4000-1000hz.
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> Features:
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> * Lichtlaerm Audio Smart Relay technology
> * up to 35dB clean-boost
> * low-cut with adjustable knee frequency up to 1500hz
> * footswitchable 4-band EQ
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## History

### 2019

A prototype of the Aesahaettr 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 "Cut" and "Boost" controls and a single footswitch with Hagiophobic graphic.

### 2020

On July 27, 2020 it was announced that the Aesahaettr had been officially released over the weekend. The description reads:

> "A boost pedal reduced to the max: up to 35dB of clean boost and an adjustable 'cut'-control that lets you dial in all kinds of boost: transparent clean-boost, vintage treble-boost sounds, percussive modern-metal to doomy blown-up amp sounds. 2 knobs - that's it. Not really: there's also a trimmer on the inside that lets you dial in even more boost and some nasty grit to the sound."
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It was announced that the first batch of Aesahaettrs had sold out on September 5, 2020.

### 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 Aesahaettr featured as the third returning pedal on July 6. The relaunched versions of the pedals featured new SmartRelay footswitches and were housed in plain black enclosures with silkscreened graphics replaced by black powder-coated, gold-plated faceplates mounted to the pedal by pot and switch nuts and washers. The new version of the Aesahaettr added a four band active EQ section that could be engaged or bypassed with a new second footswitch.

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On November 1, 2022, a limited, 5-piece run of white and gold color variant Aesahaettrs were released alongside color variants of the .Ritual., the Altar, and the Aquaria.

### 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 11 - The Interface
* July 24 - Milian Malivuk Music
* August 14 - Jeremy Varao, Truck Driver Shawn
* October 16 - Petar Makes Noise

### 2022

* April 8 - That Sounds Terrible
* September 11 - Metalhead Productions
* September 20 - Sonic Drive Studio
* September 29 - Xander Raymond Charles
* October 2 - Dome
* October 9 - Max Power's Tasty Tones
* October 17 - Truck Driver Shawn
* October 27 - That Sounds Terrible
* December 15 - Room89 (with Pepers' Pedals Dirty Tree)
* December 21 - Dome (with Amber Spyglass)

### 2023

* January 5 - Angry Tones Riff Clips
* February 2 - Leon Todd
* February 15 - Ultimate metal guitar tones
* February 20 - Angry Tones Riff Clips
* February 26 - Lukas Risbourg
* September 23 - Dirty Demos (with Medusa)
* October 4 - Mad Steex (feature explanation by Daniel with full Guitar Summit 2023 line)
* October 18 - Max Power's Tasty Tones (with Ritual)