In a landscape saturated with variations on classic circuits, the FruitFX Pedals Melon Cube presents a genuinely singular proposition. It functions as a pulse-width modulator (PWM), a circuit more commonly associated with synthesizers, applying its transformative square-wave generation directly to guitar. The result is a radical tonal recasting that sits uniquely between a harmonically dense, aggressive fuzz and the chiptune-esque timbres of early digital synthesis.
Control is focused and deliberate. A dedicated Shape knob governs the square wave’s width (the core parameter defining its harmonic character) while Juice acts as a voltage starve, allowing the effect to collapse into a more conventional fuzz texture. Standard Level, Tone, and signal-gating controls complete the intuitive interface.
Hand-assembled in Long Beach, California, the Melon Cube is less an evolution of guitar distortion and more an invitation to a different sonic paradigm, offering everything from thick, synthetic walls of sound to distinctly eight-bit lead voices.
