The majority of their 70s lineup featured rugged plastic enclosures with a logoplate glued to the end. They put out pedals like the Phazer, Power Driver, Wah Fuzz Swell, and Sustain. But the real standout was their Fuzz King (which was a redesigned Supa Tonebender).
By the late 70s they began to migrate away from plastic and over to large black metal enclosures. This new series featured an Equalizer, a Phaser, and a new Flanger that sounded as though it was handed down from intergalactic travelers or something...
By 1980 things seemed to change for Electronic Sounds, and a new series of equally large metal enclosures were introduced; featuring the Phazer, Sustain, and these two gorgeous monsters; the Flanger and the Fuzz King!
Each pedal from this line came in a cool color and made a massively bold statement. I can only imagine a pedalboard full of new Electronic Sounds effects in 1981 and how it would look like you're piloting the Nostromo. 🚀
This appears to be the final set of effects that Electronic Sounds would produce, and my best guess is that they closed up shop around 1982.
Which is a total bummer because these all look so awesome! But I also get it, in terms of what guitar players wanted by then; which was Boss, MXR, and DOD-sized units that could easily be thrown in a gig bag and taken anywhere.
With the relatively short window of production and the regional aspect of mostly being sold in Italy, this final series of Electronic Sounds is extremely rare. I have only seen a handful of Sustain and Phasers, even less Flangers, and this is only the 2nd Fuzz King I have ever seen in my 20+ years of collecting!
