3 Leaf Audio
| Private | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Musical instruments |
| Founded 📆 | 2008 |
| Founder 👔 | |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | Seattle, Washington |
Area served 🗺️ | |
Key people | Spencer Doren |
| Products 📟 | Effects units |
| Members | |
Number of employees | |
| 🌐 Website | 3leafaudio.com |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
3 Leaf Audio is an American manufacturer of boutique analog effect units for electric bass & guitar. The company, founded by Spencer Doren and operating from Seattle, Washington,[1] started with the Groove Regulator pedal, an envelope controlled filter effect inspired by the Lovetone Meatball.[2] All of the materials fabricated for the pedal units are sourced from American manufacturers. Each batch of pedals released is a limited edition run, utilizing unique colors, graphics and enclosure finishes. 3 Leaf Audio is primarily a one-man operation.[3]
History[edit]
3 Leaf Audio began as a hobby project for Doren during his high school years in the mid 2000's. The project originally started from a desire to get bass tones he could not achieve from already existing gear. As interest in his products grew he began to outsource printed-circuit-board (PCB) fabrication and enclosure machining, while still maintaining his role as the final assembler.[4]
Preamp harness[edit]
Effect pedals[edit]
Top row left to right: Proton V3, Wonderlove V2, Chromatron, and Proton V4.
Bottom row left to right: DOOM 2, Octabvre MKIII, Octabvre Mini, Octabvre MKIII, and DOOM 2 (Re-voiced)
Envelope Filters[edit]
| Pedal | Year | Notes | Total Units Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Groove Regulator | 2008 | Modeled after Lovetone Meatball | 465[5] |
| Groove Regulator 2 (GR2) | 2010 | Replaced "feedback" knob with "dry/wet" knob (feedback control became internal trimpot) | 315[5] |
| Proton | 2011 | Optically controlled, simplified filter | 455[5] |
| Wonderlove | 2012 | 710[5] | |
| Proton V2 | 2012 | Added "decay" knob (originally internal switch), and removed "band-pass" toggle | 1025[5] |
| Wonderlove V2 | 2015 | 600[5] | |
| Proton V3 | 2015 | Added "tone" knob, and removed "range" toggle | 1000[5] |
| Chromatron | 2018 | 300[5] | |
| Proton V4 | 2020 | Circuit redesigned, detector circuit based off Chromatron, and "range" toggle brought back | Still in production[5] |
Octavers[edit]
| Pedal | Year | Notes | Total Units Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Octabvre | 2014 | Octave down, tone goes from "OC-2" to "Mutron" with sub-solo footswitch | 500[5] |
| Octabvre Mini | 2016 | Smaller footprint, with "Tim-tuning" mod and no sub-solo footswitch or volume control | 710[5] |
| Octabvre MKII | 2017 | Same layout as original Octabvre but with an added "Tim-tuning" toggle | 800[5] |
| Octabvre MKIII | 2020 | Controls and footswitches of Octabvre MKII on a smaller enclosure, changed to a vol/vol circuit | Still in production[5] |
Fuzzes[edit]
| Pedal | Year | Notes | Total Units Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| (You're) DOOM | 2013 | "Dynamic harmonic device", sensitive to playing dynamics with octave fuzz characteristics in the upper register |
600[5] |
| DOOM 2 | 2019 | Expanded EQ section, clean low-pass filter toggle and octave fuzz toggle | 600[5] |
| DOOM 2 (Re-voiced) | 2023 | More gain, the new circuit has a bit more upper midrange presence, a modified treble control, and a higher crossover frequency |
Still in production[5] |
Add some note regarding HGM DOOM 2
Dynamics and Boost[edit]
| Pedal | Year | Notes | Total Units Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| PWNZOR | 2012 | Optical compressor | 120[5] |
| The Enabler | 2013 | Bass preamp with EQ and DI | 300[5] |
| Little Black Box | 2014 | Clean boost | 99[5] |
Notable musicians using 3 Leaf pedals[edit]
- Tim Lefebvre, touring and session musician: noted for being the inspiration of the "Octabvre" pedal line, as well as working with Doren to create the "Tim-tuning" switch available on later itterations.[6]
- Henrik Linder, bassist for Dirty Loops: utilizes the Octabvre MKII and the Proton V3.[7]
- Rob Derhak, bassist for moe. and Blue Star Radiation: Newer layout of his pedalboards sport the Chromatron, Octabvre MKII, DOOM and Proton V3.[8]
- Ryan Stasik, bassist for Umphrey's Mcgee: As of April 2015, Ryan was using the DOOM, Wonderlove, Little Black Box and Octabvre pedals.[9]
- Ian Martin Allison of Scott's Bass Lessons: touring and session bassist known for favoring DOOM 2 and Octabvre pedals for synth bass tones.[10][11]
- Janek Gwizdala, jazz bassist: utilized the Octabvre pedal during re-recording of his debut album Mystery to Me.[12]
References[edit]
- ↑ "3Leaf Audio Groove Regulator". Reverb. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ↑ "3 Leaf Audio GR2 Envelope Filter Review". Guitar Interactive Magazine. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ↑ "About". 3Leaf Audio. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ↑ "Spencer Doren of 3 Leaf Audio & Pike Amplification". YouTube. New York Bass Works TV. 2023-12-03. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 "Releases". 3Leaf Audio. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ↑ "Tim Lefebvre". Equipboard. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ↑ Scotts' Bass Lessons. The most INSANE Pedalboard? w/ HENRIK LINDER (Dirty Loops). YouTube. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ↑ "Rob Derhak moe. pedalboard (Feb 2024)". Wikimedia Commons. 18 February 2024. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
- ↑ 3 LEAF AUDIO. Ryan Stasik (Umphrey's McGee) Pedalboard Walkthrough - April 2015. YouTube. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
- ↑ "Ian Martin Allison". Ian Martin Allison Official Site. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ↑ Scott's Bass Lessons. The 10 Greatest Synth Bass Lines Through History (and how to get the sounds). YouTube. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
- ↑ Janek Gwizdala (2015-07-02). Bass Octave pedal Shootout What's Your Favorite Octaver?. YouTube. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
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