Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
THROUGH THE PSYCHEDELIC SOUNDSCAPES OF TROPICÁLIA, FUZZ HAS MADE ITS MARK ON BRAZIL'S MUSICAL JOURNEY. ABELHA, WHICH MEANS "BEE" IN PORTUGUESE, CAPTURES THE VERY ESSENCE AND VINTAGE ALLURE OF THIS TROPICAL FUZZ PHENOMENON. IT REIMAGINES THIS CLASSIC VIBE, INFUSING IT WITH A FORWARD-THINKING TWIST, DESTINED TO BECOME A TIMELESS CLASSIC FOR THE FUTURE.
THE ABELHA OFFERS THREE DISTINCT FLAVORS OF FUZZ VIA A TOGGLE SWITCH AT THE PEDAL'S CENTER. "POLEN" DELIVERS A SAGGED AND SPITTY TONE REMINISCENT OF A DYING BATTERY ON A GERMANIUM FUZZ STYLE. "NECTAR" PROVIDES A ROUND AND HUGE-SOUNDING FUZZY OPTION, WHILE "HONEY" OFFERS SLIGHTLY MORE CONTAINED GAIN WITH IMPRESSIVE VERSATILITY. THE "BUZZ" AND "LOUD" CONTROLS ADJUST THE FUZZ AND VOLUME, WHILE THE "HI" AND "LO" CONTROLS PROVIDE A VERSATILE RANGE TO SHAPE YOUR EQ TO PERFECTION.
DIVE INTO PSYCHEDELIC REALMS WITH THE "TROPICAL MODE", A HIGH-PASS FILTER THAT TRANSPORTS YOU STRAIGHT TO THE TROPICS. ACTIVATE IT WITH A DOUBLE TAP ON THE FOOTSWITCH OR HOLD IT FOR MOMENTARY SONIC EXPLORATION. THREE FOOTSWITCH PROFILE OPTIONS ENABLE YOU TO ADJUST THE TEMPO CHANGES FOR THE MOMENTARY FUNCTION TO YOUR LIKING.
THE ABELHA IS THE ULTIMATE PEDAL TO CREATE A WORLD OF FUZZ SOUNDS, BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN OLD-SCHOOL CHARM AND MODERN MUSICAL INNOVATION.
THROUGH THE PSYCHEDELIC SOUNDSCAPES OF TROPICÁLIA, FUZZ HAS MADE ITS MARK ON BRAZIL'S MUSICAL JOURNEY. ABELHA, WHICH MEANS "BEE" IN PORTUGUESE, CAPTURES THE VERY ESSENCE AND VINTAGE ALLURE OF THIS TROPICAL FUZZ PHENOMENON. IT REIMAGINES THIS CLASSIC VIBE, INFUSING IT WITH A FORWARD-THINKING TWIST, DESTINED TO BECOME A TIMELESS CLASSIC FOR THE FUTURE.
THE ABELHA OFFERS THREE DISTINCT FLAVORS OF FUZZ VIA A TOGGLE SWITCH AT THE PEDAL'S CENTER. "POLEN" DELIVERS A SAGGED AND SPITTY TONE REMINISCENT OF A DYING BATTERY ON A GERMANIUM FUZZ STYLE. "NECTAR" PROVIDES A ROUND AND HUGE-SOUNDING FUZZY OPTION, WHILE "HONEY" OFFERS SLIGHTLY MORE CONTAINED GAIN WITH IMPRESSIVE VERSATILITY. THE "BUZZ" AND "LOUD" CONTROLS ADJUST THE FUZZ AND VOLUME, WHILE THE "HI" AND "LO" CONTROLS PROVIDE A VERSATILE RANGE TO SHAPE YOUR EQ TO PERFECTION.
DIVE INTO PSYCHEDELIC REALMS WITH THE "TROPICAL MODE", A HIGH-PASS FILTER THAT TRANSPORTS YOU STRAIGHT TO THE TROPICS. ACTIVATE IT WITH A DOUBLE TAP ON THE FOOTSWITCH OR HOLD IT FOR MOMENTARY SONIC EXPLORATION. THREE FOOTSWITCH PROFILE OPTIONS ENABLE YOU TO ADJUST THE TEMPO CHANGES FOR THE MOMENTARY FUNCTION TO YOUR LIKING.
THE ABELHA IS THE ULTIMATE PEDAL TO CREATE A WORLD OF FUZZ SOUNDS, BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN OLD-SCHOOL CHARM AND MODERN MUSICAL INNOVATION.




![Orion Effekte - Schwarzweiß
Anyone can do white, and black even more. But true art is created when black meets white. When parallel worlds like these collide and when something greater than the mere sum of both sides is created from nothing.
Black [SCHWARZ] stands for overdrive – the best Orion Effekte ever made?
White [WEISS] stands for (treble)booster, a pedal that Orion had never built before.
Black houses the actual overdrive circuit. „PEGEL“ controls the volume, „KLANG“ the tone as usual, „VERZERRUNG“ the amount of distortion and „SÄTTIGUNG“ influences the sound in various, mostly very subtle ways, but can produce oscillations in extreme settings.
White comes with two controls – „PEGEL“ for the volume and „FILTER“ for damping the bass part, e.g. to achieve a TrebleBooster effect.
Redefine your own grey zone with the Orion black and white [Schwarzweiss] effects! And notice that in the tension between black and white a new, sometimes oscillating, iridescent and in any case fascinating new overdrive world is waiting for you.
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Gear used:
PRS Custom 22 w/ Humbucker
Blackstar Artisan 30
ZOOM Q8
Shure SM58
Monster Cable
Ibanez Power Supply
Sony Alpha a5000
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