The Dead Zone

Name: The Dead Zone
Brand: Berserker Electronics
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Ibanez LF7 clone turned AM/FM radio simulator. Between-station grit, found-audio lo-fi, and mid-heavy clipping.

James Millican started Berserker Electronics in Seattle during 2020, building handmade pedals with an electrical engineer's brain and a player's ear. Every circuit gets tweaked until it feels right, not just measures right.

The Dead Zone resurrects the discontinued Ibanez LF7 Lo-Fi filter, a cult oddity that simulated the sound of a guitar signal broadcast through a cheap radio. Fidelity sweeps from narrow AM-band grit to wider FM bandwidth, while the gain stage pushes into mid-heavy Tube Screamer-like clipping. A hi-cut knob tames the top end for darker, more buried textures.

Three knobs, no menus. Dial in crackly between-station noise, vintage found-audio vibes, or a gnarly filtered drive that sits in a mix like nothing else.

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The Dead Zone

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Ibanez LF7 clone turned AM/FM radio simulator. Between-station grit, found-audio lo-fi, and mid-heavy clipping.

Three knobs, no menus. Dial in crackly between-station noise, vintage found-audio vibes, or a gnarly filtered drive that sits in a mix like nothing else.