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3 Leaf Audio
Company typePrivate
IndustryMusical instruments
Founded2008; 16 years ago (2008)
HeadquartersSeattle, Washington
Key people
Spencer Doren
ProductsEffects units
Website3leafaudio.com

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

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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

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Effect pedals

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An assortment of various 3 Leaf Audio pedals.
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)
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]
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]
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

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

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Rob Derhak's moe. pedalboard as of February 2024

References

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  1. ^ "3Leaf Audio Groove Regulator". Reverb. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
  2. ^ "3 Leaf Audio GR2 Envelope Filter Review". Guitar Interactive Magazine. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
  3. ^ "About". 3Leaf Audio. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
  4. ^ "Spencer Doren of 3 Leaf Audio & Pike Amplification". YouTube. New York Bass Works TV. 2023-12-03. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Releases". 3Leaf Audio. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
  6. ^ "Tim Lefebvre". Equipboard. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
  7. ^ Scotts' Bass Lessons. The most INSANE Pedalboard? w/ HENRIK LINDER (Dirty Loops). YouTube. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
  8. ^ "Rob Derhak moe. pedalboard (Feb 2024)". Wikimedia Commons. 18 February 2024. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  9. ^ 3 LEAF AUDIO. Ryan Stasik (Umphrey's McGee) Pedalboard Walkthrough - April 2015. YouTube. Retrieved 2024-11-03.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ "Ian Martin Allison". Ian Martin Allison Official Site. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
  11. ^ Scott's Bass Lessons. The 10 Greatest Synth Bass Lines Through History (and how to get the sounds). YouTube. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  12. ^ Janek Gwizdala (2015-07-02). Bass Octave pedal Shootout What's Your Favorite Octaver?. YouTube. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
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