Deadlock

Deadlock is a compact momentary looper and time-freeze pedal designed to capture sound fragments on the fly. Built around the legendary PT2399 chip, it adds a raw, grit-heavy, and warm Lo-Fi character to your loops, turning simple notes into rich ambient textures or glitched micro-rhythms.

The pedal operates in real time and stays active only while you hold the footswitch. The moment you press it, Deadlock instantly catches your last played phrase and locks it into a continuous loop. Thanks to a finely tuned feedback circuit, the sound sustains indefinitely without spiraling into runaway oscillation, while a parallel dry path lets your main guitar signal pass through completely untouched so you can freely layer solos over the frozen pad.

Using the massive TIME knob, you can seamlessly adjust the loop length — from rapid-fire glitchy staccatos to long, immersive soundscapes. Designed to sit at the very beginning of your signal chain, Deadlock allows you to freeze a clean chord and shape the running loop downstream with your favorite overdrives, fuzzes, modulations, and delays.

Effect Type: Lo-fi Momentary Time grabber
Circuit: Kosko FX design
Power Supply: 9V DC, center negative
Controls: Time, Momentary Button
Dimensions: 112 × 60.5 × 31 mm
Enclosure: Aluminum (1590B format)