Skychord
Skychord
Also known as: Skychord Electronics
UnclaimedSkychord Electronics is a small, hand-built boutique brand from Oregon making analog synthesizers, drone machines, and guitar effects pedals. The catalog leans toward raw, idiosyncratic noise tools rather than polished workstation synths, with products often built in limited runs and sold through specialist retailers like Boutique Pedal NYC and Big City Music.
The brand is best known for its S...
Skychord Electronics is a small, hand-built boutique brand from Oregon making analog synthesizers, drone machines, and guitar effects pedals. The catalog leans toward raw, idiosyncratic noise tools rather than polished workstation synths, with products often built in limited runs and sold through specialist retailers like Boutique Pedal NYC and Big City Music.
The brand is best known for its Sleepdrone series of square-wave drone synths (the Sleepdrone 3, 5, and 6, the latter a six-oscillator hex drone machine), alongside other tabletop instruments like the Utopia Synth, Glamour Box, Cloudbuster delay/sequencer, Zodiac drone synth, and the Deses Parva drone oscillator. On the guitar effects side, the Truck Loud overdrive is one of the more widely circulated pedals from the brand. Skychord's instruments are typically housed in simple metal enclosures with hand-labeled controls, reflecting a builder-direct, small-batch approach.
Skychord has 6 products cataloged on Equipboard, including Tabletop Synthesizers, Overdrive Effects Pedals, and Sound Modules. Their gear is featured by 3 artists, with the strongest followings in Rock, Electronic, and Jazz. Notable users include Merzbow, Nick O'Malley, and Dylan Walker.
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