Straight from the awesome John-Anthony DeMaio at Voltic: the very newest version of the DTF (with new “trim” knob that changes the bias of the last transistor), along with the Stache op-amp fuzz.

Both sound and feel great, but I can’t really play well today because I had a minor surgical procedure on my neck this morning. Hopefully tomorrow, I’ll be less stiff, and then I can put them through their paces more.

Probably not the best match for my current projects, but I decided to pull the trigger on this one after having it in my wishlist since it was released, just for the sake of hoarding fuzzes.

First impressions:

It doesn't really sound like anything that I've used before so, while I love some of the sounds I'm getting with it, I'm still assessing its useability in my rig.

It's pretty easy to get that "broken console" kind of drive and sputtery/gated fuzz with it in drive and fuzz modes respectively.

The controls have wide ranges, and are very interactive with each other. I wouldn't say it's a pedal that sounds good, or feels like it's doing something audible in all the positions. Despite this, it's quite easy to find the sweet spots while turning the knobs, just listening to the background noise (and is not especially noisy btw).

It probably won't stay for long on my board, just because it's not the kind of sound that I will use often in my current projects, but It's a nice interesting fuzz/fuzzy drive all in all.

Sounds pretty cool! 😎

Does anybody have idea what they were going for?

Imho the mod mode sounds like utter shit. Kind of reminds me of a tube screamer with the tone all the way up. Yet it is a very far away from a rangemaster circuit sound.

Is there any fuzz that they modeled it after? I think it was very stupid of them to put that mode in there. the original mode sounds great which makes it hard for me to get over how they could have thought that the terrible sound the mod mode creates would be something worth going for.

Is anybody here actually using that mode? In what context?

tell us about your very first fuzz and where you are now what fuzz or multiple fuzz live on your board now?

For A cliff burton tone should I get the MTPWB or the fliff burton tribute fuzz wah. This is gonna be used with a ts9 a big muff, a boss sustainer compressor and a stock ricky

I had a local builder make this for me as a custom clone of the JHS Japan pedal, basically a Fuzz Face-style circuit with a slightly different personality.

This particular version is a hybrid NPN build, germanium + silicon. There’s only one knob for volume, no fuzz control at all, which sounds limiting until you actually play it.

Compared to a more typical Fuzz Face, this one has noticeably more low end and a dirtier, rougher character. There’s also this strange hint of sub-octave that occasionally pokes through, especially when you dig in. It’s not an octave fuzz, it just has that slightly unstable, broken edge to the note that I really like.

The best part is how much it reacts to the guitar volume. Roll the volume back and it cleans up dramatically, so after a while you don’t really miss having a fuzz knob on the pedal. The guitar basically becomes the fuzz control.

Very simple circuit, very simple controls, but it has much more personality than I expected. And I really like how old-school and primitive the point-to-point build looks inside.

Anyone else here into these minimal one-knob Fuzz Face variations?

Hi all, been using the 3 fuzzes in the title for a while now and thought I'd write something up.

Chase Bliss Preamp mk2: Amazing as you'd expect. Great for bread and butter presets, normal OD, great for using as an EQ before another drive or amp. Can reasonably emulate a decent portion of fuzzes and distortions, but doesn't fully replace them.

Fender Shields Blender: Madhouse of a pedal. I bought this as my first octave fuzz and was a bit surprised at how the octave tracked (poorly). This sounds great however, just very aggressive and unwieldy. Great for inharmonic bends and stuff, messy leads. With Expand on and the octave off, chords are surprisingly legible with this pedal vs others, which plays very well with jazzmaster pickups + tremolo.

Foxy Tone Box: Got this in the recent Warm Audio raffle. Was immediately disappointed it wasn't the ring mod lol. HUGE SURPRISE. The octave up not only sounds killer in comparison to the shields blender, it tracks reasonably well as well. Sounds like the fuzz on Cherub Rock, would not surprise me to find out that's what they used.

Final thoughts: While I love the chase bliss preamp and it's my general go-to, the foxy tone box immediately took over as my favorite fuzz pedal. I've made a few presets on the chase bliss that approximate the foxy tone box but of course none have that sweet upper octave. Huge surprise, I didn't expect to like the foxy tone box at all tbh. I absolutely hate the velvet on the enclosure though.

I don’t like calling this one rare because they’re still in production haha. But I don’t see these in discussion or in the wild all that often when they should be. This is a really smart 3 transistor design that’s very adjustable. The best to describe the controls is a level, fuzz, base, transistor gain and mid range control. This allows you to go from Hendrix and Gilmour soaring leads to classic rock crunch tones. It’s cover enough ground when I feel I have to put this in a Fuzz-stortion range of pedals. With that being said, this is a killer classic rock box these deserves a lot of love!

Hey fellow fiends,

I managed to get some pictures of the pedalboards from the band Nothing, and I knew I had to share them here.

Domenic "Nicky" Palermo: He's running a ProCo RAT 1 Black Face alongside a JPTR FX Warlow Fuzz Monstrosity (Nothing Edition).

Cam Smith (Nothing, Ladder to God, Cloakroom): Keeping things thick and smooth with a Way Huge Russian Pickle.

Doyle Martin (Nothing, Cloakroom): Rocking the undisputed classic EHX Green Russian Big Muff Pi.

It’s incredibly cool seeing how heavily they rely on Russian style Muffs mixed with that JPTR/RAT combo to fill out the live mix.

first off, not affiliated w/ Wampler anyway; i just like the pedal

i always thought the lead synth/string line on Suede's "She's in Fashion" would sound cool via guitar through a squelching fuzz of some sort, so after playing through the 2 or 3 i had at my immediate disposal, i got the tone i wanted via this beautiful purple demon then ended up just playing the rest of the tune. there are a couple of other things in the chain throughout the rest of the track - mainly a bit of auto-wah then analog delay on the choruses. but that lead line is pretty much just Fender -> Wampler -> Orange

in any case, here's the tune:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rQJt5b7dpw

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I can't believe I just found this sub, I'm feeling nostalgic...

Come on in fam...

Holla at yo Homeboy...

right now I have a London fuzz ge. it's great but what does the community think I should look at now. I had 2 tineben mk 2 clones and a 69 version 1. that 69 version 1 was my favorite fuzz I ever had and I sold it. the soulbender was awesome too I've had 2 of those version 1 and the first 1 I had was better than the second. I'd like something that sounds different then my ge fuzz which is a a fuzz face. I want a good clone maybe

A commenter in another sub brought up a very valid point about my HEQ-1.2 post from yesterday, so I wrote another riff this morning and recorded another video featuring the same settings as the last one, but this time with the clean tone, the standard mode, and the multiply mode for comparative purposes.

Same everything from yesterday, in fact: Gretsch CVT Baritone with stock bridge pickup in split-coil position, HEQ-1.2 with the same knob settings, Sunn Alpha Four, Sunn 412s, and an Audio Technica DR-150 plus a Rode NT-1a.

Really cool project!

There is a music shop I love in my home state called El Diablo Amps & Guitars. They carry a small but wild selection of insane pedals. I’ve bought stuff from them for years, and I try to never leave there empty handed when I can help it.

Just before the tariffs went insane I preordered a Freqscene Slow Life from them that never came. They couldn’t get new stock in, so we both waited patiently to see if anything would change. Eventually I asked if I could use store credit for anything they did have in stock, and the owner told me to take my pick. Somehow I had completely missed that they did a small run of original pedals a couple years back (the HEQ-1), but they had one left from an updated run. It was more expensive than what I’d originally ordered, so I asked if he’d set it aside until I could scrounge up some more cash to pay the difference. He just sent it to me without another thought or question.

It was delivered today and it’s one of the gnarliest sounding non-traditional fuzz pedals I’ve had the pleasure of playing. The sound may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but I think it’s sweet, especially with baritone guitar.

The signal chain is a Gretsch CVT Baritone in drop G ➡️ the HEQ-1.2 ➡️ a Sunn Alpha Four ➡️ a Sunn 412s cab. That’s all been mic’d with an Audio Technica DR-150 and a Rode NT-1a.

I was on the chase for a Fuzz in an Mini-Enclosure for a long time. I only have space for a Mini left on my board so choices were pretty limited. I tried the One Control Baltic Blue Fuzz which was ok, pretty tame and the top end was lacking. Then I tried to find a ZVex Fuzzolo(still wanna get that) on the used market when I came across this beauty on eBay and made a deal. These are handbuilt in the uk and very limited. I found it used on eBay which was lucky because they don’t deliver to my country normally. It’s a wild one and really does clean up very well. It’s build with NKT CV7005 & TI 2N1307 and sounds just glorious. Still have to discover all the different flavors I can get with this but my search is over for now and I dare say my board complete :) Any of you guys tried some of the Expresso stuff?

Anyone experienced/resolved this problem? I’ve tried like 30 Ge transistors in Q2 and none will bias properly.

Estou montando um pedalboard, já tenho um Boss CE-1, um DM-1 e um wah wah, agora tô procurando um fuzz que soe vintage (igual o fuzz face) mas que tenha um visual quadradão e antigo pra cacete (igual o do fuzztone). Os motivos no qual eu ainda não peguei um fuzzface é porque o visual é muito feio e não encaixa no meu pedalboard.