The Sound Boutique Beefeater Fuzz is a superb BC108 point-to-point take on the classic Silicon Fuzz Face with additional Tone Control
There are a few UK brands that have become pretty well associated / identified with this style of straight-lines point-to-point circuit wiring. Probably most famously currently are Reeves Electro and NRG Effects, while there are also some notable, slightly more under the radar grass-roots brands out there like Elephant Pedals, and indeed The Sound Boutique as featured here.
Mo Yassine’s London-based The Sound Boutique is both a highly curated pedal boutique and a pedal builder with its own ...
Cornerstone's new Nero Dumble-Fuzz is a brilliantly nuanced take on a classic vintage fuzz, packed with smart design details and features - inside and out!
Upon first glance you just surely can’t but concede that this Nero Fuzz is a most magnificent detail-oriented design masterpiece as ever there was - and for sure one of the very best-balanced designs currently out there. I love Emilio’s new gun-metal grey / titanium coloured and engraved knobs, the raised surrounds for the mini knobs, and the back-lit lights - including the main Cornerstone Logo Ident.
The enclosure finish is beautifully textured too - with a fetching gleaming metallic ...
2024 March Pedal-Chain Update - Episode III - Exotica Japonica
So scanning through this month it seems to have been mostly about Guitar / Pedal Shows, Japanese Pedals, and Pedals Delayed and Missing in the Post!
The Guitar Shows have been pretty fast and furious for March - with two of the most significant ones of the year, along with a fledgling grassroots one : The Guitar Show (Cranmore Park - Birmingham / Shirley), London Synth & Pedal Expo (Studio 9294, Hackney Wick, London), The Alternative Guitar Show (The Fighting Cocks, Kingston).
I of ...
JAM Pedals reboots its Germanium Fuzz Phrase as the BC107 loaded Fuzz Phrase Si
We’re living in interesting times - where the more classic Germanium Transistors have almost all been used up already. JAM Pedals’ Fuzz Phrase used to be a purple suede-wrapped Custom Shop Edition loaded with Germanium CV7003 variants - which are military spec equivalents to OC44. While those were always is short supply and stocks eventually ran out!
It turns out that Jimi Hendrix favoured the Silicon variety of Fuzz Face - which for many is just as good as or even preferable to the ...
Hello Sailor Effects flexes its verve once more on its brand new super-sustaining ShipWreck Fuzzstortion
Joe Halliday’s latest ShipWreck FuzzStortion has been through quite the development journey. Initially based on the request of a friend to make a Higher Gain HSE pedal. It combines a JFET preamp section with some beautifully amp- and fuzz-like dynamics and characteristics - and produces rather exceptional long singing sustain.
It’s basically a discrete transistor style distortion - with an initial JFET preamp section to deliver more organic feel under the fingers. Then it hits something ...
9 of the Best Mid-Size Fuzz Face+ Pedals
This article was actually inspired by the recent Fjord Fuzz SOL Fuzz-Vibe feature - where I got to thinking about extended range Fuzz Face style pedals. To my memory there is only the Carl Martin Purple Moon and Fjord Fuzz SOL in that compact Fuzz-Vibe format. I then recalled the Keeley Electronics Monterey - but realised there weren’t a whole lot of pedals in the extended format category - for Fuzz-Vibes - so I expanded the remit to cover ’Fuzz Face+’ pedals - essentially expanded feature set ...
Fjord Fuzz's new shimmery SOL Fuzz-Vibe represents the first rays of spring sunshine awakening the land from its dark winter slumber
The SOL Fuzz-Vibe is a very personal pedal - both for Daniel himself, and all Fjord-dwelling Scandinavians in particular. In those jagged fjords the sun never manages to rise far enough above those craggy peaks through the depths of winter (which in some parts can be almost half the year!) - the first hint of spring is the sun finally cresting those fjord peaks and releasing the land from darkness. We Icelanders call this fabulous natural phenomenon ’Sólarkaffi’ - when the first appearance of ...
Reeves Electro's DaughterBoard Series Facet IZ ME-C1016Y unique Mids-Forward Silicon Fuzz Face is now up for its 24 hour order cycle! You can also order the full set of 4 today!
For me Markus and Izzy have left the best to last for Facet February - as we get a second chance to order this fantastic ballsy modern leaning take on the Fuzz Face. As always Markus has selected a superb pair of NOS Silicon Transistors for the job - 2 x MicroElectronics C1016Y Yellow Dots - these are essentially the higher gain grade of the red dot ME-C1016’s used in the RedDotSound.
Markus describes this unique Fuzz Face take as :
"This fuzz F@ce has a greasy mid range and a very ...
MIDI is essential to getting the most out of the 2 Kernom Pedals - the Moho Magmatic Fuzz, and Ridge Augmented Overdrive
In my recent review of the Kernom Moho Magmatic Fuzz - I already lauded it to the high rafters as the greatest Multi-Fuzz pedal ever created. It’s the perfect tool for proper fuzz fans - and in particular for those who have fully mastered the relatively tricky Zvex Fuzz Factory and similar - all those should get along with the Moho fabulously. Newbie fuzz fans may find the device a little tricky to dial in - as every knob impacts the texture and tonality of the output - so pretty much all 6 ...
Reeves Electro's DaughterBoard Series Facet FF BC183 Fuzz Face take now up for its 24 hour order cycle!
The 3rd in the Facet series to be released - following the Mid-Forward Facet IZ (Yellow), and recent Facet 1.5 Tone Bender variant (Red).
This cool Cyan hued facia edition is based on the Type 3 Germanium Voiced Silicon BC183 Edition (Type I is NKT275, Type II is BC108/BC109. Markus lucked out in securing original 1969 Texas Instrument BC183’s - from a batch actually ordered by Arbiter back in 1969.
I have several BC183 Fuzz Faces in the collection - it’s very common for when trying to ...
