What is it? Electro Harmonix Big Muff Pi w/ Tone wicker. Made in NYC, USA. According to the serial number, this unit has been manufactured in 2013. A Big Muff with added features? Sure i had to get me one. It’s not that often that i buy pedals as new, but when my interest is…
Tag: Fuzz
Danelectro DJ-13 French Toast Octave Distortion
What is it? Danelectro DJ-13 French Toast Octave Distortion. Made in china around mid 00’s. This one is one of the more classic designs in the series. The internet reveals that the design is 1:1 with a classic fOXX Tone Machine with added standard Dano Mini series electronic bypass switching. In other words, it is…
EHX Satisfaction Fuzz
What is it? Electro Harmonix Satisfaction Fuzz from Nano series. Made in USA in early 2014. Noticed this unit’s release on the web and it seemed quite promising. Seems like the idea behind the design was to recreate that well know fuzz sound from one well known Rolling Stones track. According to the stompbox historians,…
DOD FX33 BuzzBox
What is it? DOD FX33 BuzzBox, made in USA around 1995. Now here’s something you won’t see everyday. When something is worth overdoing, let the DOD engineers show you the real way of the beast. Design is just sick. The America’s Pedal article on the history of the design is a very good read. There…
DOD FX66 Flashback Fuzz
What is it? DOD FX66 (V) Flashback Fuzz. Made in china around 2000. DOD has only produced two fuzz pedals in all of its existence. That’s not much. Plus both fuzzes in DOD back catalog are not fuzzes in traditional manner. Neither of the designs are transistor based, nor rely on own unique design. Both…
Dunlop JH-F1 Fuzz Face
What is it? Dunlop JH-1F Fuzz Face. BC108 Si transistors and branded as “Authentic Hendrix”. Manufactured around 09-11. The Fuzz Face is one of those that everyone should play at some point. Because if they haven’t, they’re really missing out on a lot. Fuzz is not a distrtion as in Overdrive/Distortion. Not at all. Usually…
Ibanez FZ5 60’s Fuzz
What is it? Ibanez FZ5 60’s Fuzz from Soundtank series in plastic enclosure, made in Taiwan. Manufacture date unknown due to missing label that’s been ripped off by velcro at some point before this landed to my care (Grrrrr!). Techically pretty close to Ibanez OD850 and OD9 (which are damn close to BMP), with some…
DOD FX52 Classic Fuzz
What is it? DOD FX52 Classic Fuzz, Made in USA in early to mid 90s. Yup. It seems almost like yesterday when boxes of this series were in every young guitarists hands. It’s been 20 years already, but i wouldn’t exactly call it “vintage” for another two decades though. This model was discontinued in 1998,…