contemporary, v1- ancient, roaring fuzz with today's transistors.

this is planned to be a one of one.

this is where fuzz all started. except this is where it is in the present as well...

this is a silicon adaption of the MK1 tonebender, which is the twin of the maestro FZ1, the first ever fuzz circuit in history.

pairs amazing with other circuits.

what category of effect does this fit into?

vintage fuzz. full of unique character and tending to sound different unit to unit. 

fuzz is more textured, and non-linear than other types of drive. out of all the drive categories, fuzz has the most obvious differences from circuit to circuit. a very wide range of textures and feels here.

generally good for emphasizing lead melodies in a song, and providing a layer/background of grain. it is like adding a blanket of unique timbre.

how would I describe the feel and texture?

This circuit roars like an MK1- but being silicon instead of germanium, it has an extra depth to its already inherent roar.

Extremely textured- meaning that it has a more complex and bold saturation/crunch profile than many other fuzzes.

Very high gain at max settings. Very loud.

This one feels like an interesting blend of fuzz and distortion as well. 

With the bias knob- you can get some intense crackling, gated decay.

It has insane dynamic touch too, this circuit swells and blooms with pick attack making for a magical envelope compression feel.

what kind of player would like this stompbox?

Someone who needs a truly rocking fuzz that makes an amplifier ROAR.

If you like the MK1 tonebender, this silicon version is absolutely worth experimenting with.

I feel this fuzz works very well for a very broad range of music genres.

features

soft touch, relay based true bypass switching. these foot switches tend to be more resilient than standard mechanical switches, and are extremely easy to replace in the event of a failure.

eyelet board, point to point vintage style construction

9v, center negative operation. around 10ma current draw.

knob layout

Left knob- output

right knob- fuzz/texture

middle knob- bias