Fuzz Pedals

The OTP or One Trick Pony is a clone of an Ampeg Scrambler with the "Texture" and "Balance" knobs turned all the way up. With these settings, it's good for one thing and one thing only... Octave fuzz. The story behind this pedal is this... Chris Robertson from the band Black Stone Cherry asked me if I'd make him an Ampeg Scrambler clone, except he didn't want any knobs on the enclosure. He said he just turns them both all the way up and he doesn't want to worry about the knobs getting bumped. So, I took some small trim pots and soldered them to the board. This way, the "Texture" and "Balance" can still be adjusted to taste, but you have to take the back of the enclosure off. With the knobs turned all the way up, and on the neck pickup, you get an amazing, fuzzy, octave affect. Think of the solo in Jimi Hendrix's Purple Haze.

Fuzz pedals are one of the earliest forms of effects. Classic guitarist like Jimi Hendrix (Fuzz Face) and Jimmy Page (Tone Bender) brought the fuzz pedals to popularity in the late 60's. Fuzz showed back up in the 90's with Eric Johnson bringing back the classic Fuzz Face. Now days, there are a ton of pedal company's making fuzz pedals. Here at Analog Pedals, we like to bring you the classic, hand made circuits of old. Our circuit boards are etched, drilled and put together by hand. Only using the finest, hand picked and matched germanium and silicon transistors to give you the perfect fuzz pedal. The Sugar Buzz is a beast of a fuzz pedal! Based around the Tone Bender circuit, the Sugar Buzz incorporates three 60's NOS germanium 2N169 NPN transistors. *** Please Note *** Works best with Tube amps. I have tried this through a Fender Deluxe Reverb Tone Master amp and it was not pleasant. Also, these are germanium transistors and are temperamental in heat. If you are playing an outdoor show in the summer, you might want to stick this in the freezer before the show.