Germanium Fuzz

Our Germanium Fuzz is a classic fuzz pedal reminiscent of those made in the 1960s.  The pedal produces very desirable fuzz tones with all the nuances that germanium transistors are known for.  The circuit interacts very well with the guitar’s volume pot, and goes from a cleanish tone (depending on the selected transistors) to full blown disctortion just by working your guitar volume.

We have sourced an amazing stock of rare and highly sought after NOS components; some amazing NOS Philips capacitors, NOS Allen Bradley carbon composition resistors, and an array of top grade NOS Mullard and Newmarket germanium transistors.  Our Germanium Fuzz takes you ever so close to the mojo of vintage units.

We follow our same tradition of extreme attention to detail when putting these pedals together.  Every component used is of the highest quality, with absolutely no compromise.  The circuit is also housed in a high quality aluminium enclosure, professionally powder coated to our exact specification.

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Specifications:

• Genuine Hammond aluminium enclosure, powder-coated to the highest standard.
• Hand-selected NOS germanium transistors.  We can fit these pedals with the following NOS transistors: 
  • Matched pair of Mullard OC42.  Excellent transistors with a bright tone.
  • Newmarket CV7005 & Texas Instruments CV7005.  These are fabulous transistors with a creamy tone and excellent cleanup.
  • NKT271 & Mullard AC188.  This is a slightly more aggressive combination; not high gain, but have quite a bite to them. We have a very small stock of these left.
• NOS Philips moulded metallised polyester capacitors “Mepolesco” type.  These are the exact same ones used in the original Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face.
• Philips and Frako electrolytic capacitors.
• NOS Allen Bradley carbon composition resistors.
• Genuine Vero stripborad 0.15” pitch.
• Premium Cliff UK jacks.
• Alpha 16mm potentiometers.
• Premium 22 AWG solid core Silver-plated copper wire with Teflon insulation, for superior signal transmission.
• Audio-grade shielded wire.
• Lead free, Silver-based solder.
• True bypass.
• Fully hand wired.
• 3 years warranty.
• Dimensions: 121 x 66 x 40 mm (W x D x H).