Custom Made One Of A Kind Fuzzrite Pedal 7 Position Tone Texture & Vol Control

Description

Had this pedal custom made almost ten years ago. Was planning on using it on various projects, studio and live, but
it made it onto one track of one album. It has never been gigged with and had never left the studio...ever. It's in NM
condition. I went back and forth with the builder many times to get what i wanted and it was so varied that he finally said
"look, I'll build you a Fuzzrite Clone but with a 7 Selector Switch that Varies the Tone, Volume Pot and a Texture Pot
that is a cross between an Fuzz Gain Control and an Tone Control. All Controls are Very Usable and Affect/Effect
Tone & Fuzz. It works on AC Only and Does Not Have an 9 Volt option. That's not what i wanted at the time and I
don't think it's super hard to have someone who knows what they are doing to add a 9 V Battery Option at a later
time. I year or two after it was built, i tried to get in contact with the person and their email was no longer available.
I think they were some kind of Tech that worked with Airlines or Airplanes and built Custom Pedals on the side.
It was not cheap even 10 years ago. I don't really want to part with it, but I'm a full-time, working musician, who's
obviously not working at the moment or the foreseeable future.
These are the notes i found on my old computer:
Fuzzrite old school style with some PNP Germaninum Transistors and a Tone Control that will rotary toggle through 7 Tone settings.Most
Fuzz
don't have Tone Controls of any sort which always bugged me, because we know how different a guitar can sound going from Single Coil to P90 to HB, etc. I think it will serve a gigging/pro guy like you well.  It will go from Treble Booster, Torn speaker, Tape Machine, Rangemaster-type
Fuzz
all the way through to Thick, Cranked,
Fuzzed
Out and Dimed Amp sounds. Very versatile with keeping the Vintage tone of Old School
Fuzz
. Cleans up super nice with the Guitar's Volume knob.
I will be using some prized Transistors, if that's cool.
The Transistors are PNP Transistors.
Pedal
built (well almost). As is it would work on a seperate Power Supply. Sounds GREAT. Tons of tonal options.
Every
Fuzz
pedal
needs to be biased. That means the voltage hitting circuit parts of the must be a certain voltage to sound optimal. So if your Power Supply is pushing 9.1 Volts Supply Voltage to the
pedal
, the circuit must be biased so the Transistor in question is getting say 4.7volts.
(More notes from Builder to Me) I plug in a Power Supply that is pushing 9.0volts, that transistor may only get 4.6volts. Big difference? No. (Though Eric Johnson may say so).
Now a Battery pushing 8.7 volts may only get 4.1 volts at the Transistor in question. Big difference? Still not much but on certain settings you may hear a difference.
Now if the battery is pushing 7.6 volts that Transistor may only be getting 3.6 volts. Big difference. Not huge, but definitely noticable. Will it make the
pedal
sound bad? Not necessarily. In fact some guitar players only use batteries or power supplies that measure a certain voltage to get a "dying battery effect". Also, some
pedals
even have a "Sag" control. That basically just adjusts the Supply Volt from say 9 Volts to 5 volts, giving you different "biasing" options. Some
Fuzz
pedals
actually have a "Bias" control to readjust the Bias without effecting the Supply Voltage.
The
Fuzz
Rite "sorta" rebiases the circuit, but its called a 'Tone" control on the Fuzzrite. I prefer to it a 'Texture" control, because the control simulateously effects the Tone (Bass-Treble) and Gain (Slight Breakup to Biting
Fuzz
). That's why I am adding the 7 position tone control, so you can control the Texture AND the Tone.
That little Green Board is the Polarity Flipper that allows this Positive Ground
Fuzz
to run on your Daisy Chain with other
pedals
.The little row of Capacitors connected to the switch is the 7 Position Tone Selector. This works in conjunction with the Texture Control (T). Got a lot of range here from Biting
Fuzz
to very Warm Overdrive-type sounds.
This Pedal is on this track, (i believe) on the Bridge only. Starting at around 1:49. There is other Fuzz and Distortion on this track, but i seem to remember only using the 'Fuzzrite'
on the Bridge as I felt it needed that sound on top of the Bridge. It's easily recognizable
once you here it. https://youtu.be/wSeEpO1FAWM?t=109
Here's a video i just made of me playing the Pedal and going through the Tone Selector, Volume & Texture Controls. I tried to play a "Spirit In The Sky" bluesy type riff and even
jam a bit. It's through a Vox Brian May Special Amp (small amp), G&L ASAT Special Tele,
Doc's Basement Custom Cables (from NJ and a great cable maker) and recorded through an IPhone 7 Plus. https://youtu.be/p4sfC5pgIPg
This Pedal is like an Fuzzrite on Steroids x 7 with a Texture Pot. Very unique pedal.
Please see all pics and videos for condition and sound. Pedal is Sold As-Is.
Feel free to contact me with any questions. Thank you for looking and stay safe!