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Perfect for the cramped pedalboard, The FIX’D FUZZ is a gnarly fuzz/boost/od. Wherein a million extreme sounds live, yet a million & one more traditional tones roam like herds of buffalo. This is not a novelty “use once during a show” fuzz, but it can readily compete with those too. All 4 stages of the circuit are bypassable by means of the 4 toggles, meaning you can add/remove from the stack as your black heart desires.

Come watch the video demo.

I have a crush on myself and lens flare.

This is where I sit from 6pm-2am. Although, now I have one of these:

I went a little nuts on my Small Stone this week. It got a complete rehouse, plus a bunch of new mods. It already had a volume drop mod and the vibrato mod. Now the list runs:

• volume drop mod
• vibrato mod
• univibe mod - (viva Analog)
• phasefilter mod - (Mark Hammer / diystompboxes.com)
• depth knob
• separate sweep & regen switches (colour switch mod)
• a bypassable mosfet boost follower w/ level knob
• LED that pulses with rate setting (thanks to frequencycentral & puretube / diystompboxes.com)

I love all the mods. None of them seem redundant and they all really open up new sonic territories. The phasefilter mod is great, especially when paired with the vibrato setting and/or the univibe setting. The clean mosfet boost following the phaser is fanfreakingtastic. Not only can it get the phase to really punch through with a bit of extra volume and high freq, but with the depth knob down I can get a huge boost with just the slightest bit of movement from the phase. It sounds amazing. I wish I had done this years ago. Even just splitting the colour switch into independent sweep/regen switches is something I would recommend for everyone.

When starting these mods I challenged myself to not use any new parts out of my stock. I wanted to use up a bunch of old recycled switches, knobs, and all the little pieces of odd-length wire that tend to accumulate. It looks pretty hilarious inside, with old half-melted switches and long lengths of wire made up of several small pieces soldered together. In the end, I used up a lot of stuff that might have been thrown out otherwise. The only new “part” was the enclosure. Remind me to never use one of these again. Drilling it was a nightmare. It grabbed and sucked the drill bits and then buckled around the holes. I had to use a mallet to bang it out flat again. BUT…

I think I now have my ultimate phaser. Or maybe not. A 2/4/8/12 stage Small Stone with the above parameters would kill.

The graphic is from an Alfons Mucha piece.

“No matter how great the compensation - work is never as fun as fun.”

Me, to Dan, a minute ago.

Oops, I forgot to throw this one up a while back. Here’s the latest poster I designed for:

THE UNDER

There’s a new review of the FIX’D FUZZ over on geartrap.com

Blackout Effectors (me) was a sponsor for their World’s Largest Pedalboard / NAMM Party, so eat a slice of that disclosure pie. None the less, Jaux knows his stuff and I’m flattered and blushing.

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from this site:

http://www.isthisyour.name/kyle_tompkins.htm

I just saw one of these unique-looking noisemakers on ebay. It sounds like any of the million other noisemakers out there (with a built in delay circuit), see: please limit to tastefully spare usage, thanks. BUT the fit & finish is great from an aesthetic point-of-view - the slightly-tarnished copper plate, the gangly alien-like antennae, to the glowing plastic block. Hell, I even love the external battery placement. Cheeky.

It has an appealing sculptural prowess that at once makes me want to own one, but also to buy a pair of goggles to prevent skewering.

You can see more of their circuit bent stuff here: http://folktek.com

Here’s a little taste of the dry run the guys from geartrap.com did for their upcoming World’s Largest Pedalboard attempt at the Nashville NAMM party they’re throwing. You can see the yellow FIX’D FUZZ about 40 seconds into the first video. Blackout Effectors is one of their many sponsors for the event.

Two of my favourite guys.