A friend of mine is modifying one of his favorite fuzz pedals and needed a bigger enclosure to house the new & improved.


HM Fuzz v1.2
Germanium Fuzz Device
My pal Greg builds the fantastical Germanium Fuzz Device, and asked me to do a couple etched enclosures for a limited run. The results:


Malekko’s Omicron line of pedals: Pint-sized rawk.



Malekko Heavy Industry is rolling out a fantastic-looking (and amazing sounding, but that’s a given) line of miniature pedals sure to induce fits of extreme happiness when cuddled. But these aren’t meant for cuddling, they are meant for bringing the noise, the funk, and everything in between. All this from a quality company known for their amazing & unique pedals, in a package the size of that mole on your right butt cheek.
The only one available for purchase at the moment is the Chicklet, up for grabs on Malekko’s catalog page.
However, the Vibrato and Fuzz are next in the pipeline, becoming available in the next month or so, and many more effects are planned. I’m not sure what the exact number of pedals in the line is going to be, but there will be at least two more. What those may be remain only to be seen (I’m personally hoping for a chorus and delay).
Here’s an excerpt on the Vibrato pedal from Josh:
For those knowledgeable on the subject, the long since discontinued MN3007 IC’s result in a much nicer sound than it’s little brother, the MN3207. The MN3007 are coveted by pedal builders and the D.I.Y. community for their superior sound quality. Often counterfeited, these ICs are tricky to purchase. Early in the year 2009 Malekko acquired a giant lot of actual obsolete MN3007 BBD ICs and went to work. The result is a superior lush analog vibrato pedal in an unprecedented tiny enclosure…all at an affordable price.
Gotta catch ‘em all!
Black Cat Super Fuzz Arrives
Today, I arrived home from work to find a package waiting for me on my desk. In it, was the Black Cat Pedals Super Fuzz, a modern update to the Univox pedal of the same name.
http://www.blackcatpedals.com/
Joel and everyone at Black Cat has arranged a tour box of this very fine fuzz, first stop being my stoop. I plan on getting to know this pedal very well over the weekend, and will post some clips or videos of it in action when the honeymoon’s over.
I can tell you right now that it’s a wonderful little piece of circuitry. Ten minutes with it, and I already know it’s going to be hard to part with.
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Stay tuned…
The FUZZ in action
Here’s a video of the fuzz pedal in action. Direct in recording from pedal.
This is a fuzz pedal I created by adding a feedback loop and noise gate to a reissue EHX Big Muff Pi. It adds a bit of a more modern feel to the classic distortion pedal, while also keeping its original circuit intact. This video shows just a couple of the effects that can be achieved using the modified BMP, and I’m sure as I get more time to play with it on my board, I’ll find other settings I like. This one can go full spectrum- from a gentle gain boost to insane sub-octave bit crunching.
