A Fuzz Face evolution, the Catalinbread StarCrash Fuzz is one of two new pedals featured in the company’s 6-pedal “‘’70s Collection” series, also including four older circuits with fresh new (green) looks.
The circuit reimagines what the builders of the original Fuzz Face should have done when they famously decided to swap the original Germanium diode with a Silicon one, which made the pedal behave more consistently at different temperatures but noticeably changed its sonic character.
Lacking a Fuzz control because almost everyone who’s ever used a Fuzz Face keeps that knob cranked at 10 all the time, the StarCrash introduces instead a Volume (out) knob, which allows pushing the front end of the amp to facilitate the sweet interaction between fuzz and a saturated amp.
The Bias control, entirely foreign to the original Fuzz Face circuit, starves the circuit producing, at lower settings, all sorts of velcroy and spitty tones, and smooth classic vintage tones in the higher positions.
A Low Cut filter, finally, will cut the bass frequencies between 30Hz and 500Hz, delivering extra options for brighter and more mid-focused tones.
We added this pedal to our comprehensive article about the best Face Fuzz clones and evolutions.
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