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This led to the creation of our Active Bias Monitor (patent pending) - you want fat sticky fuzz? Dial it past 8.00. Prefer that oh, so sweet sweet sweet spot? Dial it to ~4.50. Want spitty gated fuzz? Cool, me too - dial it to ~1.10. Combine this with it's onboard pickup simulator to place this fuzz anywhere in your chain without the normal issues (thanks Orman) and a cleanup knob to get you into crunch\/clean boost territory with beautifully musical germanium color and you have one of the most useable, versatile fuzzes to date.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCONTROLS\u003c\/b\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume:\u003c\/b\u003e changes output volume - the more you cut it the more highs roll off to soften the tone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFuzz:\u003c\/b\u003e changes transistor gain, we usually leave it dimed but it will offer some different clean boost\/drive tones than the cleanup knob when rolled back... 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Combine this with it's onboard pickup simulator to place this fuzz anywhere in your chain without the normal issues (thanks Orman) and a cleanup knob to get you into crunch\/clean boost territory with beautifully musical germanium color and you have one of the most useable, versatile fuzzes to date.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCONTROLS\u003c\/b\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume:\u003c\/b\u003e changes output volume - the more you cut it the more highs roll off to soften the tone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFuzz:\u003c\/b\u003e changes transistor gain, we usually leave it dimed but it will offer some different clean boost\/drive tones than the cleanup knob when rolled back... 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We started out testing and tweaking bias points all day just to come back to a cold shop the next morning with the transistors all out of whack from the temperature shift. Out came the big digital multi-meter to adjust things back where they belonged and a thought struck me - what if I could get this into a pedal? This would make dialing in your favorite fuzz tone easier than ever without being plagued by the inconsistent bias shifting these temperature sensitive germanium pedals are known for. This led to the creation of our Active Bias Monitor (patent pending) - you want fat sticky fuzz? Dial it past 8.00. Prefer that oh, so sweet sweet sweet spot? Dial it to ~4.50. Want spitty gated fuzz? Cool, me too - dial it to ~1.10. Combine this with it's onboard pickup simulator to place this fuzz anywhere in your chain without the normal issues (thanks Orman) and a cleanup knob to get you into crunch\/clean boost territory with beautifully musical germanium color and you have one of the most useable, versatile fuzzes to date.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCONTROLS\u003c\/b\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume:\u003c\/b\u003e changes output volume - the more you cut it the more highs roll off to soften the tone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFuzz:\u003c\/b\u003e changes transistor gain, we usually leave it dimed but it will offer some different clean boost\/drive tones than the cleanup knob when rolled back... 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