Saturnworks Passive Deluxe Pickup Simulator 'Un-Buffer' Pedal

The Saturnworks deluxe pickup simulator essentially “un-buffers” your signal so that you can more easily integrate devices, such as many fuzz pedals, that don’t work well with a buffered signal. The deluxe version provides external tone shaping controls.

Fuzz pedals sound great, but integrating them into a pedalboard can be challenging if they don’t work well with a buffered signal. You can’t put them after any Boss pedal, buffered splitter, or active pickups, for example, as putting them after a buffer can make them sound thin. This limits your options and often requires you to put them first in your signal path, which may not be ideal for your setup.

Enter the Saturnworks pickup simulator!

Placing the pickup simulator before the fuzz pedal fools the device into ‘thinking’ that you’re plugging your guitar straight into it, even though you are running it through other devices and buffers. This allows you to put your fuzz pedals wherever you’d like in your signal chain, rather than only up front. For example, using the pickup simulator, you can use fuzz pedals with active pickups, put them in your amp’s effects loop, or in parallel setups, without negatively affecting their sound.

The deluxe pickups simulator features a rotary switch that allows you to switch between simulating a single coil, a humbucker-style pickup, or to bypass the pickup simulating circuitry. The deluxe version also features a subtle low-pass filter knob that rolls off a bit of high frequencies. Turning the knob fully counterclockwise allows all frequencies through. Turning the knob clockwise rolls off the fizz, harshness, and high-end sparkle, making your guitar sound smoother and warmer. 

The deluxe pickup simulator is passive and doesn’t require power to work.

Saturnworks pickup simulators include boutique-grade parts and features including:

• Heavy duty Neutrik/Rean 1/4″ jacks.
• A sturdy 1590B sized (4.39” 2.4″ x 1.24”) cast aluminum enclosure.
• A high-quality all-metal Alpha brand rotary switch.
• Handcrafted and bench-tested in Washington, USA with US and imported components.
• A 1-year limited warranty against parts and manufacturing defects. See saturnworkspedals.com for warranty terms and conditions.

Check out saturnworkspedals.com for the full Saturnworks lineup.