Hiwatt Custom Shop Filter Fuzz

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It can melt your face. It can kiss your face. With Hiwatt's extremely versatile Filter Fuzz, there's no limit to your sound. The first edition run, however, is limited to 200 units. Now available on Reverb.

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Hiwatt Filter Fuzz in front of a Hiwatt Amp

The Filter Fuzz

Based on the '60s Fuzz Face, the Hiwatt Custom Shop Filter Fuzz hot-rods the legendary effect. With more gain and a unique approach to tone-shaping, the Filter Fuzz brings versatility and new tonal colors to a familiar foundation. The thick purr is there when you want it, but at the tap of a switch you can cut the lows, push mids or highs, and get into gated, octave howls. All handbuilt in the Hiwatt Custom Shop.

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Fuzz, Meet Filter

The independent Filter can emphasize mids or the extremes of your tone.

3-Way Filter Switch + Thick Knob

Choose your low-cut preference or tweak your pre-gain EQ.

Impeccable Design

Chicken-head knobs, Traffolyte-engraved faceplate, and a large vintage body.

Hand-Wired Components

Assembled point-to-point in Hiwatt's Doncaster, England Custom Shop.

Hear the wide range of dirt the Filter Fuzz can kick up.

Full Features and Specs

According to Hiwatt, the full details include:

Master Vol: Unity comes relatively early, with massive boost capability following
Fuzz: Clockwise increases saturation and sustain, from subtle to unwieldy.
3-Way Rotary Filter Switch: Can have extreme impact through interaction with other controls, sometimes causing spitting, zippery, gated, and octave-like responses.
Thick: A pre-gain EQ control. Clockwise emphasizes low frequencies, Counterclockwise cuts low frequencies and allows mid-range and top-end clarity to shine through.
True-bypass switching.
Power requirements: 9V DC 250mA, can be powered either by 2.1mm center-negative barrel power supply or 9V Battery.
Internal bias trim pot: Clockwise increases volume and clarity of the circuit, Counterclockwise emphasizes spitting, gating.

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