Fell Runner - Unruly and Versatile Fuzz

The Enduring Audio Fell Runner is a vintage style silicon fuzz feeding a JFET boost stage. Sporting adjustable bias and a powerful EQ, tones range from super thick and sustaining to broken and ragged fuzz.

The original inspiration for Fell Runner was the stinging mode from the Roland Bee Baa but where this mode on the original has basically one extremely mid scooped tone and a vintage amount of volume (ie not enough!) Fell Runner adds a Voice control to go from the original’s extreme scoop to a more mid forward tone as well as a ton of volume and a two band baxandall EQ.

Starting with the Sustain control you can go from mid-high gain fuzztortion up to seriously thick liquid sustain. After setting your desired amount of fuzz, use the texture control to adjust the bias of the second transistor stage. This control allows for broken and ragged tones at low settings up to full saturation at maximum. Halfway up is a good starting place which will provide plenty of sustain while retaining some of the ragged feel of the lower settings. These two controls are interactive so this is a fun place for experimentation.

Moving to the second row of controls the Voice control adjusts the midrange character and ranges from an extreme midrange scoop at minimum to a more mid forward tone as you turn it up. There is quite a bit of range in this control and adjusting this can be the key to having a super thick tone that doesn’t get lost in the mix when playing in a loud band. The Low and High controls are part of a JFET boost circuit that comes after the fuzz circuit. This boost circuit is a modified version of the Boss FA-1 and serves two purposes. Like a lot of vintage pedals the Bee Baa is lacking in volume, luckily this boost circuit is SUPER loud so this is like having an always on clean boost pedal running after your fuzz. The boost circuit also includes a two band Baxandall tonestack which allows for both boosting and cutting frequency. Because this EQ comes after the fuzz it is very powerful.

Fell Runner definitely falls in the unruly fuzz camp and provides a wide range of nasty sounds for fun exploration. Great for confusing your family and pissing off your neighbors.

Note: Like many fuzzes Fell Runner can be sensitive to being placed after buffered pedals in your signal chain. For best results place before buffered pedals.

Sustain: Sets the level of gain and saturation

Texture: Bias control ranging from broken to super thick

Volume: Output volume

Low: Cut or boost low end

Voice: Adjusts midrange from an extreme scoop at minimum to mid forward at maximum

High: Cut or boost high end

True bypass switching

Power: 9V DC, 2.1 mm center negative barrel. Current draw is <15 mA.

No option for battery power