A clone of a unique-sounding triangle muff clone, the Elk Super Fuzz Sustainar. IMHO Wren and Cuff NEVER disappoints in the muff category and makes every pedal with love. There's only a couple wren and cuff muffs I haven't tried.

No box, but the pedal is in great condition and was built in 11/24. A few minor scuffs and scratches (most noticeable on the bottom). See photos.

I've never compared this to the Hizumitas, another clone of the Elk Super Fuzz Sustainar. I assume that the Wren and Cuff version is closer to the original spec and that the Hizumitas has awesome enhancements in the sustain and/or volume dept.

From the Wren and Cuff site:

How can something wrong sound so right?

• wonderfully uneven rumbling low-end
• tone knob with more mids than most muffs
• unique snarl unlike any other muffer made

The Muff-Men at Wren and Cuff tackled yet another Muff variant in 2013 at the request of a large Japanese distributer. After many, many, requests for a USA release of this unusual pedal, the USA White Elk is finally here.

This pedal is a recreation of the famous "Elk Super Fuzz Sustainar" (thats not a typo, thats how they spelled it!) pedals from the 1970's. These pedals were very cheap Big Muff "Triangle" copies made by Elk Inc., however, they sounded almost nothing like any of the original EH Triangle knob pedals. The Elks were made with very unreliable components, cheap circuit boards, thin metal enclosures, were not true-bypass, and would break if you looked at them wrong. However, the carbon-comp resistors and ultra cheap caps added a noisy mojo that would increase as the pedals aged. Some components would drift as much as 50% of their stated values!

Quietly, there were some musicians who discovered the unique tone of the Elks, most famously, Wata and Takeshi from the Japanese noise-pop band Boris. It is said that they favored these pedals for their fuzzed-out tones and raunchy brown feedback on some guitar, bass and synth tracks. So if you'd like to delve even deeper into the world of Muffs and their kin, the lesser known White Elk from Wren and Cuff may be just the thing to satiate your curiosity.