Great Punk-style Fuzz Pedal. Its amazing! But it wasn't what I was looking for in a fuzz tone at the time. A ton of fun in my practice time!!
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Super Fuzz Tone (From the website)
The Keeley
Electric Mudd is a sticky, splatty, octavey fuzz. It’s gonna do you right
when you wanna get off on some fuzz. If you want to stand out in the
world of fuzz, it’s gonna happen with a fuzz like this. Based on the the old
red case, big blue foot switch machine, the Electric Mudd adds an edge control
that gives you some octave-up type sounds. We use a hard clipping circuit
with some germanium diodes to give that scratchy edge when you need it.
The Electric Mudd
sports the Keeley favorite vintage transistor. The 1960’s Fairchild
Semicondutor transistors that have the block glob top and the gold legs. 2N3565
transistors haven’t been made in years. These units are built with all 6
vintage transistors. Why do vintage transistors mean so much to this
unit? Low gain and higher capacitance than modern units means that the
gain sounds are smooth and warm. Modern transistors in here would be too
harsh.
At the heart of
this pedal is a very interesting transistor configuration that has been used in
some very special pedals. It’s called a “differential pair.” You
also see it in the Keeley Fuzz Head and the Boss Blues Driver. I find it
particularly important in getting a great tone in certain circuits.
Volume, Fuzz, and
Tone, make for simple adjustment in the pedal. Start by setting the Edge
control “Off” or all of the way down. That’s going to be more of a
classic sounding super fuzz. As you turn up the Edge Control, turn down
the Tone Control a bit to even out the balance. As you raise the edge
you’ll notice two things: maybe some more compression to the tone and the hint
of octaves wanting to pop out.