Barefaced Machinist Bass Guitar Fuzz Overdrive Distortion Clean Dry Blend EQ Analog Effect Pedal

Here's a Barefaced Machinist which has three effect channels including fuzz, distortion/overdrive and clean parallel blend. All channels have EQ controls. You can get so many great sounds form this one pedal. It's meant for bass guitar and has excellent low end response but it also sounds great with guitar as well. More details below.

It was used in a climate controlled, recording studio environment. It's in excellent working condition and sounds amazing! Includes original box and materials. Please see photos for more details.

This pedal works well with with a wide variety of guitars. It features true bypass and can be powered by standard 9volt center negative power supply. If you want more headroom you can run it with up to 18volt.

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On the right, the distortion channel: Crank up the gain (triangle wave) to go from subtle overdrive to roaring distortion. Dial in your tonal balance with the two band bass and treble EQ (shelving curves) Then adjust the level (triangle) and stomp the virtual true bypass switch to activate, with the red LED showing it’s on.

In the middle, the fuzz channel: Turn up the fuzz (square wave) to get more and more fuzztastic. Twist the tilt (split scoop shape) left for thunder, right for fizz. Leave the mid boost (hump shape) at zero for maximum muff, or go clockwise for added punch and snarl. Set the volume (triangle) and stomp as required, lighting the red LED.

Finally, on the left, the clean channel: Adjust the level (sine wave). Roll off the highs and mids with the tone knob (low pass filter). This footswitch works differently to the other two. If neither fuzz or distortion is on, stomping the clean FS just lights the LED and means that you’ll have this low pass filtered clean sound running in parallel when you click on either dirty sound. If either dirty sound is already on then clicking the clean channel will add the filtered clean to the dirt - or take it away if it was already active.

So here’s an oversimplification of what the Machinist can do:

Distortion
Distortion + Clean
Fuzz
Fuzz + Clean
Distortion + Fuzz
Distortion + Fuzz + Clean

In truth, the midrange control totally changes the character of the fuzz, whilst the distortion can go almost totally clean making it a subtle overdrive. And because you can adjust how much of the clean tone comes through by removing mids and highs, that changes the vibe even more.

5.5" wide x 4.5" deep (height = 2.5"