IC Fuzz/Octave

Ever crave a fuzzy mix of Screamer-ish punch and Muff-y hairiness, with a metric sh*t tonne of heft and gain, unprecedented clarity and definition, and a parallel octave- circuit available on demand? Then here’s SHIGEHARU™.

This fuzz uses a mix of integrated circuit drive and BC184 transistor gain stages to deliver high performance wherever you place it in your chain, even after buffers. Peel paint off the walls or simply knock them right over. Use the body and filter controls to scoop more doom than Cthulhu with a front loader. Step on the Havoc button for extra spicy octaves-up, or set it to stay always on and mix it in for metallic, fizzy grind. Yes, it’s that noisy, nasty, and good.

DRIVE controls the force from the IC gain stage to the transistor clipping networks. BODY shapes the bass and midrange content available to the EQ section. TONE tilts the overall voicing brighter or darker. LEVEL sets the overall output of the effect. Holding down the HAVOC switch activates a parallel fuzz circuit with octave-up overtones. The volume of this fuzz relative to the main fuzz is set with the HAVOC LEVEL trimpot.

On the inside of the pedal is a small slide switch, which converts this havoc effect to always on, and converts the switch to a mute/kill. There’s also a bias/ gate trimpot inside. Turn it fully clockwise for fun, gated, spitty sounds, or fully counter-clockwise for normal operation.