Skreddy Martian Tarantula Fuzz Effects Pedal

Skreddy Pedals™ Martian Tarantula: Angry sounding fuzz, but fairly well-behaved; nice authoritative voice. Based on the earliest fuzz pedal design, that is hard to find, expensive, and typically all sound different from one another; they have an interestingly bright sustaining sound on the high strings, and surprisingly good chord articulation for something so grindy and fuzzy. Skreddy designed this using silicon transistors for temperature sensitivity and consistency from unit to unit. Tuned this to sound like the old ones that use very oldschool germanium transistors. Skreddy got it to stay nicely biased and polite, but then backed up that process ever so slightly so that it is capable of sounding just a little bit broken--makes it much more interesting and fun!The original circuit's "Attack" (also called "Filter" in the Marshall Supa Fuzz) was a bias control that didn't actually lower the gain but made the signal cut out when turned down low. Skreddy changed it completely, made it useful (but still not a gain control), and renamed it "OVERLOAD" instead. The OVERLOAD knob takes the sound into 3 variations of voicing; 1) At full up, it is extra fat and woofy, slightly saggy. 2) In the middle, it is balanced and fairly tight. 3) All the way down it is extra dry and gated, slightly cold-biased.

Product Features

• Hand Made and Built to Order in Carson City, NV
• Based and Meticulously Designed from the Earliest Fuzz Pedal Design
• 3 Voicing Variations with the Overload Knob
• Excellent Midrange Cut
• Standard 9v Power Jack

Attributes

• Color: Gold

Technical Specifications

• Inputs: 1 x 1/4" TRS
• Outputs: 1 x 1/4" TRS
• Power Source: 9v DC Plug (5.5mm barrel x 2.1mm center coax), Negative Tip
• Effects: Fuzz
• Processing Type: Analog