Players that peruse used gear avenues regularly may have
come across a brand called “Earth Sound Research.” This
company created a multitude of amps and cabinets in the ‘70s,
and astute gearheads might note their more-than-coincidental
resemblance to Peavey and Fender products of the same era.
It was this close resemblance that brought the Earth Sound
Research company to its knees. Nothing the company made
was too different from its Peavey or Fender counterparts, so
both the Earth Sound Research and corresponding original
pieces exist in a duality; each individual unit coexisting as
two with different names. As far as amps and cabinets are
concerned, nothing differed.
As far as the pedals go, that’s an entirely different story. Well,
one of them. Earth Sound Research “made” two pedals, one
of which was a Jen-made copy of its Super Cry Baby, a run-ofthe-mill wah. The other is much more interesting: the Graphic
Fuzz. It’s extremely rare, 100 percent original, and today, I
will show you, the reader, how to make one. I followed the
cloning of this pedal for quite a while, and a forum user (shoutout, Induction) drew up a revised and modified schematic to
accommodate stability as wel