JHF1 (JIMI HENDRIX FUZZ 1):
The JHF1 is a faithful reproduction of
the pedal Jimi used on some of his
most famous recordings. It is a deluxe
model—it has a turquoise hammertone
shell with cloned knobs on the outside
and a hand-wired circuit board (no
solder mask) on the inside of it. Dunlop
has followed 1969–70 Dallas-Arbiter
Fuzz Face specs to bring this pedal to
life—it’s the BC108 silicon transistors
underneath that give it its roar. Just
like the Fuzz Faces of the ‘60s and ‘70s
there’s no LED light or DC jack, and the
bottom must be unscrewed to change
the battery, just like Jimi had to. It’s true
hardwire bypass. ‘Nuff said.
JBF3B (JOE BONAMASSA
FUZZ 3 BLACK):
The black Fuzz Face with the top hat
knobs is Joe Bonamassa’s signature
model. Like the JHF1, it too is a
“deluxe” model. Inside is a hand-wired
circuit engineered to reproduce Joe’s
humbucker-driven sound. Sure as you
are born, this pedal was specially made
for humbuckers, and it’s a duo of NOS
Russian military germanium transistors
that give it its tone. It’s like the old
Dallas-Arbiters too—there’s no LED
light or DC jack, and you also have to
unscrew the bottom to change the
battery. It has true bypass for optimum
tone preservation.
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