remain useable and even
musical, pairing great with
darker amps like Marshalls
or Blackstars.
GOOD VIBRATIONS
When stomping on a fuzz,
there is a sort of primal
enjoyment that comes from
feeling the walls shake and
hearing any loose pictures
hanging on your wall rattle.
Feeling a good fuzz in my
opinion, is almost just as
important as the tone of
it itself. When the tone
and the vibration in the air
around you come together,
it’s a magical experience.
The Peachfuzz checked off
those requirements, but
the experiment didn’t stop
there. Running it at lower
gain settings opened up a
whole bunch of overdrive
sounds that were clear,
dynamic, and (please forgive
me for saying this) very
tube-like. The attack on
those tones was spongy
and reacted naturally to my
picking dynamics. Cranking
up the gain pulled out all
the stops, and produced
a fuzz overture heavy in
second- and third-order
harmonics, with very slight
musings of upper fourth
and fifth harmonics. As you
can probably tell, this fuzz
has a very full spectrum
sound, and feels as if it was
designed by a mad hi-fi
engineer.
ROLL DOWN YOUR
TROUBLES
Like any good fuzz should,
the Peachfuzz is reactive to
your volume control. This
is almost a requirement in
today’s day and age, so it
comes as no surprise that it
works. What does surprise,
is the clarity the fuzz still
retains with the guitar’s
volume rolled back. Due to
the nature of the capacitor
in your guitar’s pickups, as
you roll the volume down
more and more highs are
cut out of your signal. Apart
from the natural high-end
rolloff, the Peachfuzz still
manages to stay clear. The
tone becomes somewhat
bassier; with dark rumbling
overtones on the low end
and those prominent upper
second and third harmonics
peeking out for a wellbalanced overdriven tone.
been put into the design
and tone. There is a level
of quality that comes from
handmade pedals that is
very evident in this pedal.
Frantone takes a lot of what
doesn’t work in the classic
fuzz circuits, and chucks
them to the wayside while
adding a few tweaks of their
own. It’s a triumphant return
of a tried-and-true classic.
WHAT WE LIKE
Clarity, dynamics, and a
wide swathing almost hifi fuzz tone that embodies
boutique design. Low mid
warmth and prominent
upper harmonics. Good
quality build.
CONCERNS
None.
When playing the Peachfuzz,
you can clearly see that a
lot of care and attention has
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