Starve Vs. Bias

[elbandito]

What's the difference between Starve & Bias? I've used various pedals with knobs labeled either way but the effect seems pretty similar a lot of the time. As I understand it,

Starve reduces the current to the circuit, making the fuzz sound gated or "splattery" when turned down.
Bias controls the biasing between two transistors, making them friends for smoother fuzz or enemies for angry fuzz...

Am I right? What Tom calls 'Volt' is starve too, I assume.

[Scruffie]

The effect may be the same but the difference is one controls voltage throughout the entire circuit (starve) and the other controls the voltage going to usually a single transistor collector (bias) that's all, so they both effect voltage, just in different places.

[elbandito]

Thanks Scruff!