Zvex Fuzzolo

tuj · Post by **tuj** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 12:33 am

Hi fuzz fiends!

Just happened upon this pedal, and normally I kind of steer away from Zvex and towards what I would consider the 'true' boutique pedals, but Z and Co. did kind of popularize the whole notion. I remember I bought a friend a SHO from Zvex, one of the earlier ones, when my friend's new Tele and amp just weren't coming to him; the SHO was the magic he needed to hear with the rest of his setup. OK, cool, so what does Zvex have in store for us now?

The Fuzzolo is deceptively simple and small. First off, this sucker is pretty loud. Nice big boost in the gain stages when you adjust the level; positioned at 12-o-clock it was still surprisingly loud into my rig. Secondly, I was expecting something, I dunno, not as raw and thick as the fuzz that came out of the Fuzzolo tonight. It sounded really good with my Mustang and SF Champ. Not nearly as compressed and flat as the demo on the Zvex site. I guess this just shows you really have to try something in *your own* setup to see if it will sound good.

So inquiring minds want to know, what is the circuit all about? Is the Fuzzolo a re-creation of an older circuit, a new take? Or something completely original (rare these days)? Seems to me like its setup as a PWM-type square wave fuzz, but there's definitely something else going on in there... Satisfy my curiosity: its light-years ahead of my soldering skills..

Anyway, if you didn't know, now you do; the Fuzzolo really rips. It cuts right through a mix with forward midrange.

sylnau · Post by **sylnau** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 12:50 am

It's a two knobs Mastortron.
The Mastortron is probably my favorite ZVex.
I never tried the SHO... I should.

Ev_O))) · Post by **Ev_O)))** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 3:14 am

Fuzzolo rips for what it is. Guitaist in my band has one. Stacks it with a Timmy clone for extra awesome and seom EQ fuckery

univalve · Post by **univalve** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 4:03 am

sylnau wrote: I never tried the SHO... I should.

The SHO is pure gold. It sounds so good.

HorseyBoy · Post by **HorseyBoy** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 5:53 am

^^ Agree that the Super Hard-On is a great pedal. As is the Fuzzolo. Definitely on my "one day" list.

sylnau · Post by **sylnau** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 8:13 am

univalve wrote:
sylnau wrote: I never tried the SHO... I should.
The SHO is pure gold. It sounds so good.

It's on my list of things to try.

frigid midget · Post by **frigid midget** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 8:21 am

sylnau wrote:It's a two knobs Mastortron.
The Mastortron is probably my favorite ZVex.
I never tried the SHO... I should.

No shit? I always kinda just assumed it was a two knob fuzz factory. The Mastotron is my favorite Zvex pedal as well, so if this smaller fellow can do my favorite setting and take up less board space and give me less knobs to waste time on...It might be worth considering as a replacement one day.

sylnau · Post by **sylnau** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 8:30 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwaGlLywRpw[/youtube]

frigid midget · Post by **frigid midget** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 8:45 am

^Yep, that kinda answers my questions

Sound pretty much the same as how I run my Mastotron. Otoh though, it's not like the Mastotron is a large pedal, and I also doubt that replacing the Mastotron with a used Fuzzolo will leave me with a couple extra bucks...Right?

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