Traveling Frazz Dazzler Demo

[theactionindex]

Just got it today.

I only had a few minutes with it tonight, but I'm super excited to try it out at band practice tomorrow.

Will report results after rocking out.

[Ryan]

Cool! Hope you have fun with it!

I don't know if anybody mentioned a time frame for the traveler's visit... 3 days sounds ok? I ain't great with doing errands on time so I wouldn't get too upset if somebody needed 4 days.

[Raintes]

4 sounds good to me. Enough time to rock the Frazz out!

[theactionindex]

Yeah, so it's officially awesome.

Before everyone else got to practice I plugged the Frazz in just to get a feel for it. I started with the low gain side, gain almost at minimum to begin with, sizzle at 2 o clock, mix maxed. The low gain sound was absolutely awesome and stacked extremely well with both overdrive and other fuzz. I stacked it with an AC Booster both before and after, both of which sounded great, and a TAFM which was THE BALLZ. The upper part of the gain range for the low gain side produced more of a fuzzy distortion (or distortiony fuzz if you like) that also sounded great stacked with overdrive and other fuzz. The thing that struck me was how articulate and responsive the Frazz was at lower gain settings with open chords and intricate fingerings. Though the low gain sounds were awesome, the high gain side was muh favorite. Gain maxed, mix maxed, sizzle maxed produced some HEAVY HEAVY tones with a definite hint of lower octave synthiness, as Vid also described. The gate kicked in fairly quickly with the gain on the lower side, so I mostly stuck with the gain cranked. As far as in a band setting, it definitely cut through the mix on both low and high gain settings and maintained it's beefiness really well. I've had a lot of problems with fuzz sounding awesome before practice when I'm warming up and then super thin and wimpy in the mix, but not the Frazz .

I've still got a day left with it, so I'll try and record some non-shitty audio clips if I can, and then send it on to Mr. HClapp.

Sorry for the super long post , I'm just excited to share my experience with the awesomeness that is the Frazz Dazzler.

[Bellyheart]

Super stoked!

[Jero]

How much time do we have with the pedal? 3 days? Couldn't find any info... or maybe I just missed it. :|

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...When you consider it, with the amount of time to ship through everyone, and time spent with everyone...this could very well span a couple months. That being said, each person is to have the Frazz for NO MORE THAN 3 days. If you don't need it that long, by all means, keep it moving. Even a day helps.

Let's try and use the same box, wrapping, etc, each time it is sent. This will save money, and time.
Please use USPS &/or Canadian Post, and get Delivery Confirmation. It's cheap and if not anything else, offers some reassurance.
After I have each persons info (pm's are fine), I will send out your "Mailing To:" This is simply the information for whom you will be mailing the Frazz to. When you have shipped it out, you will contact your person letting them know, as well as giving the DC#.

[Ryan]

Yeah, so it's officially awesome.

Before everyone else got to practice I plugged the Frazz in just to get a feel for it. I started with the low gain side, gain almost at minimum to begin with, sizzle at 2 o clock, mix maxed. The low gain sound was absolutely awesome and stacked extremely well with both overdrive and other fuzz. I stacked it with an AC Booster both before and after, both of which sounded great, and a TAFM which was THE BALLZ. The upper part of the gain range for the low gain side produced more of a fuzzy distortion (or distortiony fuzz if you like) that also sounded great stacked with overdrive and other fuzz. The thing that struck me was how articulate and responsive the Frazz was at lower gain settings with open chords and intricate fingerings. Though the low gain sounds were awesome, the high gain side was muh favorite. Gain maxed, mix maxed, sizzle maxed produced some HEAVY HEAVY tones with a definite hint of lower octave synthiness, as Vid also described. The gate kicked in fairly quickly with the gain on the lower side, so I mostly stuck with the gain cranked. As far as in a band setting, it definitely cut through the mix on both low and high gain settings and maintained it's beefiness really well. I've had a lot of problems with fuzz sounding awesome before practice when I'm warming up and then super thin and wimpy in the mix, but not the Frazz .

I've still got a day left with it, so I'll try and record some non-shitty audio clips if I can, and then send it on to Mr. HClapp.

Sorry for the super long post , I'm just excited to share my experience with the awesomeness that is the Frazz Dazzler.

Thanks for the review and great to hear you liked it! Really cool you got to use it with your band and it did well, I like reading that a lot. Thanks for taking the time to write that, much appreciated.

[hclapp219]

It has arrived in our nation's capital! Well, not your's, Ryan. And why were you so upset with the cosmetics of the pedal? It looks effing awesome.

[Ryan]

Cool, DC! Love to see that city! *is watching you through the Frazz*

I just wish I would have sent out a white background Frazz so everybody could sign it and graffiti it like a year book or something fun like that.

Hope you get a kick out of it!

[Raintes]

I just wish I would have sent out a white background Frazz so everybody could sign it and graffiti it like a year book or something fun like that.

That would've been awesome!

[Ryan]

When I send out the Elements and Tremolessence they'll be in unfinished aluminum boxes so you can draw on them and leave your mark for posterity.

[Bellyheart]

Perfect!

[Wes Mantooth]

Can't wait for those!

Also anyone who has clips or a review they would like to put up on my blog, feel free to email me! michael.t.fetting@gmail.com

I think if Ryan is sending it to this many people we could somehow organize all the clips and reviews in one place and I'd be happy to organize it!

[hclapp219]

I had a super busy week (damn you taxes!), so my review is late and comes with no clips. My bad

I haven't been a huge fan of the gated fuzz pedals I've tried, and that continued with the Frazz. The high gain (gated) mode is gated as advertised, and while it was a cool sound that I imagine many people using for cool things (palm muting power chords was pretty fun), but it's just not for me. But there is a low gain ungated mode! Hurray! It has a nice modern fuzz sound. When I say modern I mean it doesn't remind me of a fuzz face, muff, etc... I tended to keep the sizzle knob towards full on. I think this would be a great pedal for someone who is looking for a pedal that can do both gated and un-gated fuzz.

Also, the soft-touch switching is amazing! Ryan, you are truly a mad scientist. These can't be referred to as stompboxes as no stomping is required. Just an easy tap and it's on. I imagine this would be great for tabletop/synth players or other people that need to turn pedals on with their hands.

Thanks again for doing this Ryan!

[Ryan]

Thanks very much for the honest review, I appreciate it!

Glad you dig the soft touch switching, I sure dig it too. It was a really cool project to get into and I just think it's an executive feature to add to pedals.. plus that switching system will outlive all of us.

Thanks for taking part and taking the time to write about it! (I hope you'll join in on the traveling Elements box too, it doesn't gate! *smile*)