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The return of Frantone

Posted: Thu May 21, 2015 12:11 pm
by insubordination
:joy: :omg: :!!!:

http://www.frantone.com/

Being built by Bearfoot FX. :wha?:

Re: The return of Frantone

Posted: Thu May 21, 2015 12:54 pm
by Chankgeez
Interesting.

Re: The return of Frantone

Posted: Thu May 21, 2015 1:07 pm
by Chankgeez
"I have friends that deal in hard to find semi-conductors…"

Re: The return of Frantone

Posted: Thu May 21, 2015 2:20 pm
by Dark Barn
So rad!

Re: The return of Frantone

Posted: Thu May 21, 2015 2:43 pm
by Chankgeez
Now you can get that Peachfuzz you've always wanted.

Re: The return of Frantone

Posted: Thu May 21, 2015 2:48 pm
by digi2t
Shut the Fran Tone!!!

SWEET!! :thumb:

Re: The return of Frantone

Posted: Thu May 21, 2015 3:12 pm
by Dark Barn
Chankgeez wrote:Now you can get that Peachfuzz you've always wanted.
You nailed it!

Re: The return of Frantone

Posted: Thu May 21, 2015 3:26 pm
by oldangelmidnight
Classic!
The Glacier seems promising.

Re: The return of Frantone

Posted: Thu May 21, 2015 3:31 pm
by tremolo3
I like the Cool Cat Fuzz V1.

Re: The return of Frantone

Posted: Thu May 21, 2015 8:44 pm
by Confuzzled
What's the deal with this company? Good rep? Any of their pedals stand out? Went through their site didn't see any prices.

Re: The return of Frantone

Posted: Thu May 21, 2015 9:49 pm
by Ghost Hip
ramonovski wrote:I like the Cool Cat Fuzz V1.
Same. It is my back up muff.

Re: The return of Frantone

Posted: Fri May 22, 2015 1:15 am
by oldangelmidnight
Confuzzled wrote:What's the deal with this company? Good rep? Any of their pedals stand out? Went through their site didn't see any prices.
It's one of the proto-boutique companies.
She started building in the '90s before the internet taught everyone with a soldering gun how to put together fuzz.
The Peach Fuzz was ripped off by Danelectro for one of their pedals. Lots of people like the ripoff.

Re: The return of Frantone

Posted: Fri May 22, 2015 3:29 am
by Hypnodrone
The Creme Puff is my all time favourite sludge fuzz.

Re: The return of Frantone

Posted: Fri May 22, 2015 3:36 am
by HorseyBoy
^ She also worked as an engineer at EHX from 1999 to 2000 and came up with the NYC Big Muff (the v9): http://www.kitrae.net/music/big_muff_history3.html
You'll hear these referred to as "Frantone" Muffs.

Re: The return of Frantone

Posted: Fri May 22, 2015 5:24 am
by goroth
Awesome!

But bearfoot fx has rightly or wrongly always struck me as being kind of a bunch of hacks.