Zvex Vexter Fuzz Factory Pedal
Item: ZVVEXTERFF
This is the pedal that started all of this pedal madness for me. This pedal can be a very great sounding, traditional fuzz, but it would rather be a sputtering, raspy, and unpredictable noise maker! The Fuzz Factory never fails to turn heads and stomachs when it's being played in our amp room. Does it sound broken? Then it works perfectly! Not for the squeamish or easily startled. The Vexter series is a non-handpainted version of a normal Zvex pedal. The guts are the same, but no handpainted box.
Zvex Vexter Fuzz Factory Pedal
Features:
- VOLUME: Output level
- GATE: Squelches noise after end of sustain. Turn to right to eliminate squeals, hiss and buzz, stopping just as they disappear, or use to tune in exact feedback pitch, if you're that kind. Turning to left opens gate.
- COMPRESS: Adds attack characteristic when turned to left, which gets softer to right, and suddenly pinches tone when all the way right. Also use to tune in fat feedbacky fuzz, if you're that kind. Lower the Stability and see what happens to this control. DRIVE: Increases distortion when used as a "normal" fuzz, and adjusts feedback pitch and tonal thickness, if you're that kind. This control becomes meaningless when Compress is all the way right.
- STABILITY: Use all the way right. Do not attempt to adjust this control below 2:00, unless you like your fuzz soft and squishy. Use to control feedback pitch.
- WARNING: Many "incorrect" settings on this pedal squeal. This may annoy the faint-hearted. If you use the example settings, you won't get hurt. Z. Vex doesn't want to see anyone hurt. Unless you're that kind. Don't forget to memorize or write down your favorite settings
- GREENNESS: Yes, folks, like all Z. Vex pedals, it's as low current as possible, extending battery life so long... Z. Vex has never changed the battery in the prototype (3 years). 'On' current is less than 3 mA... compare to the Tube Screamer (of course an entirely different animal) at almost 40 mA.