For reference, the title is not about fruits, kittens, or apparel. It is instead about the couple of Kiss records when Peter Criss was secretly replaced by Anton Fig. Go figure.
These pedal circuits are nothing new to this blog, just cataloging some of my recent builds. They’ve all been posted here before in one form or another, so search them out if needed.
TS-808 Tube Screamer:
Yet another Foxx Tone Machine!!! These things are just so cool that I cant help but suggest them to everyone who’s looking for that fuzz they’ve been missing. This one’s for Josh Valleau (of Imani Coppola’s and John Legend’s bands….seriously). Think about that next time you hear a fuzz ripper from one of them.
Per Josh’s request this one had no LEDs, and a top-mount for the knobs and octave switch. Josh picked it up from me Saturday and said he played with it all afternoon and that it was “KILLER”.
Ahhh….finally some fresh builds. This one was built for Doug of the great, slow, huge, earth-moving, fuzz-blast machine, Bad Dream. I’m sure that Doug has a last name, but I dont know what is is. In my phone his name is saved as “Douglass Von Shreddingham” so lets just go with that.
Doug was looking for something to replace his Big Muff. Not that there’s anything wrong with Big Muff, but you know sometimes you just want to expand outward into similar but different territory. I suggested the Foxx Tone Machine and that was that. Doug wanted to go with the classic layout so I did. All of the knobs, jacks, and the octave switch are on the side, with the bypass on top. This unit is 100% true to the original with some modern touches like true-bypass switching, an LED indicator, and optional AC power jack. This circuit absolutely SMOKES. Doug loved it through his rig (a cranked plexi or two) and said “its so clear and fuzzy”. Seems like an oxymoron but whatever…..fuzz forth!
This one was made for long-time Mexican Roy Mata of Black Congress. Its a combo pedal starting with a vintage Foxx Tone Machine circuit on the right. The Tone Machine was this absolutely killer fuzz from the seventies that’s always been semi-hard to come by. Gibbons used them and so did PFunk and Frampton! Its *kinda* like a big muff, but also not like a big muff all in the same and so it winds up being a kickass option for people that want that muff sound with a bit of variation. The sonic differences are that this guy has a much more flat tone stack so its not missing the mids, like a muff is known for. Also the fuzz is a bit more *fuzzy* to me…less smooth. The originals included a toggle switch to turn on a zany octave-up type of effect, but Roy didnt want that so I left it off. Following that in the chain is what else but a boost! Sometimes you just want the fuzz and sometimes you just want people to shit themselves. This one has you covered.
Post title stolen from Chester Soria!