Wednesday, June 22, 2022

FUZZ- SITEK Pandora Octave Fuzz ...with automatic transmission?

$160.00 USD
SITEK PANDORA 
OCTAVE FUZZ 
This is not your Grandpa's Fuzz with a manual transmission and that nasty clutch. Which is a very good thing. Or not?
It is a basic OpAmp Fuzz. The layout has a basic level, gain, tone and color/compression for added saturation. 
A switch lets you choose either symmetrical or asymmetrical distortion.
The asymmetrical distortion is odd if nothing else because it means that the unit is more or less an ultra high gain Tube Screamer. In short it is depending on your view fascinatingly mellow or lame and wimpy.
The Fuzz aficionado would cringe!!!
CONCLUSION
If you are a OD guy who sees all that spit sputter and gasping drop outs and squeals of a Fuzz  nothing but a pile of junk then this is your Fuzz. There is no doubt the pedal has that square waveform Fuzz sound. In fact it has good definition and a nice fat sound.
If you are passionate Fuzz lover skip the video and check out another post.
After my endless problems with a much loved germanium Fuzz with super 
squeal and drop outs at inopportune times this is looking good.

the fine print
You really should check out the Keeley Moon It too is an OpAmp Fuzz but it covers much of
the Siteck teritory but can even drop down into a Doom thing. You can add some classic spit 
and sputter but it is easily controllable. in short it acts like spice and does not became the entire meal, lol

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