FUZZ- FFX Ark of Tone ___ NEW ___ 1977 Tube Sound Fuzz, clone???

TUBE SOUND FUZZ

Back when Noah got off the Ark in 1977 and even before the WWW existed or a PC to put it on we had Guitar Player Magazine. If they did not tell you, you went without knowing because your other choice was your local Music Store that could only field a question about an Accordian. They had a guy Craig Anderton that did a pedal DIY column. In fact pretty much all the the original gourmet pedal makers like Brian Wampler and Josh Scott got started via Craig. In 1977 he gave the world his Tube Sound Fuzz. The much praised George Tripps Way Huge Red Llama is literally Craigs Tube Sound Fuzz design.

FFX ARK of TONE

$250.00 USD

Surprise, surprise you guessed it this is a Tube Sound Fuzz clone. In fact it is two of them in one box, lol.

So not much to add. The layout is Volume, Gain, a low pass filter and a BIAS control for each channel. 

 

CONCLUSION ___

It has an interesting OpAmp medium gain Overdrive sound that has a Boss OD vibe we are all familiar with.This design predates even the Tube Screamer and Rat so you now know Grandad Craig was first. The pedal does sound very good. You can get really heavy lows yet it still sounds Overdrive/amp like not Fuzz. I can not think of anything current like it