Structures Brewing’s flagship FVZZ IPA now has its own accompanying fuzz pedal thanks to Spun Loud. Only one of ’em will get you drunk though (I think – I haven’t tried consuming a pedal).
The Structures FVZZ pedal is a two-stage fuzz circuit with germanium clipping with the option to roll it back to a mild overdrive with the independent gain controls. The FVZZ has four controls:
- Stage I: This operates the first gain stage, which uses germanium hard clipping and gets fuzzy right away
- Stage II: This operates the second gain stage, a very different architecture that combines an LED with a Darlington transistor to give a milder drive but with lots of volume as the gain increases
- Tone: This is my favorite tone control. Turn it down (counter-clockwise) to cut the high frequencies, turn it up (clockwise) to boost them. It’s as simple as that
- Volume: This controls the overall output volume of the pedal. You’ll find unity somewhere around noon or just above, depending on how much gain you’re using from Stage II
“When I saw the FVZZ IPA come out, I thought, ‘There should be a pedal to go with that!'” said Spun Loud Effects’ owner and founder, Dan DeMay via Guitar World. “I’m so thrilled to see this finally come to life. It’s been a blast working with the Structures crew to make this a reality and I couldn’t be more proud of how it turned out.”
