Curly
Moe's Bluesman
some of you might get a kick out of this ...
I've been taking stock of my pedals lately, and pulled out the first thing I bought on Ebay five years ago:
Arbiter England Fuzz Face Reissue from the late 90's... "In an attempt to recapture the pre-Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face sound, Ivor Arbiter recently reissued his original mid-’60s Fuzz Face.
From the mic-stand casting to the smile that reads “Arbiter/England” to the PNP Germanium transistors – Arbiter’s reissue is the closest-sounding/looking pedal to the real deal. After all, it’s made by the same company that started the Fuzz Face craze of the ’60s.
Re-creating the pedal meant including Dennis Cornell, one of the original engineers, and locating original components."
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well despite the marketing hype, this thing actually sounded pretty good through my cranked tweed Deluxe ... none of that "cleans up well" crap though -- this is a 'blunt force trauma' instrument!
these reissues, like the originals, were notoriously inconsistent. Mine's pretty high gain -- much moreso than my Fulltone '69 -- but it also gets some nice harmonic content as well.
besides, it has a beautiful hammerite silver finish, and just looks cool!
I've been taking stock of my pedals lately, and pulled out the first thing I bought on Ebay five years ago:
Arbiter England Fuzz Face Reissue from the late 90's... "In an attempt to recapture the pre-Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face sound, Ivor Arbiter recently reissued his original mid-’60s Fuzz Face.
From the mic-stand casting to the smile that reads “Arbiter/England” to the PNP Germanium transistors – Arbiter’s reissue is the closest-sounding/looking pedal to the real deal. After all, it’s made by the same company that started the Fuzz Face craze of the ’60s.
Re-creating the pedal meant including Dennis Cornell, one of the original engineers, and locating original components."
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well despite the marketing hype, this thing actually sounded pretty good through my cranked tweed Deluxe ... none of that "cleans up well" crap though -- this is a 'blunt force trauma' instrument!
these reissues, like the originals, were notoriously inconsistent. Mine's pretty high gain -- much moreso than my Fulltone '69 -- but it also gets some nice harmonic content as well.
besides, it has a beautiful hammerite silver finish, and just looks cool!
