Re: What's your opinion on the Boss FZ-2 Hyper Fuzz?
Personally I think it is best fuzz pedal going. I'm not into all those clones of the two transistor and three transistor models that litter the "boutique" market. The Hyper Fuzz 2 is a real beast, Just listen to Dopethrone by Electric Wizard, That is the sound of an SG into the Hyper Fuzz into a plexi or other older Marshall. It also features a very useable gain boost that can be flat or like a treble boost, bass boost or both at once.
Stephan Carpenter is also a Hyper Fuzz 2 user (or was on the first four Deftones albums).
It makes fuzz purists sick, It isn't an Octavia clone but can get into those areas but with a lot more gain and clarity and it doesn't sound like a Big Muff, It can approximate one of the IC based Big Muff's though with a bit of tweaking and going much easy on the gain.
If you see one going cheap I'd advise you to definitely buy one (or more) as they are not longer made and used/second-hand prices are rising. So you have the potential to get a killer fuzz and also make a tidy profit if you really can not find a place for one in your own setup.
If you want a Hyper Fuzz 2 but without hunting one down for peanuts or paying the going rate that people in the know are asking for them then I can highly recommend picking up a Behringer Super Fuzz SF300 as it's the same thing just in an inferior housing, However for £20 it is really impossible to fault. I have a few of each. They're the fuzz pedal for player's that aren't fuzz addicts
Obviously all just my extremely humble honest but subjective opinion FWIW, All the best
Just quickly scanned ebay, There are a few for $210 + $15 shipping/postage, So yeah they've gone up since I last bothered to check!:firedevil
