Hartman Electronics BC108 Silicon Fuzz Pedal
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Harmony Central Review
The Hartman Electronics BC108 Silicon Fuzz Pedal
A very musical sounding and faithful clone of the early Silicon transistor Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face circuit using genuine metal-can BC108 NPN Silicon transistors (the type used in the originals during the very late '60s and throughout the '70s) plus modern amenities: true-bypass, on/off LED, and 9VDC-in jack.
It's a sound all its own--overall a tighter sound than Germanium-- but every bit as good by its own rights.
The tonal variation among BC108s of similar gain is relatively mild compared to their Germanium predecessors; leakage is also an order of magnitude smaller. A byproduct of their stability is that BC108s are less finicky than Germanium about variations in the guitar volume knob potentiometer's sweep, guitar output, amp (or subsequent effect pedal) input impedances, ambient temperatures, etc. These factors can still impact the fuzz, but less audibly, and the pedals still exhibit the workable cleanup, dynamic voicing and smooth decay that a good fuzz should. At their higher settings, the BC108s get really angry sounding, with highly musical, controlled feedback just about anywhere on the neck. The lead sound during the middle of Pink Floyd's "Echoes" (on Meddle) is a perfect example.
Effective 4/23/07: All units come with EXTERNAL BIAS CONTROL. Bias can be set high to keep the fuzz ultra-smooth. Lowering it produces crisper fuzz. The lowest bias settings evoke the trademark crackle, spit and grind of "starved" Silicon.
All units feature the same rugged construction and mil-spec plated-thru-hole printed-circuit board (PCB) construction as our NKT275 and AC128 Fuzz and come with 1-Year Limited Warranty.
Features:
- Genuine BC108 NPN Silicon transistors.
- 5% carbon composition resistors throughout.
- True-bypass. You can have it w/o an 'anti-pop' pull-down resistor, if you really insist on your clone being a clone.
- Reverse-polarity protection.
- Rugged metallic silver powder-coated aluminum enclosure.
- Heavy-duty footswitch.
- RF Shielded.
- ON/OFF LED.
- 9VDC input jack
- Ships with new carbon-zinc 9v battery.
Harmony Central Review
The Hartman Electronics BC108 Silicon Fuzz Pedal
A very musical sounding and faithful clone of the early Silicon transistor Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face circuit using genuine metal-can BC108 NPN Silicon transistors (the type used in the originals during the very late '60s and throughout the '70s) plus modern amenities: true-bypass, on/off LED, and 9VDC-in jack.
It's a sound all its own--overall a tighter sound than Germanium-- but every bit as good by its own rights.
The tonal variation among BC108s of similar gain is relatively mild compared to their Germanium predecessors; leakage is also an order of magnitude smaller. A byproduct of their stability is that BC108s are less finicky than Germanium about variations in the guitar volume knob potentiometer's sweep, guitar output, amp (or subsequent effect pedal) input impedances, ambient temperatures, etc. These factors can still impact the fuzz, but less audibly, and the pedals still exhibit the workable cleanup, dynamic voicing and smooth decay that a good fuzz should. At their higher settings, the BC108s get really angry sounding, with highly musical, controlled feedback just about anywhere on the neck. The lead sound during the middle of Pink Floyd's "Echoes" (on Meddle) is a perfect example.
Effective 4/23/07: All units come with EXTERNAL BIAS CONTROL. Bias can be set high to keep the fuzz ultra-smooth. Lowering it produces crisper fuzz. The lowest bias settings evoke the trademark crackle, spit and grind of "starved" Silicon.
All units feature the same rugged construction and mil-spec plated-thru-hole printed-circuit board (PCB) construction as our NKT275 and AC128 Fuzz and come with 1-Year Limited Warranty.
Features:
- Genuine BC108 NPN Silicon transistors.
- 5% carbon composition resistors throughout.
- True-bypass. You can have it w/o an 'anti-pop' pull-down resistor, if you really insist on your clone being a clone.
- Reverse-polarity protection.
- Rugged metallic silver powder-coated aluminum enclosure.
- Heavy-duty footswitch.
- RF Shielded.
- ON/OFF LED.
- 9VDC input jack
- Ships with new carbon-zinc 9v battery.
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