Hartman Electronics Vintage Germanium Fuzz Pedal
Product Description
THE NEW VINTAGE GERMANIUM FUZZ, from the Masterful Hands of Theo Hartman!! This replaces the former NKT275 & the AC128 models.
"This is one fantastic pedal. Amazingly musical and exactly what I could only hope for it to be" - Steve Stevens (Billy Idol, Michael Jackson, Matrix Reloaded)
"The best fuzz face I've played in 38 years" - D.W., Dallas, TX.
A very musical sounding and faithful clone of the original Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face circuit using pairs of NOS ("new old-stock") PNP Germanium transistors carefully selected and paired for optimal texture, sensitivity and tone.
Modern amenities include Level (Input Trim) control, true-bypass, on/off LED, and 9VDC-in jack.
In addition to the same Volume and Fuzz controls as the original, the Level control helps to attenuate the strength of the input signal, enabling the fuzz to work with slightly hotter and higher-output pickups. Likewise, this control can be removed from the signal path by turning it to its far clockwise position, allowing the pedal to function in "stock" configuration.
Transistor pairs are selected from a range of old stock Germanium (including but not limited to: OC77, OC84, NKT271, AC128, NKT275, CV7007).
Each Hartman Fuzz is voiced with a NOS Germanium transistor-pair selected on a basis of objective measurement--leakage, gain, reactance--as well as their subjective attributes: clean-up, texture, harmonic content.
Requirements for optimizing differ slightly between the two transistor slots in the pedal so transistor pairs are most often of mixed type.
Hand-wired, rugged construction, and thoroughly auditioned prior to shipping. Gain-select transistor pairing delivers sustain, smooth sexy decay, cleanup at the flick of your guitar volume, and the instantly recognizable yet indescribable tonal coloration of Germanium. Made in U.S.A.
Features:
- 100% hand wired, bench-tested, and auditioned at bedroom and gig levels prior to shipping.
- Gain-select, ear-tested pairs of NOS Germanium transistors.
- Plated-thru Hole Printed Circuit Board (PCB) construction
- Quiet Carbon Film Resistors
- Heavy-duty True-bypass footswitch.
- Translucent Copper/Brushed Metal Powder-Coated heavy-duty die-cast enclosure.
- ON/OFF LED.
- 9VDC input jack
- Ships with new carbon-zinc 9v battery.
"This is one fantastic pedal. Amazingly musical and exactly what I could only hope for it to be" - Steve Stevens (Billy Idol, Michael Jackson, Matrix Reloaded)
"The best fuzz face I've played in 38 years" - D.W., Dallas, TX.
A very musical sounding and faithful clone of the original Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face circuit using pairs of NOS ("new old-stock") PNP Germanium transistors carefully selected and paired for optimal texture, sensitivity and tone.
Modern amenities include Level (Input Trim) control, true-bypass, on/off LED, and 9VDC-in jack.
In addition to the same Volume and Fuzz controls as the original, the Level control helps to attenuate the strength of the input signal, enabling the fuzz to work with slightly hotter and higher-output pickups. Likewise, this control can be removed from the signal path by turning it to its far clockwise position, allowing the pedal to function in "stock" configuration.
Transistor pairs are selected from a range of old stock Germanium (including but not limited to: OC77, OC84, NKT271, AC128, NKT275, CV7007).
Each Hartman Fuzz is voiced with a NOS Germanium transistor-pair selected on a basis of objective measurement--leakage, gain, reactance--as well as their subjective attributes: clean-up, texture, harmonic content.
Requirements for optimizing differ slightly between the two transistor slots in the pedal so transistor pairs are most often of mixed type.
Hand-wired, rugged construction, and thoroughly auditioned prior to shipping. Gain-select transistor pairing delivers sustain, smooth sexy decay, cleanup at the flick of your guitar volume, and the instantly recognizable yet indescribable tonal coloration of Germanium. Made in U.S.A.
Features:
- 100% hand wired, bench-tested, and auditioned at bedroom and gig levels prior to shipping.
- Gain-select, ear-tested pairs of NOS Germanium transistors.
- Plated-thru Hole Printed Circuit Board (PCB) construction
- Quiet Carbon Film Resistors
- Heavy-duty True-bypass footswitch.
- Translucent Copper/Brushed Metal Powder-Coated heavy-duty die-cast enclosure.
- ON/OFF LED.
- 9VDC input jack
- Ships with new carbon-zinc 9v battery.
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