CHAPTER 53 FUZZMASTER

The Fuzzmaster is based on two vintage circuits, the Fuzz Face and Rangemaster. The Fuzz Face has been used by many famous guitarists, such as Jimi Hendrix. The Rangemaster treble booster was also used by many great guitarists; it is used to push a tube amp into sweet, singing overdrive. Both of these pedals together can create some very cool tones. Running a Rangemaster into a Fuzz Face will give you a very smooth, high-gain distortion, similar to an overdriven Vox amplifier. The opposite, with a Fuzz Face into a Rangemaster gives you a squishy huge fuzz tone. Some boutique pedal companies have already similar design, but none have included an order switch so you can decide which circuit comes first in the chain.