Official effect
Sharper high-gain fuzz that currently uses the same biased mid-shaped core as the other vintage-named fuzz variants.
This preview uses the same current topology as Germanium Fuzz and Big-Box Fuzz: high-pass cleanup, a biased single tanh clipping stage, broad 980 Hz shaping, and a post-fuzz high shelf. It already lives in a cutting high-gain range, but it is not yet a separately tuned silicon-specific transistor model.
Static peaks come from the compiled FAUST preview render. The live scope is drawn from the browser playback output in real time.
How It Works
This preview uses the same current topology as Germanium Fuzz and Big-Box Fuzz: high-pass cleanup, a biased single tanh clipping stage, broad 980 Hz shaping, and a post-fuzz high shelf. It already lives in a cutting high-gain range, but it is not yet a separately tuned silicon-specific transistor model.
Signal Path
Preview source: An internally generated picked-string phrase is widened to stereo with a 19-sample right-channel delay and slight left/right shelf-EQ offsets before it hits the fuzz core.
An internally generated picked-string phrase is widened to stereo with a 19-sample right-channel delay and slight left/right shelf-EQ offsets before it hits the fuzz core.
Single-stage biased fuzz with pre-drive high-pass cleanup, 980 Hz mid contouring, and post-fuzz high-shelf tone shaping.
The static waveform and the live player both reflect this compiled signal chain.
These are the currently active controls detected in the FAUST source for this effect.
The generated description is tied to the active helper blocks and routing found in the current DSP.
Controls
Blends the untouched stereo preview source with the fuzzed path after the effect core.
Lower settings preserve more pick attack and clean body; higher settings push the fuzz treatment to the front.
Applies final post-effect level trim after DC blocking and before the output limiter.
Matches loudness without changing the actual fuzz structure.
Raises the input multiplier feeding the single fuzz stage.
Increases sustain, density, and overall fuzz aggression.
Adjusts both the 980 Hz peak EQ and the post-fuzz high shelf.
Moves the voice from thicker and darker toward more forward upper mids and bite.
Offsets the waveform before clipping.
Changes clipping symmetry and the edge or sputter of the fuzz texture.
Analysis
Current implementation shares the same biased vintage-fuzz topology as Germanium Fuzz, Big-Box Fuzz, Tone-Bender Style Fuzz, and Pitch Fuzz.
No current warnings are attached to this effect.
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Each effect page uses the same generated description pipeline and compiled waveform preview assets.