{"id":8128553287939,"title":"Silktone Fuzz Pedal","handle":"silktone-fuzz-pedal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTax Free - Fast Free Shipping \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFree Returns - Lowest Price Allowed by Silktone Year-Round...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e$249 is your absolute final\/total here for the \u003cstrong\u003eSilktone Fuzz Pedal.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of the Silktone Fuzz pedal are \u003cstrong\u003e2 germanium transistors in the classic fuzz face topology... tweaked to get a huge array of tones and fix all of the annoyances you get with a typical germanium fuzz\u003c\/strong\u003e. Silktone wanted to nail the awesome tones everybody knows and loves when these transistors are biased to their sweet spot… and also when they’re not. With \u003cstrong\u003eSilktone's active bias monitor\u003c\/strong\u003e, you can easily hit them all. Want that oh so sweet sweet spot? Dial it to ~4.50. Prefer some fat sticky fuzz? Dial it past 7.50. Want a spitty gated fuzz? Dial it to ~1.10. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3y7-dWQ9Xd4\" alt=\"Silktone Fuzz Demo Video\" title=\"Silktone Fuzz Demo Video\" height=\"135\" width=\"240\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCombine all of this with the \u003cstrong\u003eonboard pickup simulator, to place the Silktone Fuzz pedal anywhere in your effects chain, without the normal issues\u003c\/strong\u003e. Also, a cleanup knob, to get you into drive territory that rivals the best overdrives out there, with beautifully musical germanium color. Now you have \u003cstrong\u003eone of the most useable, versatile fuzzes to date, with SO much texture\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"240\" height=\"135\" title=\"Silktone Fuzz Demo Details\" alt=\"Silktone Fuzz Demo Details\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jV9TGUxZrqY\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat’s up with that “Cleanup” knob?...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe cleanup knob is a ton of people's favorite feature, and has also made this Silktone fuzz a lot of people’s favorite overdrive pedal. This was a huge surprise to Silktone, after releasing it! They knew it was useful, but the response was crazy. It cleans up the fuzz the higher you push the knob and it works in turn with the pickup sim by \u003cstrong\u003emimicking your guitar volume knob\u003c\/strong\u003e to get the cleaner sparkly boost\/light overdrive tones a good germanium fuzz face is known for when you roll your guitar volume knob back a bit. It works well as a max fuzz setting, to dial in the tone you like, and \u003cstrong\u003enot having to worry about your guitar volume\u003c\/strong\u003e when you engage the pedal. It's also useful when the pedal is placed late in the chain to control input gain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IDMoHNhOiQE\" alt=\"Silktone Fuzz Demo\" title=\"Silktone Fuzz Demo\" height=\"135\" width=\"240\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy does it have a “Pickup Simulator”?...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e​A lot of fuzzes, including fuzz faces, have really low input impedance, so when you put a high impedance guitar in front of them, it creates this really nice high-mid hump and roll-off, keeping things relatively tame and musical. If you place a buffer or any other pedal with a low output impedance before a typical low impedance fuzz, you get this really nasty squealing oscillation, and you lose all musicality and nuance. If you've ever tried placing a buffered tube screamer or wah before a fuzz pedal, you'll know this well. \u003cstrong\u003eThe Silktone fuzz pedal fixes this, with an onboard pickup simulator, so you can place the pedal anywhere in the chain and it behaves as if a guitar is plugged straight into it.\u003c\/strong\u003e Try it after a cocked back wah, for some cool Q filtering. Silktone worked really hard, and tried a ton of different parts, to make this as transparent as possible, while still working the way it should. \u003cstrong\u003eIt’s an expanded take on the highly circulated Orman circuit.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is “BIAS”?...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBias is the operating voltage of the transistors, determining how they distort and clip the audio signal.\u003c\/strong\u003e There are a couple of common ways most pedal builders approach adjustable bias in a fuzz face circuit. \u003cstrong\u003eOne way is to make both transistors adjustable.\u003c\/strong\u003e Things can get messy really easily this way, because the transistors interact with each other, and that first transistor is really sensitive to changes. It becomes hard to nail down consistently good tones, especially with temperature sensitive germanium. \u003cstrong\u003eThe other way\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eis making only the second transistor adjustable. \u003c\/strong\u003eThere's less tonal range this way, but it behaves better, unless it's germanium and gets thrown off by temperature. Then, there's no correction in place for the first transistor, so it can get all out of whack.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSilktone fuzz does it a little different than either of these methods.\u003c\/strong\u003e The cool thing about the fuzz face circuit is that the two transistors are directly coupled, so if you change the values around one, it affects the other automatically. Silktone uses this to their advantage, and carefully bias things internally, to make both transistors land where they need to be and enable the external bias control to have a huge range of easily accessed tones that all sound great for what they are, and can be recalled any time (or temperature) without trouble.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy an LED bias meter?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith germanium fuzz being so temperature sensitive, even bias knob adjustments on other pedals become completely pointless with big temperature swings\u003c\/strong\u003e, leaving you to set it by ear every time, which isn't always easy. If all you have is a traditional bias knob, with no read-out, and you have it set to 10 o’ clock or so in a 70 degree room and it sounds great, and then go play outdoors in 90 degrees, or go down to the basement and it’s 50 degrees, your 10 o’ clock position from before will sound completely different. Probably causing a gating effect or something, and you'll have to find the new spot you like every time. \u003cstrong\u003eThe active bias monitor on the Silktone fuzz pedal takes out any guess work. \u003c\/strong\u003eYou just remember the number you like for whatever tone you're after, and if the temperature shifts too much, the meter will reflect that, so you can quickly and easily dial it right back where you like it, and forget about it. You don't have to shift it all the time or anything, just with big temperature swings. Plus, \u003cstrong\u003eit doubles as an on\/off indicator and just looks really cool!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat does that “Classic\/Raw” switch do?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt does two things\u003c\/strong\u003e... set it to \u003cstrong\u003e\"Classic\"\u003c\/strong\u003e and you have the traditional fuzz face bass filtering and bias ratio between the transistors. Set to \u003cstrong\u003e\"Raw\"\u003c\/strong\u003e and it removes the bass filter to let the whole signal through, and extends the bias ratio of the two transistors by shifting the second transistor up higher, for an even fatter, boosted sound. The effect of the switch is more apparent when fuzz is dimed, and cleanup is at minimum. The bias read-out will also shift about 1 volt higher in Raw mode. For example, if you're on the edge of gating around 1.30 in Classic mode, it would be 2.30 in Raw mode. It's pretty easy to follow once you use it. Raw mode is nice for huge thick fuzz tones, or for a more focused clean boost type of thing, with the cleanup knob pushed way up, and the bias around 6.\u003cbr\u003e​\u003cbr\u003eA great starting point for setting bias is ~4.50 - this is the sweet spot most fuzz faces shoot for, and the spot most people will probably hang around.\u003cstrong\u003e If you want to experiment and really tailor the tone to your taste, here are a few points to check out. 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This was a huge surprise to Silktone, after releasing it! They knew it was useful, but the response was crazy. It cleans up the fuzz the higher you push the knob and it works in turn with the pickup sim by \u003cstrong\u003emimicking your guitar volume knob\u003c\/strong\u003e to get the cleaner sparkly boost\/light overdrive tones a good germanium fuzz face is known for when you roll your guitar volume knob back a bit. It works well as a max fuzz setting, to dial in the tone you like, and \u003cstrong\u003enot having to worry about your guitar volume\u003c\/strong\u003e when you engage the pedal. 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