Zvex Fuzz Probe

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Submitted by Ferox from Los Altos, CA (432 points) on Jun 27, 2009
Novel pedal, and noisy as hell. THICK fuzz.
Good Points: The gate/sustain knobs (meant for geetard players) are actually useful for noise. In a feedback loop, it provides some great grating/thresholdy squeals. On the right settings, you can get fuzzy theremin tones from this thing. If you have fast fingers, you can get some really intense pulses out of the plate.
Bad Points: Expensive and big. Knobs are in a really really bad place for knob twisters. Can pick up radio stations.
Price Paid: US$200.00
Purchased At: Starving Musician
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Submitted by Art from Newcastle (8 points) on Jan 12, 2004
wow!what an amazing pedal.There is literally nothing like this on the market.It wraps your sound in a sheet of noise,and can be used to create ringmod style effects.It's expensive,but definitely worth it.
Good Points: Unbelieveably loud and harsh,great sound.
Bad Points: Expensive. Not good for playing in bands(but that's not why we're here)
Price Paid: US$175.00
Purchased At: ebay
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Submitted by Gus from San Francisco, CA (282 points) on Mar 2, 2002
Loud, hissing, squealing fuzz. It's a zvex fuzz factory with an antenna plate that controls the stability knob. With the stability knob set properly you can generate theremin like feedback squeals using the antenna. However, the theremin qualities of this pedal are most pronounced when used with input sources like microphones, or guitar pickups. When used with any other input, you get modulated, radio like static instead of theremin noise. Be sure to open the gate control all hte way up when using this thing for noise, as the gate will kill a lot of sustain. I still haven't even scratched at all this pedal can do, and I've been fooling with it for 8 months. Well worth the price.
Good Points: Very, very loud. The fuzz it generates can be totally different than average fuzzboxes. The ability to tweak the stability parameter with the antenna is a real bonus as well.
Bad Points: Expensive.
Price Paid: US$299.00
Purchased At: Real Guitars, San Francisco
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