MFZ Fuzz

I own a Vintage Ratt, MXR+, and have played around with Big Muff Russian pedals. This pedal is the best at recreating that 60's sound and I'm not kidding. Good for Chuck Berry, Rolling Stones (Brian Jones era), The Doors, and anything off of Nuggets. It's that very buzzy sounding distortion you hear on all those albums. You'd probably hate this pedal if you're into shredding like Eddie Van Halen, Kirk Hammet, or Yngway Malmsteen. I've never tried a Dallas Arbiter w/Silicon, a Univox Fuzzface, or a Mosrite Fuzz pedal from this era so I can't compare it to those. I'll give it a 10 because it is by far the best vintage distortion I've heard.

Yes.

Two knobs. One volume, and one that adds attack.

I have no idea. It's made by Gibson. I'm sure its a pain to get through to them, but I imagine they back up their shit. The good thing is the electronics in this thing are so basic you shouldn't have problem getting it repaired should something happent to it.

Great pedal. I just want to mention that it also comes in great packaging. A nice orange box, with the original schematics, and the original instruction book. The instructions are so dated it reads nice and humorously. Its like 'Caution when you step on the Maestro Fuzz your guitar may feedback.'. Ha! Back when these things came out you must have needed this disclaimer.

I must admit this pedal caused me to post my first submission. This fuzz is amazing. I was teching guitar at a rock session, for a band with heavy psych influences and the guitarist and I were going through distortions in front of a crate blue voodoo with a custom shop gibson les paul   for a certain track. We tried on the big-muff, some boss overdrives and then pulled out the fuzz...i tweaked the drive then the volume and man, i have never heard such a grind. If properly tweaked you can hear every note being played very evenly and it still retains its beautiful fuzz. It is the most musical "heavy" sound ever. Simply the best fuzz i have heard and i have played with a lot of pedals. I highly doubt it would work very well infront of a solid-state amp. But if you know tone. Buy this. There are so many tones you can create with this pedal. The volume changes the tone a lot...this pedal is very real and very organic. You could get rhyth buzzing tones that show up old stones records. This pedal is perfect if you are looking for anything from classic buzz to sabbath grind...thats the best way i can describe it. Amazing

Im gonna be careful with this guy, hes kinda old. I wouldnt gig with this thing unless it was behind the board. The knobs are so big that they can easily be moved in a chaotic environment. But i doubt you could emulate this sound.....ever. I just use it on records. I dont think its a bad thing to change it up live.

The reason I gave this an 8 not a 10 is because achieving good tone is an art. What is easy to some may not be to another. it took me a couple of rig changes to get this thing to sound its full potential. A few years ago it would have taken a lot more. Two giant knobs volume and drive. Pretty easy.

None, but a trip to a good pedal repair specialist should be able to fix most of your problems.

I've play a kind of dark swing/70's/electronica the fuzz works like no other. I have been playing guitars among other things for 9 years, but my big thing is records, i record engineer produce and conceptualize records, this thing is a cool tool to have if you work like that.   

Classic clearly defined fuzz- sort of Santana sounding.

Yes

Two knobs- volume and drive.

No- my version is an original from some upstate New York company from the 1970's.

Good for rock/heavy blues- only has one sound and one useable intensity but its a great sound- I used this fuzz box in college in the 1980's.