Members Pengrin Posted December 21, 2006 Members Share Posted December 21, 2006 Here is a pic of my 70s Mica Fuzzder pedal. I'll take a better photo of it soon and post it here. Any one else tried this pedal?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alteredsounds Posted December 21, 2006 Members Share Posted December 21, 2006 dont really know this pedal, hows it sound? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DiscoFreq Posted December 22, 2006 Members Share Posted December 22, 2006 Thanks! Does it say "Mica" somewhere on the pedal? I have pictures of these effects (only the name is different): Mica FT-12 Fuzzder Mica FT-12 Wailer (I found the mica pictures after contacting you ) Melos FS-1 Fuzzder Monacor FS-1 Fuzzder So maybe your pedal is a Melos or Monacor (as it says FS-1)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sir H C Posted December 22, 2006 Members Share Posted December 22, 2006 Also seen with the LaFayette name on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pengrin Posted December 22, 2006 Author Members Share Posted December 22, 2006 Mine actually has no brand name on it. I only assumed it was a Mica since I found a pic on the net that looked identical to mine. Mine has no brand on it, just "Fuzzder Model FS-1" to the right of the on/off switch. On the left it has "Solid State". So you are correct it could be something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sir H C Posted December 22, 2006 Members Share Posted December 22, 2006 I think Fuzzder was the brand for that one. The Mica/LaFayette/Fuzzder are all the same thing, just relabeled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bruno Posted December 22, 2006 Members Share Posted December 22, 2006 Originally posted by Sir H C Also seen with the LaFayette name on them. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DiscoFreq Posted December 22, 2006 Members Share Posted December 22, 2006 I have the monacor Fuzzder version. Some of those effects that were sold with a lot of brand names also exist without brandname (or maybe the brand name was on a sticker), like the Wau Wau Fuzz etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pengrin Posted December 22, 2006 Author Members Share Posted December 22, 2006 Very cool guys. I just learned more about my pedal!!! And nice website you have there DiscoFreq. I was surfing it yesterday and found some mods that I have done to my new USA Big Muff. Awesome collection of links and info. Keep up the good work!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pengrin Posted December 24, 2006 Author Members Share Posted December 24, 2006 Hey DiscoFreq, as promised here is a better photo of the Fuzzder. I also modded my Big Muff based on some info I found on your website. I have a 5 way tone switch to change the capacitor in the tone stack, a switch to disconnect the clipping diodes and a switch to bypass some resistors for the "creamy dreamer" mod. Sounds great with all of them. Really versatile now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pengrin Posted December 24, 2006 Author Members Share Posted December 24, 2006 Here's a pic beside my modded Big Muff for size ref. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pengrin Posted December 24, 2006 Author Members Share Posted December 24, 2006 Ok lets try that again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pengrin Posted December 24, 2006 Author Members Share Posted December 24, 2006 And here's a pic of the back of my Big Muff with the tone stack capacitor select switch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DiscoFreq Posted December 24, 2006 Members Share Posted December 24, 2006 Nice, I should try some mods on my Russian muff too Thanks!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Puguglybonehead Posted April 20, 2008 Members Share Posted April 20, 2008 I've been trying to find one of these pedals for ages! The Fuzzder (love the Fender-style "F" in the logo) was just soooo awful-sounding, I couldn't help but love it. Even though it had serious feedback issues, and tended to be very RF sensitive, it had a sound I just loved! It had really uneven break-up, boosted your treble all-to-hell, and did nothing to help your sustain. At the minimum Fuzz setting, it sounded like a badly damaged, separating speaker cone. At maximum fuzz, it sounded like your cat dying loudly. Playing chords through it was pure aural barf. Combined with an MXR Bluebox, it sounded just plain crazy! Wish I'd kept my old one. They sold for only $15.00, brand new in music stores in the mid 1970's in Toronto. Now when I go looking for them, they're next to impossible to find. Can't even find any schematics. All that turns up is schematics for the Shin-Ei fuzz, which is still too slick-sounding, in comparison. If anybody has a Fuzzder that they don't have any use for, PM me. I really miss that nasty little fuzz. Paddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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