Trying a Russian Fuzz
A Russian fuzz has come into my hands to review and tune up from a customer, so it seems to be working all the time and the effect should be able to be turned off. We will try to provide a solution to the problem. It is a vintage Russian fuzz, which in addition to fuzz is wah and tremolo (although I have not tried this last function at the moment). Knowing how the Russians manufactured makes me very curious and I am ready to try it and let myself go. For the test I choose Marshall JMP50 ’73 + Marshall 4×12 JCM800 Celestion G12-65 and two guitars for two types of sound, the Fender Stratocaster SRV ’97 with handmade pickups (and good circuit components with vintage vibes in the sound. Much better than the Texas Specials that come from factory in my opinion) and the Gibson Les Paul Standard ’91 as a counterpoint with humbuckers. All of them from Kitarshokak´s Backline section gear. In my imagination the fuzz sound works much better with singles but in this case surprise… it also does it with humbuckers! There are never rules, although there are still certain starting points that it is not bad to question them from time to time. The Marshall is somewhat saturated but since the fuzz won’t let me turn it off, I haven’t shown what the base sound is like. I would say that it is neither very subtle nor very exaggerated, something in the vein of AC/DC more or less.