I'd pay US$15 to avoid those calls ...
Wait, I did.
I'd pay US$15 to avoid those calls ...
you'd think... but Amazon is telling me $24.90. of course "free shipping" is not really free. But any pedal under $25 that is not complete sh** is probably worth getting.A.David.MacKinnon wrote: ↑Wed Aug 18, 2021 4:43 amFor $24 Canadian (which is what, $18USD?) it's totally worth having.
I don't think the HyperFuzz is really meant as a true octave up fuzz, and I've never really heard that effect from it. With most octave fuzz type, you get the most clear octave up effect usually by using the neck pickup, turning the T pot on the guitar down and playing above the 12th fret. They don't really "track", but they have a better chance of approximating that octave doubling when there is less harmonic material, the input is weighted more toward the fundamental, and especially when that first octave harmonic is absent from the original. Sometimes the same effect as "turning down the T pot" is accomplished just by the pedal having a very low input impedance (and being first in the chain after the guitar), but the principle remains. Or course, it just can't work on anything but single note lines. They are not pitch shifters but basically rectifiers, and that action only really works with relatively simple signals.
Almost kinda the opposite of "cheap sleeper". Not exactly the most expensive boutique fancy crap out there, but...
So the Behringer Superfuzz is their version of the Boss Hyperfuzz, which is Boss's take on the classic Japanese Superfuzz circuit that was used in pretty much every Japanese fuzz from 1968-1980 (Univox, Honey, Shaftsbury, Royal, Aria, Ibanez Standard Fuzz, Marlboro Wailer, etc). Some are 6 transistor, and some are 8, but the overall vibe is similar. (Boss originally used this circuit in their Micro-Rack ROD-10 in the 80s). The two modes, like on a Superfuzz are not two different fuzz circuits. They are just choosing between two tone settings after the fuzz circuit, one being scooped and bassy, the other being bright and piercing. People have figured out that you can set the Behringer switch right in between the two settings for what might be the best tone out of the pedal. (Trivia: we take positions 2 and 4 on a Strat pickup selector for granted now (which is the bridge and middle or neck and middle pickups in parallel, but NOT out of phase, as is erroneously said. This was a "trick" people figured out early on by balancing the original 3-way switch in between settings where it shorted between the two pickups. It actually wasn't until the later 70s that Fender actually started putting 5-way switches in!!!).
i can't speak to the behringer specifically, but on most of the Japanese circuits you can wire a pot in place of the switch, grounding the wiper so that it behaves as two variable resistors, and be able to sweep between the settings. There's a little more to it than that but it's a useful mod and not too hard to figure out.Rodgre wrote: ↑Mon Oct 04, 2021 11:43 amThe two modes, like on a Superfuzz are not two different fuzz circuits. They are just choosing between two tone settings after the fuzz circuit, one being scooped and bassy, the other being bright and piercing. People have figured out that you can set the Behringer switch right in between the two settings for what might be the best tone out of the pedal.
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