Hendrix-like fuzz for under £100 brand new?

camelfish

soma1975 said:

camelfish said:

Dave_Mc said:

soma1975 said:

Ah ok in which case check camelfish on eBay. 

Great maker that does lovely pedals very inexpensively. 

Edit

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176077315139?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=O-6Cl6QjSC6&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=4UnfybZeTWO&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Dunlop mini for £112

 https://reverb.com/item/77375462?utm_source=android-app&utm_medium=android-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=77375462

Another good cheap maker on Ebay is websmurfer- I haven't tried his Fuzz Face but his treble booster was very nice. As long as you don't get into a bidding war with someone else, they're usually under £30! Not sure how he does them so cheap... EDIT: He seems to be away over the holidays... looking through his completed listings I don't see a Fuzz Face, I'm not actually sure if he does one or not, I just sort of assumed he would!

(Those camelfish ones look very nice, they don't ship to Northern Ireland unfortunately or I'd probably try one!)

Sorry, didn't realise that Northern Ireland or the Scottish Highlands was not set up on my ebay delivery - now changed

Cheers

Camelfish

Didn't know you were on here mate. Absolutely love your treble booster I bought from you. Recently took it to a Fretboard meetup and had it up loud and it was widely appreciated. Great stuff!

Hello, only joined since I saw your comments on here, so thanks for the postive words, much appreciated. Cheers

NCo

camelfish said:

Dave_Mc said:

soma1975 said:

Ah ok in which case check camelfish on eBay. 

Great maker that does lovely pedals very inexpensively. 

Edit

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176077315139?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=O-6Cl6QjSC6&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=4UnfybZeTWO&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Dunlop mini for £112

 https://reverb.com/item/77375462?utm_source=android-app&utm_medium=android-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=77375462

Another good cheap maker on Ebay is websmurfer- I haven't tried his Fuzz Face but his treble booster was very nice. As long as you don't get into a bidding war with someone else, they're usually under £30! Not sure how he does them so cheap... EDIT: He seems to be away over the holidays... looking through his completed listings I don't see a Fuzz Face, I'm not actually sure if he does one or not, I just sort of assumed he would!

(Those camelfish ones look very nice, they don't ship to Northern Ireland unfortunately or I'd probably try one!)

Sorry, didn't realise that Northern Ireland or the Scottish Highlands was not set up on my ebay delivery - now changed

Cheers

Camelfish

This thread is exactly what I was looking for, with the extra requirement of top mounted jacks.

Camel, I assume that your Face of Fuzz is the Hendrix FF pedal? Any idea when it'll be back in stock?

Cheers.

GoFish

Wehell lookie here. We've got ourelves a lil' Fuzzface corral happenin' ... yee haw!

I don't know why I just did that.

camelfish

Ah, the "Face of Fuzz" pedal  I no longer produce. It was a Germanium Standard gain FF pedal using OC45 and OC81D transistors. I tend to make a short run and then move on to something a little differant. I think the general feeling is that the first Hendrix pedal (before he moved to silicon) was a low gain Germanium.

camelfish

Also meant to say that there is an LG on ebay at the moment.

Pabcrane

JamesC01 said:

soma1975 said:

Isn't the actual blue Dunlop mini Hendrix fuzz often found around that price?

If so it's excellent. Best of the non boutiques and can hang with them.  

Thanks, but they're like £130 second hand, £170 new. I'm looking for something that's probably max £100, mainly leaning towards the lower end around £50-£70. There's some cheaper ones, like the TC rusty fuzz, which looks decent for £40, but I might be better off getting someone for more.

I don't have the Rusty Fuzz or Honey Pot fuzz but I do have a few of the pedals from that series. If you're worried about buying disposable rubbish I've used them for a number of years on a few different boards or just loose on the floor, transported in a racksack and haven't had any issues with any of them breaking (though I'm not as hard on gear as various bandmates seem to be I don't coddle stuff).

The only thing I am mindfully careful with these pedals is plugging and unplugging the DC power, just a bit gentle - the socket doesn't seem to mounted to case so I assume it is only mounted to the PCB. But as I say, I haven't had any issues this far - but I've never looked inside one (not that I would be able to tell anything by doing that anyway!)

Do you know if the Rusty Fuzz is a Fuzz Face? I'm pretty sure the Honey Pot is a Big Muff so that would make sense. If you do try one, let us know, I'd be interest to hear if it is any good.

Petepassion

I have a Dunlop germanium mini fuzz face you can have for £95 delivered 

Sparks

Just ordered a high-gain Fuzz Face from you because of the tip on here, @camelfish ;

camelfish

Much Appreciated, sent this morning