The DOD Chthonic Fuzz creates fat, corpulent, fudgy, sludgy, fuzz tones designed to pair perfectly with single-coil, P90, gold-foil, and DeArmond style pickups. It also works well with PAF-style humbuckers, but this fuzz was designed with brighter guitars and bright, clean amps in mind.
Starting with a beloved single-knob '70s fuzz circuit, DOD experimented with adding a subtle tone control (Lustre), and then a separate gain control (Fuzz). This produced a simple yet powerful fuzz with an earthy, dark flavour. Straight-up transistor clipping using a pair of 2N2222 transistors allows guitar volume knob clean-up similar to other classic fuzzes, but the Chthonic comes from a different dimension. Kind of like a classic fuzz from an alternate universe.
The Cthonic Fuzz is designed to be first in the chain to allow it to interact with the guitar pickups and volume control. Rolling off the guitar volume just a tiny bit will give the best results, and rolling it back to 7 or 8 will allow the Chthonic to clean-up to a nice overdrive. Rolling the guitar volume to 5 will produce sparkling clean tones. This sensitivity also makes the Chthonic react to the capacitance of longer cables, so try to keep the cable to the input to the Chthonic as short as possible. Also avoid having any pedals before the Chthonic as the buffer will effect the tone.
Features:
- Darker fuzz designed for brighter guitars and amps
- Subtle tone control retains pick attack throughout entire range
- Excellent clean-up with guitar volume knob
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Product Specs
- Item Number: 30405
- Make: DOD
- Model: Chthonic Fuzz
- Condition: Brand New
- Finish: Blue
- Categories: effects-and-pedals ⇒ fuzz ⇒ pedal
- Function: Fuzz
- Made In: United States
- MPN: DOD-CHTHONIC
- UPC: 810147520015
- Modular Grid: Pedals ⓘ ＋
- Dimensions*: 67 mm wide 119 mm high
- Power*: ? mA / 9 V DC / Negative Center
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