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Zombie Effects Lab
When I was little, I used to watch my dad fix electronics all the time. Some of my fondest memories were taking broken electronics apart with my dad and repairing them. In 2013, I decided to build my own fuzz pedal. I made a unique clone of the Colorsound one-knob fuzz. The process taught me so much about different fuzz circuits. I eventually found the exact tone I was looking for, and I used a series of parallel clipping germanium diodes to create a smooth clipping tone similar to a cranked amp. I had my good friend Rudy Flores do the art for the "Doom Treader". I think it came out pretty cool. I wanna say I only made about 20 of these. I did end up getting a few really good pedal demos from Gearmandude and Dennis Kayzer
I also have spent some time buying and testing lots of different pedals. Below are some of the pedal demos/reviews I've done.
Stomp Under Foot: Demogorgon
This was a pedal review I got to do for Stomp Under Foot. He had a limited time release of the Demogorgon pedal that was a awesome rework of his version of the classic Green Russian Muff Fuzz. This pedal has a really great sound. I would love to do more reviews for Matt at Stomp Under Foot. If only I could get my hands on his Silver Foxx and Electric Warlord Pedal.
Stone Fly Effects Stone Skull
I always love the work that Mark does at Stonefly Effects. The artwork and quality in each build really comes through in each pedal, making them a real fuzz lovers collector piece. I believe this pedal was a take on a old classic Fuzz Face. It was loaded with some real nice germanium transistors that broke up real well.
Stone Fly PDf 2
If I could recommend one pedal to be on everyone's pedal board it would have to be the PDF 2. They initially hooked me in when I heard that Josh Homme used the original pdf on some songs. After playing the pedal I realized its true potential. This pedal is a very transparent pedal. You can stack it with any pedal or amp to beef up or add need tone without sacrificing the original tone . I can't say enough about this pedal, You can grab one at Stone Deaf's page.
Game Changer Audio: Plasma Pedal
OMG what a cool pedal! I saw there was this company, Game changer Audio was having a Gofundme for a fuzz, and I couldn't give them my money fast enough. The pedal was real pricey on the Gofundme. I wanna say it was close to 300$. I have to say, this pedal was worth every penny. It has one of the most cool sounding velcro sputtering fuzzes out there. I used it a bunch on our upcoming new record, New Blood, to be released on July 7th, 2023. Jack White did a collaboration with Gamechanger for the Plasma pedal, and took its awesomeness even further. I think you can grab one on his page at thirdmanrecords
Stonefly Effects Two-Headed Werewolf
This is hands down of the the best pedals I have ever played First off, let me say, this thing came in a velvet fucking bag!!!. Any pedal that comes in velvet bag gets a win in my book. Huge Gain on this pedal. I love that it gives you a heavy ripping fuzz on one channel and a gnarly gated octave up fuzz on the other channel. I used the pedal on our song "Flighty Woman"
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