Product ReviewsDunlop Fuzz Face Distortion Distortion Guitar Effect Pedal

Dunlop makes great gear.

After comparing the schematics I was surprised to find it has a few differences to the original circuit because it behaves much the same. A good sounding germanium fuzz, it sounds great when maxed out and cleans up with the guitar volume pretty well too.Read full review...

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I own several germanium fuzz pedals they are all far too sensitive for daily or gigging use. When they work they are awesome but they can be fairly sensitive to everything. Go silicon it may not reach as high of highs but it doesn't hit as low of lowsRead full review...

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If you're a rock guitarists, it's in your destiny to at least try it. WWJHD

Every rock guitarists tries most of the big named pedals before shelling out the cash for boutique or DIY pedals (which are mostly modded clones). How could I call myself a hobbyist if I had never tried the infamous Dunlop Fuzz Face? With players like Hendricks of course, Bonamassa, Eric Johnson... Yes I did just name the special edition fuzz faces. But still... Hendrix, was enough for me.

When you find your sweet spot on the JDF2 FF it opens up an array of tones I couldn't find with any other pedal. It's transparency allows me to hear my guitar, not just a circuit of electronics like the Muff does (i love the muff I'm not trashing it). I can now change tone with my tone knob, pickup height, an pick attack. I can hear my playing not what the pedal does with the magnet and string interaction of my pickups. I can truly hear the difference in the strings types, sizes, picks an thickness... The way I pluck, pick, or sweep the strings. It's amazing to me. It's my guitars natural sound with a fuzz.

Incidentally enough I'd like to make some changes to the pedals circuitry but that's simply biasing or transistor changes to change the way it farts (giggle...) or screams or a volume boost so the darn thing doesn't have to be cranked. But... That's just me... It's what I want. Who buys guitar gear to leave it alone? It's like buying a diesel without the intent of chopping the pipes off. Am I right? Amen, I will preach on!

I've found the price of the basic germanium JDF2 series FF is half or more the price of the named pedals. I personally favor the Eric Johnson series. So let's see... Chang the transistors out, upgrade the pots, add a trim pot (or external pot if you don't mind adding a third eye to your Fuzz's bright red smiling face), and you now have a named FF for a fraction of the cost. Don't solder? LEARN!! You have no excuse, use sockets, explore, just don't eff it up!

Personally... For the price, it's many uses, it's transparency, the way volume swells now increase gain rather than just volume, the way you leave it on the board to your desired full blast setting and control this beast with your finger tips at your guitar... It's versatility to add dirt to a clean signal, crunch to blues, grit to country (ugh... Sorry... Not my cup of overly sugared tea... But thank you southerners for the blues!!) trashy distortion to punk. It's all there. Thinking about this review I realize that a FF is a must have for every guitarist who is searching for your tone... This isn't about solid state or tube it's about a legendary effect pedal that you at least need to experiment with on your board. Try it, sometimes you can fine them for a few dollars on the list, a few more than that at scam shops (also known as pawn shops), borrow a friends. Don't just go on yet another review.

5 stars out of 5
Probably won't leave my board
The best $50 I've spent on my rig
A piece of history there at my feet circa 2010
A piece of equipment with a circuitry easy enough to mod and mod again (why do you think so many clones begin with this simple stompbox?)
Would recommend this to a friend
I own it, I play it, I use the sh!+ out of it.

Rock, blues, and a touch of red dirt at times.
I think that about covers it. Check out my blog for other reviews... When I get one.Read full review...

A VERY GOOD FUZZ PEDAL

The Fuzz Face is a great guitar distortion pedal very famous for being used by Jimi Hendrix.
The best model is it has the transistors NKT275 (germanium transistors) that provides an excellent fuzz.
Other versions incorporate other types of transistors (silicon transistors) and not sound so good, except some models with AC128 transistors (also germanium transistors).

A VERY GOOD FUZZ PEDAL!... "THE BEST"Read full review...

Awesome Pedal!!!

Epic Fuzz Pedal! I love my fuzzy goodness pedals with all of the extra knobs and options, but this ones become my new favorite. Simple, to the point fuzz in your face. Rolling back the volume knob really cleans it up well ( Also, if you inject a lot of Mid into it, it'll start clipping like a Mosquito type fuzz effect, I have a 25dB mid boost knob with active pickups but would bet it would work with an EQ as well) I'm picky about what pedals go on my board, but I cleared out two spaces after messing with this one for a few minutes (yep it's huge).Read full review...

lowest cost useable germanium fuzzface, useable tone , easy to dance to.

This unit has no smile, but apart from this important omission, the unit has germanium transistors are subject to changes in tone depending on the temp. in the winter these sound better when warmed up to around 70-75 , these also go to mush when its HOT. this unit was compared to a new joe bonamassa fuzzface and a 90's dunlop reissue, they all 3 sounded very ,very similar, all 3 germanium transistors. This fuzzface has the circuit board attached to the switch and is turned with circuitry hidden, this is wrong compared to all other faces. I prefer the first crest audio reissues with bc109c silicon transistors or the new jimi hendrix face with bc108's silicons. i find the silicons have more gain and a better tone than the germanium, but i am in the minority on that one. rock on fuzzheadRead full review...

Dunlop Dallas Arbiter JDF2 Fuzzface Distortion Pedal.

Well I give this pedal 5 stars anyway I don't actually own one though as I've never bought this pedal. Due to having a Boss FZ-5 Fuzz pedal and a few, Electro Harmonix Big Muff Pi Deluxe and Electro Harmonix Big Muff Pi with Tone Wicker version. Also I have 2 Behringer Fuzz pedals and one Fulltone Fuzz.
Which requires the white lead for a T-Rex Charmeleon or Voodoo Labs Powersupply.
I have also read alternatively you can use a red lead with a Diago Possitive ground adapter and power adapter.
They have to be in the right order though as they won't work if the wrong setup is made.
I don't know why ebay asked me to review this Dunlop Fuzz though being as I don't own one. Yes they are also great and have a mini series version of these these days. Great videos of these on youtube!!Read full review...

Nice Fuzz Highly Recommend buying it

I purchase the Full large Fuzz face , just to try it out. After looking at the videos of how it sounds , and adjusting to the volume knob. It’s definitely not a bad product. The only con to this is if you get the large full disk Fuzz you have to have a good nine volt battery. And taking the bottom off is not user friendly. But over all I highly recommend the Red flying saucer! 😊. It’s warm and creamy when you back off of the volume on your guitar just a bit it’s real aggressive attack will take you in thrash zone! I love it, compared to my Boss Sd 1 and my Raw dawg by Eric Gales. Fuzz is a world of its own. Go buy one ! It will not disappoint. OBTW There’s the mini too diffence is the mini saves you space and had a AC adapter input on it. The full , large is the ole school one with batteries only. I got the red one because it has a little more tone than the Hendrix Blue one does. Just put that baby in front of any wha and adjust your tone to the sweep of your wHa pedal and ROCK ON!!!Read full review...

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Fuzz Face is a classic fuzz pedal, the standard for great germanium fuzz.

The Fuzz Face is a classic. If you are just getting into the wonderful word of fuzz pedals, the Fuzz Face is a great place to start. It's a warm, thick, fuzz with very simple controls. Famous for Jimi Hendrix using it. One thing to keep in mind is that it is a bigger pedal and can take up quite a bit of room on your pedal board. But if you are just laying pedals out on a carpet or are a bedroom player than it's great to add a boost to your leads.Read full review...

Really gives a nice distortion.

I love the distortion this pedal provides. Works great with my set up!

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