Description
The Voltic Dual Transistor Fuzz is a flexible pedal that moves easily between clean boost, overdrive, and full fuzz. Two selector switches let you reshape the circuit on the fly, so one pedal can act as a treble booster or a full-range preamp, with a choice of how much clipping and compression you add. It's built around hand-tested vintage-style transistors and germanium diodes, and it's designed for players who like to tweak and explore.
The Dual Transistor Fuzz cleans up well when you roll back your guitar's volume, and it responds strongly to whatever you place in front of it. Push it with a boost or overdrive and the tone gets thicker and more aggressive. Back off and it stays clear and glassy. That makes it easy to move between a sparkling, germanium-flavored preamp sound and the rawer fuzz tones of the 90s without changing pedals.
What the Switches Do
TRB / NRM (Range): This switch selects the input capacitor, which controls how much bass enters the circuit. TRB uses the same stock value as the Dallas Rangemaster, a good choice for pushing dark, distorted amps. NRM is closer to full range, removing only the lowest bass frequencies.
CST / OPN / NRM (Voice): This switch selects the clipping diodes, which shapes the amount of distortion and compression. In the CST (down) position, hand-matched, typically new-old-stock germanium diodes provide the most compression and fuzz, with a slight drop in volume. OPN (up) removes the clipping diodes entirely, letting noticeably more high end and transients through. NRM uses asymmetrical germanium and silicon clipping, which splits the difference with a slight bass rolloff and tamed top end.
Key Features
- Versatile circuit covering clean boost, overdrive, and fuzz
- Treble booster or full-range preamp behavior via the TRB / NRM Range switch
- Three clipping modes via the CST / OPN / NRM Voice switch: matched germanium, no diodes, or asymmetrical germanium/silicon
- Excellent cleanup and very responsive to pedals placed before it
- Vintage-style Eastern European and Russian transistors and diodes, hand-tested and soldered by the builder
- Handcrafted in Wilmington, Delaware
- Runs on any standard BOSS-style, center-negative 9V power supply
- Lifetime Voltic warranty (from the manufacturer)
If you want a boost, an overdrive, and a fuzz that you can reshape with two switches, the Dual Transistor Fuzz delivers a lot of range in one small box. Orders from Tone Wolf ship fully insured from our Brooklyn, NYC facility, usually within one business day. Questions about the Dual Transistor Fuzz or how it fits with the rest of your pedalboard? Get in touch and we'll be happy to help.
