Product Details
Color: Studio Black
Brand: Benson
MPN: Germanium Fuzz
UPC: 860044002466
EAN: 0860044002466
- Brand: Benson
- Style: Overdrive
- Color: Studio Black
- Voltage: 9 Volts
- Signal Format: Analog
- Item Weight: 15.1 ounces
- Package Dimensions: 5.51 x 4.13 x 2.6 inches
- Item model number: Germanium Fuzz
- Date First Available: April 18, 2023
- Color Name: Studio Black
- Signal Format: Analog
- Voltage: 9 Volts
- This pedal is designed around two germanium 2N527 OR 2N404 Germanium Transistors.
- They are set up in the ubiquitous 60's circular fuzz topology, and tuned for good sound.
- The bias of the transistors in this pedal is automatically regulated by a circuit that GENTLY warms the transistors to a preset operating point.
- The circuit has been tuned to be used as a rich sounding clean boost, an overdrive, all the way up to an aggressive fuzz with some octave overtones.
This pedal is designed around two germanium 2N527 OR 2N404 Germanium
Transistors. They have been graded for gain and leakage and carefully matched
to sound their best. They are set up in the ubiquitous 60's circular fuzz
topology, and tuned for good sound, and include some additional oddities aimed
at solving the issues that prevent more widespread use of Germanium
devices....detailed below. THE FIRST FUZZ PEDAL WITH AUTOMATIC THERMAL BIAS
TECHNOLOGY The bias of the transistors in this pedal is automatically
regulated by a circuit that GENTLY warms the transistors to a preset operating
point using analog components, and ensures a consistent sound, no matter the
external temperature. When the LED is orange, the transistors are warming up
to increase their hFE (transistor gain) and to shift the bias point to the
correct voltage. When the LED turns green, the warmer is off because the
correct bias and hFE have been set. Expect the LED to toggle back and forth
every so often while the pedal is on... that is how you know its working. The
heaters will warm the transistors enough to still be effective on a sunny
stage, but far cooler than anything that would harm the transistors. This
pedal is designed to operate between freezing and 100F but might still sound
outside this range. There are two colors: Studio Black is not meant for direct
sunlight, Solar White is new with it. We have found there is a 20˚F difference
between a black pedal and a white pedal in direct sunlight.
