I actually made mine from a schematic off the internet for about $30.00 and I have loved it ever since. It has made an excellent dirty rythem sound, and an Eric Johnson/Jimi Hendrix sound, or it could be your lead sound if your into metal. This could possibly be the best and most important purchase you could make regarding your guitar. So if you make it, or buy it, IT'S WORTH IT!!!

This device,it is a good Item,it has funny tempterment,i find that for me,when you first start playing your guitar through it,it starts out sounding pretty muddy and dark,but the longer,you play your guitar throw it,the fuzzie sound,gets brighter and less muddy sounding,I find i have to ajust Knobs,a little while i play,I got this to use,for my fender hot rod deluxe amp,the over drive,just didn't give,enough distrotion,and it would cause the sound to cut out, in the guitar cord 1 hole.This Baby is just what the doctor ordered.I put this in that hole and leave the amp over drive off,there has been no cut off sinse,2 thumps up.

This the fuzz face you want. Don't get ripped off by the over-hyped boutique ripoffs. As with all classic pedals, this one is simple: just two knobs. But, you have to spend mucho time with this baby, your amp settings, and your guitar knobbies. Silicon version fuzzes are good too, but they are way too bright and harsh for my taste. Let your imagination be your guide with this pedal. Hey, it even smiles at you while you play!

If you are good with a soldering iron, I'd recommend you either make a Fuzz Face yourself from a schematic with a matched pair of germanium trannies and trimpots for resistors for around $60 rather than this price; if you're not, then here's the thing: The modern Fuzz Face has pretty much the same issue today as it had back when Hendrix was alive. The transistors is the problem. They are the "heart" of the electronics in the Fuzz Face and every transistor has a different gain value, that is, how much the transistor amplifies your guitar signal. With most modern-day (silicon) transistors this is not much of a problem because silicon transistors are much easier to make, but germaniums use a different process and therefore can get you entirely different gain values. The key, therefore, is to get a pair of transistors both within a certain "golden" gain range and then change the resistor values to match it... a thing that really only audiophiles and boutique pedal builders do. So if you're gonna get one, play through it, and a few others, first to see if you like the tone as they will differ.

These units from Dunlop are extremely unreliable. This is due to one main reason: The germanium transistors. Believe it or not, these transistors have tonal changes due to temperature change. The quality of the product varies from pedal to pedal. It is hard, but if you find a good one, you will be in wild Hendrix tone territory. A good one of these is pretty outstanding. If you're running into a Marshall and using a Les Paul, I would not reccomend this however. It is massively dark, and would probably turn your flat amplifier and your humbuckers into a buttload of mud. However, a traditional (bright) strat into about any amp (the darkness of the marshall wouldn't matter at this point) this thing would probably do very well, that is, if you recieved a good unit.

For the people stuck between this and the Hendrix Fuzz Face, go for the Hendrix. It is much more versatile than this, contains silicon transistors which aren't nearly as temperamental as the germaniums, and it is just miles better in the terms of craftsmanship. However, these changes could result in a few things that could be looked upon as drawbacks: the tonal structure is a tad brighter, and noticeably wilder. This brightness could result in some harshness, depending on your set up. Also, although it does still do this greatly, the Hendrix does not clean up quite as well as a good germanium with the guitar volume.

In my opinion, I would splurge the extra bucks on the Hendrix. But, this unit, if you get a good one and use it correctly, will give you some pretty rockin' tone.