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Circle Electric Co Orbiter Germanium Fuzz Face Circuit Guitar Pedal - $200 (Logan Square)
Kedzie near Albany
condition:
like new
make / manufacturer:
Circle Electric Co.
model name / number:
Orbiter Germanium Fuzz Face
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Built on a vintage replica PCB with NOS caps and carbon comp resistors. This one was tuned using NOS 2SB324 germanium transistors for pleasant saturation and crystalline NKT275 style cleanup.
In my opinion Circle Electric Co. is building some of the best fuzz pedals currently. The only reason I'm selling the pedal is because I have a MKII and Italian fuzz pedal made by this same builder that I lean on more often. But this Fuzz Face is truly unique and probably the closest that you'll find to that classic sound. See more details below.
This pedal works well with single coil and hum bucker pickups.
https://youtu.be/FrixSWkY6Rc?si=R5lEBeiGRmZgXh2A
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The Orbiter is a recreation of the 1966 Arbiter Fuzz Face®. A fat, creamy, and harmonically rich classic fuzz tone famous for its versatility and impeccable clean up. Although it’s circuit is nearly identical to the Tone Bender® MK1.5 it was based on, it’s altered bias point and larger 500k volume pot lend to it a much fatter and smoother distortion with a more refined and delicate attack. Blue Cheer’s “Summertime Blues” is a prime example of what this bad boy is capable of.