DISCONTINUED AS OF MARCH 2018
AVAILABILITY LIMITED TO DEALER STOCK ONLY
Bright Sixties Fuzz Tones
If you are looking to recreate the tone of the Sixties, this is the fuzz for you! The White Heat comes loaded with a pair of new old-stock European germanium transistors custom tuned right to the sweet spot.
Handwired from scratch onto a vintage-style stripboard, using the highest quality components, each White Heat comes loaded with CITEC pots, a heavy duty Alpha switch, Neutrik Jacks, carbon film resistors, WIMA / BC / Vishay capacitors and other high quality components.
Controls:
ATTACK - Controls the intensity of the fuzz effect. For a wider range of ‘cleaner’ tones try rolling back the volume control on your guitar.
LEVEL - Controls the overall volume of the pedal.
The over forty year old topology of the circuit and germanium transistors interact best with low to medium output ‘vintage voiced’ pick-ups. Some more modern high output pick-ups (particularly humbuckers) alter the tone of the fuzz and cause the output level to drop and sag when the pedal is engaged though rolling back the volume on your guitar can help counteract this.
The original two transistor Italian pedals did not have a huge amount of output – some just making unity gain. The White Heat has more output than the original unit but still does not have modern levels of volume boost available (unity is a round 2/3-3/4 on the LEVEL control) . Therefore we suggest that you start with both controls set to maximum and ease them back to taste.
Power:
A standard 9 volt DC regulated power supply with a 2.1mm negative tip barrel plug or a 9 volt PP3 battery. If you intend on sharing the same power supply with other pedals, it must be one with isolated outputs.
Current Draw: 10mA
Dimensions: (including knobs and jacks)
126 x 65 x 60 mm
Full two year Warranty
White Heat Manual
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