Demeter FUZ-1 Fuzzulator

Pretty straight forward controls; On top there's fuzz, tone and volume. On the left side is a "loose/tight" mini toggle. On right side is a small, recessed trim pot for adjusting output. The controls all work as you'd expect them to and it's fairly easy to dial in your sound quickly.

To me, the Fuzzulator is a very "polite" fuzz, kind of like a fuzz and a smooth distortion combined. It's very articulate for a fuzz and allows endless sustain when you crank it up. I personally liked the loose setting much better than the tight. The loose setting uses Germanium diodes and sounds very warm with rich harmonic content. The tight setting uses LEDs for a more modern, distortion-like sound that cleans up pretty well when you back off your volume a bit. The Fuzzulator won't do the old school "splatty" fuzz sound, there's other pedals that are much better for that. For me, the "splatty" fuzz sound is a bit of a novelty, only to be used occasionally. It's a cool sound, but not always practical. The Fuzzulator is much more useable. I absolutely love the Fuzzulator with a bridge single coil and the guitar's tone backed off about half way. Killer lead tones, think Jeff Beck.

I've only had the Fuzzulator for about 3 months. So far no problems.

Never dealt with Demeter.

Rating something like a fuzz is very subjective, no single pedal will be everyone's cup of tea. As I mentioned before, the Fuzzulator has a smoother, more articulate sound than your "traditional" fuzz. If that's the sound you're after then the Fuzzulator is it. It's also quiet and nicely built, definitely boutique quality. The sound clips on the Demeter web site are pretty good, check them out and decide for yourself. For me, the Fuzzulator is a keeper and I highly recommend it.

Demeter Fuzzulator has controls for volume, fuzz and tone. It also has a switch on the side for loose/tight settings (germanium/led). There is also a gain control on the side which you can adjust for your rig via a mini screwdriver. Powered by 9V or you have to use a Dunlop style adaptor jack. Very easy to dial in great sounds, wish they used Boss style adaptor.

I use this with bass and this is my favorite "dirt" pedal. There are so many shades of dirt/fuzz from very subtle to grind/sustain but never harsh. This is a very warm, focused sound, no bass loss on the tone control if anything it adds a little at full counter clockwise ... awesome tone control.I prefer the tight setting. I found this to be the best pedal to emulate that vintage tube/speaker break up sound we all like, especially for blues. Really turns my clean Eden/Mesa Boogie rig into a vintage blues rig. I own the Xotic Bass BB preamp and that is also a great overdrive/distortion but the Demeter is warmer (hard to believe),more vintage but stays focused. You can also dial up intense fuzz for acid rock or whatever. Works great with my EVH MXR 90 Phase. If your looking for gated/synth fuzz or octavia sounds look elsewhere, The Demeter is really based more on a vintage fuzz design but with modern cut and focus.

Very well built, except I don't like the mini toggle switch on the side.

Bought mine from Scott at www.axeandyoushallreceive.com. Excellent service. I don't know what Demeter's service is like.

Great fuzz pedal for me, works great with all my basses and equipment. A little pricey for a fuzz pedal but it is definately my favorite fuzz/dirt pedal. I own this and the Xotic Bass BB preamp and Xotic Bass RC Boost. I own an EBS Multidrive (not bad has some versatile sounds, may sell).I've owned the Fulltone Fatboost and Bassdrive (pretty good but both can be harsh). I've owned a EH Big Muff(muddy) and a Prescription Depthcharge (cuts thru great because of the octave up but hard to tame even with the blend). All and all the Demeter Fuzzulator is a real versatile/musical fuzz.

Very intuitive, very flexible. Fuzz, Tone, Volume controls. Toggle for "Loose" (Vintage) or "Tight" (more modern-more amplike). Recessed trim pot for overall output. Lot of sounds in this little box if you take a little time with it.

Absolutely dead quiet, studio quality. Just what you'd expect frim Demeter. I'm using it through the clean channel of a Demeter TGP-3 Preamp and Demeter Power Amp. From Joe Walsh to Duane Allman and everything in between. Due to an innovative Tone Pre Emphasis Circuit, that produces great tone and note articulation no matter how much gain/fuzz you have dialed in. It also cleans up very well from the guitar volume knob, great for those Duane Allman swells. Guitar Player Magazine "Editor's Pick"

This is one of the first units to come out last year and it's very dependable, I do not have a backup for this unit.

James Demeter and staff have been very helpful on numerous occasion over the 10 years I've been using their products.

For blues to alternative/roots to classic rock, has never let me down. I've tried various other fuzz pedals, but none can compete for sound quality or quietness. A First Class pedal from a First Class Designer/Builder.