Fulltone '69 Pedal

Needs a little tweaking to get a good sound

Used it with a strat or a les paul, through a vox ac30 or a fender bassman...it sounded alright but I really don't understand why everybody raves about this pedal? c'mon there are so many other stuff better than this. I love the fulldrive 2..but that's about it..the 69 do not have much fuzz in it....you have to get a Marshall Plexi with this thing and crank the amp to 10 to get a good fuzz..I live in Canada and the price tag on this thing is too much for me...But one day I found about this guy on the net selling his fuzzface,,as it turns out he also makes pedals. plus, lives in montreal.. not too far from me ( i'm from Toronto) and he makes his versions of the fuzzface and tubescreamers and more...And tried all his stuff....and I'm telling you ,this guy is it! he makes fantastic pedals and a super nice guy...his name is mike(not fuller) Milcetic if you guys are interested you can check his site it's

www.w4.ca/mjmguitarfx.com

he makes his own version of the fuzzface called "london fuzz" and it is available in germanium or silicon versions..these are the best fuzz that I've heard...sweet, fat, great sustain, cleans up nicely when you roll the guitar volume down,,,or put your volume to 10 for that nice fat wall to wall fuzz..my search is for the perfect fuzzface is over!
and believe me I have them all, from roger mayer axis fuzz, facelift, Dunlop, experience (prescription), arbiter fuzzface, dallas arbiter, crest audio fuzzface..and the only thing that can match this thing is an original good sounding fuzzface.....but you don't wanna spend $500 on a fuzzface do you?

Very well built, very professional

Yes..one of the best Fuzzface clones on the market,,but not the best, I'm a fuzzface collector and have a lot of them ,plus the new boutique one's. Some people might like it, and some people won't, I guess it depends on what kind of fuzz your heart desires....And for all of you still in search for the right one....Do yourself a favor and check out

www.w4.ca/mjmguitarfx.com

specially Canadians,, there's an up and coming pedal maker just around the corner....it's a lot better than the '69 pedal...no wonder you always see this on the Harmony Central classifieds..

The Fulltone '67 Pedal is ultra rare and is no longer made. Only a handful were made by Mike Fuller. They are the precursor to the popular '69 Pedal. In other words, this is Mike Fuller's very first Arbiter Fuzz Face style fuzz pedal. This particular unit is serial number 0005. Mike told me that he only made a handful. The '67 Pedal comes in an unpainted aluminum box with clear stick-on lettering. The pedal has two black chicken head knobs for Volume and Fuzz. There's a single Carling DPDT switch and no LED indicator. You simply turn the Fuzz knob up all the way and dial in the right volume. You can then control the degree of fuzz with your guitar volume. The pedal cleans up pretty well with decreased guitar volume.

The '67 Pedal was made at a time when Mike Fuller had made very few pedals. The pedal is dated 11/95. The transistors are the classic "top hat" style Germanium PNP. They are marked by Mike Fuller as having gain ratings of 80 and 91, respectively. Thus, they have the "sweet spot" gain ratings and are mismatched to produce more assymetrical clipping for sweeter tones.

The pots are full sized and the switch is a bullet proof Carling model. There's a resistor in line with the Germaniums that Mike installed as a midrange control. I presume that it helps give the pedal its smooth, fat tone. Basically, the pedal is much fatter and smoother sounding than Arbiter Fuzz Face pedals that I've tried.

The pedal couldn't be easier to use. The trick is to use your guitar volume to control the dynamics and fuzz.

Like most Germanium fuzz pedals, the '67 Pedal is very picky about what's before and after it in the pedal chain. You must use true bypass pedals with this pedal. It does not like to see buffered input pedals like Boss or Ibanez before or after it. The tone of the fuzz changes to a much louder, harsher sound. However, you can use a true bypass booster pedal before the '67 Pedal to really take you into ultra fuzz land.

The '67 Pedal is a one or two trick pony,like most fuzz pedals. The '67 Pedal sounds exactly like Jimi at Monterey. And I mean *exactly*. I got this tone effortlessly with a stock American Strat, the '67 Pedal, a 1973 Marshall Lead and Bass 20 head, plugged into 2 25 watt reissue Celestion Greenback speakers. You can also hear this tone on bootlegs of Jimi from 1967, before he switched to silicon transistor fuzz faces and Roger Mayer modded fuzzes.

If you have the BBC Sessions Hendrix CD or album, listen to the lead solo on Hey Joe. That's the sound of this pedal. This pedal also is great for getting the fuzz tones on Third Stone From the Sun. Now, if only I had Jimi's talent!!!

There's lots of volume boost available and the Fuzz knob is nicely tuned so that you can get a fuzzy overdrive type tone if you don't want the insanity of full bore fuzz.

Very cool pedal. It's really a very well executed vintage Arbiter Fuzz Face, and the tones are endlessly cool. I especially like the lead tones on the neck pickup above the tenth fret -- very fat and fluid.

The pedal is built with rock solid engineering and the switch is very heavy duty. One cautionary note is that PNP Germanium transistors can be temperature sensitive. I have had no problems with this pedal.

Although others have had run ins with Mike Fuller, he has been exceptionally nice with me and we've had extended conversations about pedals and tone. He has done minor mods on one of my other Fulltone pedals and was very prompt with his service. Compared to large pedal manufacturers and other boutique makers, Fuller's support is outstanding.

I play the typical Hendrix, Cream, Trower stuff -- like most people reading this site ;^)

This pedal is a lot of fun to play due to its ability to nail the Jimi at Monterey tone (the early Hendrix tone).

For reference, I've owned or currently own ots of fuzz pedals. This is the coolest early Hendrix pedal I've ever used.

If you find one, buy it! They're extremely rare -- only a handful were made and they will never be made again since they were replaced by the '69 Pedal.

volume, bias(to get rid of the tubiness) contour( good for different amps) and fuzz

Used it with a strat or a les paul, through a vox ac30 or a fender bassman...it sounded alright but I really don't understand why everybody raves about this pedal? c'mon there are so many other stuff better than this. I love the fulldrive 2..but that's about it..the 69 do not have much fuzz in it....you have to get a Marshall Plexi with this thing and crank the amp to 10 to get a good fuzz..I live in Canada and the price tag on this thing is too much for me...But one day I found about this guy on the net selling his fuzzface,,as it turns out he also makes pedals. plus, lives in montreal.. not too far from me ( i'm from Toronto) and he makes his versions of the fuzzface and tubescreamers and more...And tried all his stuff....and I'm telling you ,this guy is it! he makes fantastic pedals and a super nice guy...his name is mike(not fuller) if you guys are interested you can check his site it's

www.w4.ca/mjmguitarfx.com

he makes his own version of the fuzzface called "london fuzz" and it is available in germanium or silicon versions..these are the best fuzz that I've heard...sweet, fat, great sustain, cleans up nicely when you roll the guitar volume down,,,or put your volume to 10 for that nice fat wall to wall fuzz..my search is for the perfect fuzzface is over!
and believe me I have them all, from roger mayer axis fuzz, facelift, Dunlop, experience (prescription), arbiter fuzzface, dallas arbiter, crest audio fuzzface..and the only thing that can match this thing is an original fuzzface.....but you don't wanna spend $500 on a fuzzface do you?

very well made, very clean inside, looks very professionally done

I've been playing for 25 years and also collecting fuzzfaces all my life...this pedal is a good pedal but, try it before you buy it..not for everybody..stay away metal guys..good for blues and bluesrock stuff.....I know that this is not the ultimate fuzz! no wonder you can
always see this thing in the Harmony Central classified adds all the time.

I found this unit rather difficult to use at first, but after a few minutes I begin to discover how it worked. The fuzz knob acts like your guitar volume pot. It cleans up very nicely when backed off. I found the best results for my situation to be with the fuzz and volume almost cranked and the contour about 2 o'clock with the bias cranked.

My set up is as follows... American strat to Fulltone '69, Fulltone FD2, Fulltone Supa-trem and then to a seventies 100 watt MKII Marshall head and greenback loaded cab. I try to keep things pretty simple. When the pedal is engaged by itself it is not noisy at all. I often use it in conjuction with my fulldrive for a balls out singing lead tone. When I use it this way there is a large amount of noise but what do you expect when using that much gain? I recommend running your fuzz before your favorite overdrive unit. I have been very happy with my leads.

I found that the '69 really has it's sweet spots. I don't agree with other reviewers that said they couldn't find a bad sound. I found plenty of settings that sounded horrible. I don't think that the pedal sounds that great on lower fuzz settings. But this doesn't bother me. I don't expect a pedal to sound good on every amp and in every possible configuration. It does what it was designed to do, fuzz.

I have never had any problems with my Fulltone stuff.

I have dealt with Michael Fuller and he was very prompt with his reply. I appriceate all that he has done for the stompbox buisness. He pours alot of money into each one of his effects and in return doesn't charge a crazy amount for them.

Footswitch and 4 knobs(Vol,contour,bias&Fuzz)!Pretty easy to get a killer sound!

Yeeh Ha!!!!!!This is the Hendrix germanium fuzzface sound I've been hunting for for the last two years!From mild distortion to kickass fuzz,this baby can do it all!The '69 sounds great with ALL my amps and guitars!Yes I can get those tones from the first two Hendrix albums(no hype)!I love the fact I can adjust the tone controls to induce my wah.True-bypass and LED a major plus!

Fulltone baby!

Mike Fuller is something else(he's mad but a genius!)!I know he will that care of me and his products.

Nothing but a 10!!!I don't have not one negative remark about this pedal!It really is a GREAT fuzz pedal.I've had them all from Dunlop to Diaz to Roger Mayer and this badboy will smoke them all(IMO)!It's really worth the $150 price tag!Please don't read my review and think it's hype cause it's really not,please check one out for yourself!

Its very adjustable/tweekable...the volume is straight forward,the bias adjusts the bassyness bottom end....the contour kind of changes
the character also.....and the fuzz adjusts the fuzz from bubbly overdrive sounds to a very warm fuzz
No manual needed but its supplied and its good

I tried the black foot switcher version.

Using it with fender tube combos/strat plus/tele USA STD

It seemed pretty quiet...it sounded pretty good on all settings and you can get the TROWER/HENDRIX/KEITH RICHARDS tones - it also sound similar to a big muff which sounds slightly smoother - It sounded better with an old vibrolux than with the fatter sounding twin - probably better with plexis and 800s(marshall)

I liked it a lot but didn't find it significantly better than a big muff - I play very raunchy/bluesy/grungy rhythm so it might be better than the muff for the hendrix/trower lead thing

I KEPT MY BEAT UP ARMY GREEN RUSSIAN BIG MUFF....I would have bought the 69 if It had been cheaper($265 Canadian)

veeeeery sturdy the "dogs bollocks" would't have $$$$$ for a backup
the onlything that could go wrong would be the switches

VERY HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT

don't like having to un screw the base to replace the battery

never tried to reach them??

I'm into raunchy blues ala Keith richards and have just discovered robin trower(GREAT VOCALS ON BRIDGE OF SIGHS) - I wanted the69 as an alternative to over drive - I have a TS9...blues driver...fulldrive 2...boogie v twin...matchless hot box and a reissue RAT (for jeff beck/gary moore sustain).

great pedal but too expensive up here in CANADA....I would have liked to try it with marshall...I have a feeling that would be great sounding - definately the nicest fuzz I've heard(A/B it with a big muff to compare.....the "69" does have true bypass which the muff does not.

There are four knobs (Volume, Bias, Contour, & Fuzz). Each knob is explained adequately in the manual provided.

The '69 is the "Definitive Jimi Hendrix Sound (pre-Woodstock)". I love this fuzz unit. The equipment I use is as follows: Guitars; G&L Legacy (Strat), Danelectro U-2, Epiphone Emporer II - Joe Pass;; Amplifier; Peavey Classic 50-212BT (50 watt - 2 x 12" speakers tube amp - EL84s);; Effects; Fulltone '69; Morley PWV Wah Pedal; Zoom 505; Boss GE-7 (eq); Danelectro Echo; BOSS CE-5 (chorus).

This pedal cranks, I use the eq in my effects loop to fatten up the lows and provide more headroom.

Excellent sound, I can't say enough about this pedal!!

Appears very sturdy, inside and out. I've had no problems.

Have not dealt with them.

I rate this pedal a "10" because it does everything it claims to do. I've been playing for 23 years and have tried everything. This is a great pedal at a great price. Buy it you won't be dissappointed.

Plug it in, step on it, and start wailing. There are 4 knobs, Volume, controls the volume of the effect, Bias, which adds or removes some of the bassy muddiness fuzzes can have, Contour, adds midrange gain for more cut and clarity, and Fuzz which controls the amount of fuzz in the effect. The controls are interactive so you have to play with them a little, but you can't get a bad sound out of this box. It comes with a 2 page instruction sheet that explains the units guts, and give some example settings. It also has an internal trimmer which changes the overall sound of the unit, but I think it sounds best in its stock position. Unscrew the 4 rubber feet and take the bottom off for battery access.

I am using a Fender American Vintage '57 Strat Reissue to a Fulltone Clyde Wah Wah, to the '69 to a Marshall 1959SLP through 2 1969 Marshall 4x12 cabs with pre-Rola Celestion "Greenbacks". I crank the Marshall step on the '69 and the tone is pure magic, voodoo, if you will. When it is on and I am not playing it hisses pretty loud, but with the true bypass, when it is off it is just like I am pluged straight into my amp, no sound coloration at all. Also, I can leave it on and control my sound and volume from my guitars volume knob. With the guitars volume on 10 and with the bridge pickup selected it screams like Hendrix, with the guitars volume on 7 or 8 and the neck pickup selected I can get SRV type overdrive, turn the guitars volume to 10 and roll the tone down on the neck pickup and I can get Clapton's Cream tone.

It is very well built and appears very sturdy. The wiring is exceptionally clean and it does not seem to hard on batteries. I have to gig without a backup because I can't afford another one.

I have e-mailed Mike Fuller a few times with questions. He always replies very promptly and has always answered my questions. Sometimes he can sound a little ticked off, but I think he just firmly believes in his products, and he should, they are the best.

I'm 22 years old and I've been plying for 10 years, I play loud psychedellic blues rock, like Hendrix, Cream, Zepplin, etc... this is THE pedal I have been looking for, perfect for my thing. I love the tone and it has a big ol' 69 painted on the top, cool. I liked this one the best out of the Fulltone fuzzes. This pedal inspires me to make groovy music for everybody to enjoy, peace, love and happiness.

the pedal is really easy to use (like all of the other fulltones!) four knobs (volume, bias, contour, fuzz) with an internal trimmer pot too.

i'm using the '69 with a 62 reissue strat (w/texas specials), a 59 bassman reissue amp, a fulltone clyde, and a fulltone fulldrive 2. (i'm pretty fond of mike fuller's work!) the pedal is really nice. the fuzz isn't harsh. it's has a warm sound too it that cleans up really well when you turn down the volume on you guitar (i can turn mine from 10 to about 7 and it plays pretty clean). the pedal locks in the jimi sound that it claims.

same as the other fulltones... solid!!

i still like mike fuller. i email him, he responds. he builds excellent equipment and is really great to deal with.

i play a lot of everything. the fulldrive 2 that i have covers most of the stuff that i play, but the '69 fills out those songs that i need a different sound for. (even overdrive gets old after a while) the uses of it seem limited, but i like it anyway. honestly, with a clyde and a '69 you can nail jimi's sound. the talent is not going to come from the pedal, but having it makes me want to pick up the guitar more and experiment. the thing that i like best about the fulltones that i own is that they make me want to play music. the '69 is no different. if it were stolen i'd shell out the money for another. i tried building a fuzz from schematics on the web and almost spent as much as i spent for the '69. i ended up with a '69 and a homebrew pedal that didn't sound half as good. BUY ONE!!! the tone is excellent. the fuzz doesn't overpower the sounds of individual strings. all i need now is a deja vibe...

Like any good pedal, this is very easy to use. Has the standard volume and gain like a fuzzface, but adds a bias control (reduces "woffiness" - helpfull for humbuckers), and a contour control (adds clarity and gain in midrange). There is an internal trimmer pot that adjusts the overall character of the sound, but I am happy with the "factory" setting. I have found that wherever the controls are set, the unit still sound good. Certainly there are settings that are more suitable to me than others, but unlike most mass-market devices, there is no bad setting.

I am currently using this with a Peavey Classic 50 4x10 and a 1x15 ext. cabinet (had a super reverb too, but sold it to start saving for a JTM45 or a Blusebreaker). Other effects I use are a Roland Space Echo and a Fulltone Soulbender. Guitars are: Strat, Flying V, and Epiphone Dot 335 (w/ '57 Classic p/u's). I don't generally use the Peavey's overdrive channel, I just crank up the normal channel like a Fender. This leaves me with a straight amp tone that is clean when plucked light or a with a bluesy crunch when you dig in. This is a perfect spot to apply fuzz from. The I set the '69's gain all the way up, bias at full, contour at 1/3, and volume about 1/2 - 2/3 (louder than in bypass). This gives me a good smooth lead tone and when I roll back guitar volume, great crunchy rhythm tones and fairly clean single note lines - all very sensitive to pick attack. All of my guitars sound equally good through the '69, though I sometimes roll back the bias when using the Flying V or the 335. I have even found that my Rickenbacker 330/12 sounds cool through the unit if my volume knob is rolled back a bit (kinda like Zeppelin's "Living Loving Maid"). Mike Fuller's sound sample at the Fulltone website is an accurate demonstration of it's dynamic qualities, although fully cranked, it can get that "singing" tone. To really get that sustaining lead sound, you do need to have your amp cranked up to the point that power amp distortion is coming in to play. It makes a great companion to my Soulbender - the two best flavors of fuzz ever, in my opinion. My experience is that most older style fuzz pedals will give you nothing but mush when run through a modern high-gain preamp distortion channel though, so it is not for everyone.

This stuff is superbly constructed and I would never worry about anything but having fresh batteries available. I use both this and my Soulbender, so if one went down I would survive with just the other no problem.

I have dealt with Mike Fuller via e-mail several times and he has always responded quickly and been quite nice and helpful. Seems like a real good guy. His reputation for customer service is great. I doubt, however, this stuff is going to break down.

Guys like Jimi Hendrix and early Beck and Page created some of my favorite guitar playing and guitar tones, even though my songs are probably more Kinks influenced. My '69 and Soulbender are what I've been looking for in pedals since I started playing (about 13 years ago). I got rid of my Dunlop Fuzz Face "reissue" for the '69 and boy is there a difference (see my review of the Dunlop). I don't think many things deserve 10's, but Mike Fuller's stuff delivers exactly what they promise. I tried Roger Mayer's stuff (classic and axis fuzz), Way Huge (Foot Pig), Prescription Electronics (Face Lift), butkept coming back to the '69. Now all I need is that JTM45 to go with everything . . .

This pedal is very easy to use and simply sounds great. Just dial in the sound you dig and go! The pedal is red with a hude '69 painted on it...that is cool in itself. It is a solid piece of gear.

I use this pedal in front of either a Budda Stringmaster and a Budda Dual stage 30. The Fulltone pedals, I have experienced, like to be placed in front of smaller wattage tube amps. I also have a Fulldrive 2, Ultimate Octave and a Deja Vibe. I have tried the Fulldrive2 on a 5150 combo, on the "clean" chanel with the gain set low...It was totally gross. Although I don't strive to get other people's sounds, the '69 is really nice. It doesn't have a huge amount of fuzz but, if your amps power section is just clippin' a tad bit, when the '69 is engaged it just rules! Also, when you roll back the guitars volume pot the gain gets even less and the tone gets thinner and less bassy. Here, the word "thinner" is used in a positive way. The pedal is just really cool.

As a general rule I take care of all my gear. I feel confident that if I were on the road 365 a year, this pedal would keep up. All of the Fulltone pedals are little tanks. I don't believe in back ups...that is an expencive concept.

Fulltone's website is really good. I know everbody is all calling or tring to greeb info from Mike's brain...that must get frustrating at times. However, I haven't needed to contact Fulltone.

I had to have this pedal. I made the music store hold it for me until I got paid. I've been playing electric guitar for a spell, I remember when pedal were noisey little rodents that were all evil, or were made elsewhere and offered nothing tonally. My friends, we are in the middle of an electric guitar Renaissance. It is a cool time to be playing electric guitar.

You can get a "good sound" out of it by turning it on, basically. There's four knobs, vol., bias (input impedance), contour and fuzz; they all have a LOT of adjustability. If the fuzz is not all the way clockwise it's not real "fuzzy" sounding in a "buzzy" sense; it responds in the same way to turning down the volume knob on your guitar. Not real complicated, but once you get used to the setup you see that you can make one hell of a lot of different sounds with this simple device. There is also an internal trimpot; I like it set to a little less trebly sound than it came out of the box with. There is an incredible amount of variation in the sound with just that adjustment pot. It's easy to use and has more range of sound than any "fuzz" box I've used since the first one I got (a red box "Fuzz Tone" in 1969, I think it was Jordan Electronics succesor to the Bosstone), and I've used a bunch (several highly modified). The "manual" concise, and all you nedd except your ears. Although it is a simple device, I have so far about a half dozen quite different basic sounds I use from it (had it three weeks).

I use strats mostly, occassionally a custom strat with DiMarzio PAF Pro, a cheap '80s Japanese tele-copy (and a surprisingly nice guitar it is) or a Jackson Fusion XL etc., but usually older style strats. Marshall and Fender amps; this box sounds great through both, but doesn't sound so great through a buffered effects loop, it seems really in it's element running between the guitar and amp. It sounds great with my amps whether loaded with Sovteks, Groove or Svetlana tubes; haven't used it with a solid-state unit, have no idea what it may or may not sound like. It's not a noisy box at all; I've used an old Big Muss (one of the earliest models) pretty severely modified, and I've basically replaced it with this (much more versatile) pedal; I got the best Big Muff sound I've ever heard out of the one I use, but can do the same with less extraneous noise on one setting with the '69. I use it in conjunction with only two other boxes at the moment, a Voodoo Labs micro-vibe and a Way Huge analog delay. Sounds great; sounds best before the other devices. Yes, I can get "the sounds of my favorite artists" (Hendrix, Jeff Beck, McLaughlin; doesn't really help that much with Django Rinehardt, y'know?) but am a lot more impressed with the fact that it is useful in getting MY sound. I don't really want to BE Jimi, and he already did himself well enough to where I'm not interested in pretending. Be warned, though, this is NOT a silicon distortion, this is NOT an overdrive, but if that's what you want Mr. Fuller makes them, too.

Well, I treat my equipment really carefully, and I've never broken a pedal (except one Thomas Organ Co. wah-wah which was pretty worn out before I got it), nor an amp nor a guitar. I'm not sure what you could do to this box to hurt it, anyway, aside from run over it with an APC or dunk it in the ocean. The wiring is solid, the box is Number One quality; Boss should be bought by someone who makes boxes like this. I plan to get a backup, but don't feel any need to hurry, I have a lot of confidence in the quality of this device's manufacture.

Don't know; Mr. Fuller has always answered my e-mail, although I get the impression he's extremely busy. Sometimes his answers are more relaxed and friendly, sometimes brusque; I don't mind, I'm busy, too. Seems nice enough, and if he makes pedals this good I have to believe he'll stand behind them.

I play a variety of stuff, I try not to even think about "styles"; I work with contemporary Christian, jazz-rock fusion, blues, etc. projects, a lot of different things. It works great with anything I play at some volume level or another (remember the thing cleans up incredibly at any setting if you lower the guitar volume knob, so you have a really wide range of sound available to you on any particular setting you use). I've been playing since the Beatles came to the USA (WHERE did all that time GO?), and have used a mountain of gear over the years. This pedal is head and shoulders above any stomp box I've ever had in it's quality of construction. For a simple device with one "basic" sound (Germanium fuzz unit) it has an incredible range of versatility IF you take the time to learn to use it. If lost or stolen I would get another, you're damn right. In the realm of germanium distortion it can hardly be compared to anything else. Whatever anyone on the net can (or will) say about Fulltone or Mike Fuller, I've become a believer. The only thing I can add is my standard advice for any musical instrument or device; take the time to learn it and it's ways, and you can use it to make your own music; if you just find one setting you like or you don't know how to get what you want out of it first thing, either way, there's a lot more to this device than what you hear at first.

Knob twiddling is simple. Volume, Bias, Contour, and Fuzz. Bias is sort of a bass control, a tweak for muddy-sounding setups. Contour adjusts midrange clarity, as well as gain. Fuzz is pretty much a secondary volume until turned almost all the way up.

I can't realy give a numerical rating in this category. While this pedal under no circumstances sounds "bad", I just didn't find it that remarkable. The distortion is mild - not particularly fuzzy, and it doesn't really have a distinct tonal color. It pretty much sounds just like my amp (Blues Deluxe with an LP) distorted, but with a bit of an EQ tweak via the contour knob.

Wiring is truly top knotch. Fuller knows his stuff.

Though I've never dealt with Mike, virtually everyone says he's a hell of a nice guy.

I know someone must find this pedal useful, but I was wanting something more distinct.

Four knobs, plus a small trimmer on the inside. Easy enough to use

Used with a strat through a small Victoria amp, this thing sounds pretty good, you can get a pretty good variety of textures with this box and it gets pretty clean when you turn your volume pot down and doesn't lose high end response. This pedal didn't sound as good through a Rivera, I think it sounds best through 'older' style amps.I've heard that it sounds better with a guitar with humbuckers but I haven't tried that yet as it sounds pretty damn good with a strat.

Solidy constructed steel box. Haven't had it long enough to comment though

Mike will take the time to talk to you on the phone, great customer support.

This is an outstanding pedal when used with a non-master volume vintage styled amp, in that regard I would purchase it again.

Typical pedal operation,simple.

Very let down after all the hype that I read about this device.Maybe I'm not a fuzz connoisseur,more an overdrive/distotion guy.But the warmth and "complexity" I expected was not there.Actually I Built a Fuzz Face from a schematic obtained on the web that sounded pretty darn good for about $10.00.

It appears to be well made.

N/A

Way too expensive for what it is.

trivial in use. Easy to change the battery (fingers only), unlike with the original fuzz face where you usually stripped the bottom plate screw after a year of use. Lotsa funky knobs for a mere fuzz box, though.

With minimal setup, the '69 pedal achieves the sound of the best vintage Fuzz Faces: a visceral violin/clarinet. It doesn't stop there: you can tweak for differing harmonic content, attack, waveform symmetry (inside) and 'in effect' compensate for different guitars or finicky effect pedals on the output side. For instance, you may back off on the CONTOUR & BIAS knobs to control the tubbiness and the "choking" effect that plagued the original Fuzz Face. This is too evolved in design to be called a work-alike, and for the first time in a long time, I stopped regretting that I sold my hammertone grey '67 fuzz face.

looks well-built.

Quick, informative over the phone.

Better than the original Fuzz Face. It seems to like humbucking pickups, though. Yes, I'd get another one if it were stolen.

This unit is quite easy to use but certainly complex enough to monkey around with and get a unique tone. The Bias and Contour controls offer a large amount of tonal variations. The manual helped a little in getting introduced to the meaning of bias and contour, but you just have to plug it in to really get acquainted.

This is probably the best fuzz I've heard. I have an Experience pedal also but its not as musical as the '69. The tone of the '69 is sweet, fat, and smooth. Back the fuzz setting to about 4:30 and you can get a good distortion sound that's not super fuzzy but still very thick and complex. I ran it through my reissue vibroverb and the SRV tones happened quite easily. In front of my Hiwatt it made the amp sound like it was going to blow up without searing my ears (cool and rare!). Also, the '69 is quite dynamic - turn the volume down and the fuzz goes away. Most importantly, play around with the bias and contour knobs and you can get a variety of great fuzz tones.

It's heavy, roadworthy, solid, and handsigned and numbered by Fuller himself. I've only for a few days so I can't really comment on the reliability.

Haven't needed it yet (hopefully I won't).

This is a very musical and sweet fuzz. The bands I play in require a variety of tones. When a fuzz tone is needed, the '69 delivers the best sound I've heard yet.

Very easy to get good sounds, instruction sheet enclosed.

Not noisy, strong effect. Very dynamic, can control amount of fuzz with guitar volume control.

Built like a tank, strong steel case. I would use it on a gig without a backup.

I had some trouble with a store selling this pedal for more than the list price. I called Fulltone and delt directly with them. I was very impressed with the service and cannot wait to get my hands on some of the other effects offered as soon as I can afford to.

Would buy it again in a heartbeat, best fuzz I have ever heard. Very musical to my ears. I cannot use the more mass produced products as they sound harsh and dull to me.

Very dynamic, distortion is dead on early Arbiter. FAT Harmonic FUZZ

Haven't had it very long

Mike Fuller is very helpfull. Very good at turning comments into reality

Truly a fine remake of the Fuzz Face