Fulltone 70's Pedal

Three knobs: volume, mids, and fuzz. All pretty self-explanatory. The manual is brief, but not necessary. This fuzz pedal is very easy to use.

Fender American Standard Strat with stacked Dimarzio single coils in neck and middle, Seymour Duncan JB Jr. in bridge; Warmoth Tele with SD vintage single coils; Epiphone Elitist Les Paul; all running through a Peavey Delta Blues amp (15" speaker). This fuzz is very quiet...for a fuzz. There's still some radio interference when the volume on the guitar is turned down, but it's not noticable when playing. I haven't found this to be anywhere near as annoying as it was on my Dallas-Arbiter Fuzz Face.
This effect has a huge amount of available gain. The "mids" control provides a great deal of control over the sound, either mellowing it out or adding more teeth to the fuzz. The "fuzz" dial combined with the "mids" dial can get you into nice Hendrix-y vintage fuzz or into full-blown metal type aggression. Even at extreme settings, the individual notes retain excellent clarity. A fuzz with this much available gain can bring out all the noise in your attack, so you have to control your strings while playing. I've actually found this to be very useful in improving my technique (damping, etc.), even for when I'm not using the fuzz.
I think overall this fuzz offers a great deal of versatility. I bought it basically to give me a saturated lead sound for Gilmour type stuff, but it's way more versatile than that. I'll be finding more sounds in this thing I'm sure.
Bottom line: excellent fuzz.

I almost get tired of saying this. This is my third Fulltone pedal this year. I'm hooked on them. They are hand-built to standards which far exceed most other manufacturers (even other boutique gear). Just holding it in my hands makes me happy. Excellent finish, solid knobs and switches. It's an expensive pedal, but it feels (let along sounds) expensive. My experience with Fulltone (after several gigs and constant use) is that they will hold up very well. Fulltone also has a 5 year warranty for their products, so I think they're confident (as am I) that their gear will hold up. Just don't abuse them. These are not little Danelectro mini pedals which you can replace without thinking about it when you kill them. This is a fine instrument and should be taken care of.

I've had one email ignored and one email answered within 24 hours. I won't give a rating here.

Can you tell I like this thing? I find that when I play with good equipment, it can bring out the best in my playing, and lead me to new musical places. Playing with Fulltone gear has shown me this. I've been playing blues and rock for over 20 years and I've had (and still do have) lots of equipment. But this and other Fulltone pedals are different. I haven't been this into playing guitar since my first few years with the instrument. This Fuzz is worth the money. It's at the top of the fuzz heap in my opinion. It's a high quality piece of gear that will inspire you and will probably outlive you if you respect it. Go for it.

very easy. Set and play.

3 custom shop strats. 4 gibsons-2 les pauls-335-76 explorer. Peavey wolfgang. 3 paul reed smiths.

Lexicon pcm 91 and 91. Eventide dsp 4000. Custom audio electronics midi footswitch and custom audio switcher.

6 other Fulltone pedals.

5 marshall half stacks. 2 are 30th anniversary, one is a limited edition. 25th anniversary.

To the ones that say that they don't like this pedal- what are you talking about. If it doesn't work for you then just leave it at that. So many critics and so little talent. Thats how it usually goes. I wish it were different. Mike Fuller is sucessfull for a very good reason. Get it......OK...

This pedal IS great. It usually makes sense to buy all top notch equipment. Dude, buy a Marshall or something along those lines. Don't expect a good tone if your rig is lacking. I read to many of these reviews that are by people saying they have a fender amp or some other tank that won't get you where you want to go. Be honest, how many concerts have you gone to and thay are using fender amps or some other thing that isn't meant to be driven on the autobahn. Ok, I saw James Taylor and his guitarist had a fender. Eric Johnson has a fender (for the clean tones). Same goes for Jeff Beck. CLEAN TONES. That's the key here. Pay attention.

Don't blame Fulltone..Sounds so good on the clean channel when you turn the guitar volume down. Very chimey....

I have 6 fulltone pedals and have never had a problem.

Only have sen emails with a quick response.

Great company and great products. Excellent value.

3 knobs how hard can it be!

Just play around until you find some good settings

I bought mine about 9 months ago & it's one very nice fuzz.

I use it mainly with the crunch channel on my marshall & it sounds fantastic. please note that this pedal sounds better the louder your valve amp is & continies getting better the more you push it.

I was blown away the first time i opened up my '69 pedal and saw how perfectly everything was laid out in the steel case & this '70's pedal has the same quality to it, it's nice to see the effort thats gone into this thing!

I bought this from Musictoyz.com & they were very quick & helpful, i wouldn't hesitate in dealing with them again as it was real easy

For a medium gain fuzz this thing is the sh#t!

I love the way it sounds with a cranked marshall & because of this the '70's pedal will be staying on my board for long time

Simple to use - who could get lost with this lay out? It's cake.

I was some what dissapointed with this product. I own a Ful Drive II and it is my favorite pedal in the universe. It was my first fulltone, and I expected al their pedals to please me.
I also own a n American Big Muff, and was hoping for a similar but higher quality sound - I'm still searching. The 70's pedal just doesn't produce much fuzz. Not the big muff style fuzz anyway. It doesn't sustain like a muff and it doesn't fill in the sound and spread te way a muff does. Likely it was not intended to. From reading the pedal's description and manual it seems that the intention of the 70's fuzz is aimed in a diferent direction. Something less fuzzy, more controlled and more like distrotion with grit. In this capacity it sounds ok, but the fuzz knob doesn't really do anything unless you crank it up. In the end it seemed to me to be a somewhat one dimensional pedal, producing one decent, but not thrilling, sound.

Solid. Fulltone makes top quality stuff.

Didn't need it!

Ok, but lacking in versatility, and delivering a somewhat limited range of applicatability.

The '70 could be hard for someone new to fuzz to use well. You have to use your guitar's volume control to get the best out of it. The sweet spot is with the volume rolled to about 8 to 9, somewhere in there. I only use full volume on the guitar when I'm playing climax-type solos above the 12th fret. Finesse is key with this one.

Fender Voodoo Strat (APS reverse/staggered bridge) and MIM Tele (Antiquity b./Fralin Blues Special n.) to '70 to DD2 to Bogner Metropolis

This is an excellent fuzz. The sound is very dimensional, very warm, and responsive.

Each guitar retains its individual character with the '70.
The '70 is warmer than the '69, but doesn't clean up as well.
The "mid" control allows you to harden up the sound when turned clockwise.
The internal trimmer is very useful, with a very broad range.

Preferred settings:
volume @ 2 o'clock
mids @ 3 o'clock
fuzz @ 4 o'clock (about 80-90% up)
timmer turned counterclockwise to about 10 o'clock. This gives
a slight emphasis to the "snarl & spit" type of tonality.

This is being sent to a Bogner Metropolis. The amp is usually set with the gain around 2/3 to 3/4 up, which is a warm overdrive. Schizo 5 would be a lot like a plexi-vox type of tonality, with a round, bubbly type of overdrive. The '70 will not do well running with a high gain type of preamp.

I have used this since 2000. I do occasionally get rf interference, but might try using a 10pf cap to see if it will eliminate that. Otherwise, there have been no problems at all. It's pretty much "over-built."

Mike Fuller is a very easy guy to talk with on the phone. He will definitely stand behind his products.

I've been playing 30+ years. The '70 is my favorite fuzz. It produces a fantastic tone, and cuts through the mix like wild. I also use a Kendrick Buffalo Pfuz. The Pfuz is smooth, and transparent. The '70 is bright and fruity. Kind of like contrasting a dry white wine with a hearty burgundy. Its amazing how good this is, and how impossible it would have been to have found a fuzz face this good 30 years ago. But, it does require finesse on the part of the player, and I must say that, to my ear, the '70 sounds a whole lot better through this Bogner than any other amp I've heard.

With all fuzz boxes there are alot of "unhappy" settings where you get horrible amount of either fuzz of scooped-mid terror. This pedal is a little different, you kind of have to try and get a back sound from it, even though there are those bad positions. On the other hand, to get an amazing sound you must toy with it. Finding the right match with the fuzz knob and the mid knob is kind of like trying to hit a 100 mhp fastball with a golf club, nearly impossible but it can be done. Once you get your own sweet spot this thing is hard to beat.

As everyone knows a fuzz box changes with every guitar, amp, cable, battery, even strings matter when trying to get that perfect fuzz tone. I use a Deluxe Strat with Vintage Noisless pickups through a Vox AC/30 re-issue with blue bell speakers. With this setup I can get very close to Eric Johnsons sound. The noise level is lower than the majority of fuzz boxes I have used before. As for sound you still have to take into consideration that this is still a fuzz effect, full on balls to the wall fuzz. With that in mind this pedal is a 10, no fuzz is perfect but this is damn close.

Fuller builts some serious pedals. I own a Fulldrive II also (like the rest of America and half of England) and both pedals are amazing.
I have never had a problem after a years time with either of my Fulldrive pedals.

Never delt with Mike. I bought both pedals used to Im really not sure.

If you want a fool-proof this is as close as you are going to get. If it were stolen I might buy the '69 just to see the difference but I would without a dobut eventually get another '70 if I needed a good raw fuzz. Do yourself a favor and check into Fulltone.

three buttons, as easy as it gets, you'll recieve a cool sound either way your knobs stands, but for your own special, Free, Young sound you'll nee some time and temper to sort it out right.

at the right settle this little purple funny looking thing will sound like your dreams, i ran it through my les paul studio lite, with the neck pick turned in a hill, with the three base strings lying a bit closer to the pick. with the 70's this will give you a real vintage sound, you'll dream your ass back the golden years. i placed it after a v847 into a fender super reverb 65 and i got the sound, indeed.

just got it but i rely on this man, looks tight.

if you want a really fuzzy sound and if you drag it through some humbuckers i'll think it will play you please, on my les paul i got the crunchy thing i love, but through a strat it delivers a more alone in the corner sound.

Only gets a 7 due to a crazy whistling sound you get if you put it right after a wah. With a Vibe unit between the wah and the 70 its great, just never turn off the vibe. Not hard to use, I turn the fuzz all the way up, mids all the way down, and adjust the volume to match the volume with it turned off.

I play a Les Paul standard with both pickups on, bridge pickup with tone on full and neck pickup with the tone all the way down, then through a clyde deluxe wah, dejavibe 2, then the 70, finally through a fender reverb tank into the normal channel of a fender deluxe reverb amp. If I turn the intensity on the vibe all the way down, it sounds a lot like Eric Clapton circa Cream. Turn the intensity up and it sounds a lot like Hendrix circa Band of Gypsies. It has this warm round tone thats hard to describe, and gets as fuzzy as I want it to.
Anyway it freaks out if I plug it into the vibrato channel or if I put a wah right before it, so try it out with your own stuff to see if it works for you. Still gets a 10 because it sounds so beautiful when its in the right place.

Very very solidly built. I doubt this thing will break anytime soon, but I still baby it.

Never had to deal with him, none of my fulltone stuff has had a problem yet. I hear he stands behind his products

I always admired the way Clapton and Hendrix got a real heavy sound that was still fat and round sounding. this pedal really does it for me. Modern distortion is too thin and brittle sounding and some other Fuzz pedals are too weak. I tried it out next to a 69 and liked the 70 a lot better. I dont know why the other one seems to be more popular. If it were lost or stolen, I would definitely get another one. Theres nothing quite like this pedal, and thats the coolest thing about it,it makes you sound way different. when I crank it up with the Vibe and Wah it sounds like spaceships taking off.

Well... I bought it used from Guitarville, Seattle (grreat service - the only shop that would sell pedals to international custommers and without robbing them at that! It was in bad condition, but the price was fairly attractive. It is the purple version (cuter in my opinion !)At first, not being familiar to fuzz boxes I wasn't completely satisfied with the sound, so I tweaked a lot the internal trimmer. I set it wrong and it sounded TERRIBLE. I even considered selling it but since Fulltone is completely unknown in France (all guitar players swear by Boss and Dunlop) I decided to give it an other chance. I plugged it once in a diffrent amp and it sounded better. I realized that this pedal had potential and I had to explore it. I eventual found a setting that I liked. And now I wouldn't part with it. I st it fuzz and mids on full, volume on 3 o'clock. beyond that I get a piercing whistling noise I can't explain. Does anyone else experience the same phenomenon ? Thanks. Findinf a useable setting with a wha is very difficult. So I'll give it a 4.

My setup :
Stock 1998 '62 AV Stratocaster -> RMC-1 wah wah -> '70 pedal -> Fulltone Custom shop mini deja vibe -> Fulltone Distortion Pro -> Fulltone FD2 FM (old version) -> Fender Blues Junior or Fender Custom Vibrolux Reverb.

This effect is prety noisy. when you turn the volume on the guitar all the way down you get an unpleasant HMMMMMM. Which disappears if you click in a wha. This helps you to understand how hendrix got his sound. It shows the problems inherent to his gear combination. But along with the wah and the vibe, you've got hendrix. I usally add distortion from my FD2 or the distortion of the Blues Jr to get the right sound. i've got Woodstock and the Fillmore at the tips of my fingers. On its own the '70 with the vibe sounds too trebly and "solid-statey". The CVR doesn't sound very good with this pedal. I mainly use it with the Blues Jr. I wouldn't recommend a Fender 6L6-based type of amp. As said by other users, you can get unlimited shades of distortion. Hendrix, I'm telling you. I wish I had a marshall plexi!

No problems. It is not an essential part of my sound. I can gig without backup. But apart from the switches, i wonder how it could break.

Emailed Mike Fuller twice. Concise answers.

very good for what it was used for. I have to try it with styles other than Hendrix.For the price I paid it (thanks to the exchange rate, I should not complain !

3 knobs, Volume, Mids, Fuzz. On-off button. Can it be any more simple?

Well I've had it for just over a day, and its already a main part of my sound. At the moment im using a rack, Jmp1 preamp and 9100 power amp (I know not the coolest setup, and very different to you other Fulltone users). Im puttin the gain on the jmp1 on 2 and using that as my rhythm sound and for leads using the '70 as a boost and it just sounds awesome, already I don't know what I'd do without it. Its just got this sound I can't describe, almost like a univibe if that makes sense, it just squeezes the notes in the right way, or something. Killer sound.

Only had it a day.

Im playing funk blues rock, been playing 10 years. Id definately buy another if this one was accidentally run over by my drunken grandmother. Buy one, 'nuff said.