SIB Buttface Fuzz

Two Knobs basically volume and the amount of fuzz you want.

I use this at the front end of an extreme pedal board with a Jimmy Vaughn Sig Strat into a Fox Tone Machine>Maxon OD808>Visual Sounds Route 66 American Overdrive>Electro Harmonix Small Clone>Danelectro Psycho Flange>Danelectro Back Talk>Ibanez DDL20 Deleay>Wahburn EQX-6 Equalizer. Effects Loop has a Boss REV-3 reverb delay>Danelectro Tremolo>Flanger> and Slap Echo. Amp is a Marshall JTM 30 stack. For a fuzz in this environment it is not noisy at all. Effect always sounds great at the front end of the effects chain and sounds bad anywhere else. Very smooth fuzz I put the knobs on about 3 o'clock. Rolls off perfectly when you turn the volume down a bit on your guitar. The best fuzz I have used and I have had them all from Fuzz faces to boutique pedals. This one kicks their Butt in usability. If you wnat to hear it visit my mp3.com page and listen to the song "I Wish I'd Never Been Born" perfect example of what this pedal does.

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Never failed me yet and I abuse my pedals through constant use and gigging. However does NOT have a light to tell you when it is on or off. So I use a Voodoo Labs pedal power and supply it with voodoo power. When I used batteries they did last a long time.

Never dealt with them. I hear they don't make it any more.

I play blues and blues based rock and psychedelic music 90% is original material. If I could find another one under 80-90 bucks I would buy it immediately just to have a backup. I love everything about the pedal other than it does not have an LED light to tell you when it is on or when batteries - if you use them - are getting low. I have had old Gibson fuzzes, new and old Fuzz faces, Big Muffs, a 70's boutique fuzz, and others that I can't recall the brand and this is the best of them all. You can virtually control it from your guitar and it has a very smooth sound.

Unless you are very slow, you should be able to figure this one out. Two chicken head knobs (volume and fuzz), one footswitch. It even comes with a manual

Sounds great. Very creamy and warm. I use it with a parker guitar through a sovtek mig 100. Quiet when not in use and not noisy while in operation by fuzz standards. I wouldn't recomend turning both knobs to ten nor both to zero, but there are good tones to be found around eight.

No problems thus far. Don't see why I would, but I never do

Haven't had to use it, but from what I understand, it is very good

Solid pedal. Good alternative to a big muff or fuzz face and with much higher quality and space conservation. If I found another one at the same price as I got mine for I would buy another one even if I still had the one I have. The only thing I might add to it would be an indicator light. I would recommend it, but I want to be the only one on my block with my very own buttface.

i am ammending a prior review as this pedal was broken when i
got it.2 knobs, very easy...

very full fuzz face type sound-designer rick hammil says he added
more gain to the circuit.sounded good even thru a 70's deluxe (not the greatest).cleans up well when backed off.pretty quiet,too.

it was broken when it arrived-i decided to have someone nearby look
at it instead of sending back to rick h.on the phone he estimated that
it was a bad switch and he was right-but it still didn't work.turns
out one of the germainium transistors was bad so we got 2 new ones
of better quality as stock ones were the same you'd get at radio shack.it works fine now.i never use a backup,but if i found another
for $80 or so bucks i'd buy it just to have because it's compact like
an MXR.

rick hammil's policy on defective gear is that repairs are done
and shipped out the same day and if i wasn't so impatient he would
have taken care of it quickly-i just didn't want to wait a week.

if you like fuzz,it's great.though it's no longer available the
same circuit plus an octavia-type effect is now being made.
sounds as good or better than any new fuzz face type to my ears.

volume and fuzz knobs-easy.

just got it-tried it w/ a sundown 40 watt combo and thru a digitech
gsp 2101 tube box w/ digital section bypassed into a mackie board
and tannoy monitors.pretty quiet-A/Bed with a fulltone soul bender
which was noisy in comparison.sounded very useable and more natural
then some other fuzzes.

it has a problem with one of the jacks,i think.it started cutting
out-you could hear the fuzz,but it wasn't passing the whole signal.
this happened within 5 minutes of plugging it in out of the box.
maybe it's the swith? i may have to send it back.switch seems like
good quality, jacks are kinda flimsy looking.could be easily fixed
i bet,though it's a pain to have it not working .it had been in the
store for a while according to the salesperson.

willie's in st. paul (where i orderd it from) had some trouble locating a phone number for SIB-they did call me back with rick
hammil's phone number and had apparently told him of the problem.
i'm sure he will fix it, but i don't really want to send it back or
spend anymore money-maybe he'll cover the shipping on it. i can't
put a rating on this category yet but i don't forsee problems.

even though it only worked for 5 minutes i could tell it sounded good.
worked nice with the vol.knob (fender esquire) and seemed nice and
full.had a good clean tone backed down halfway and did the fat thing
when dimed.seems more useful overall than many fuzzes (VL bosstone,
yardbox,fender blender,fulltone soul bender and '70 pedal,hyper fuzz)
as it retains more of the guitar's sound-it's not a 'freak out' box
but it ain't polite,either. too bad they are out of production.
maybe SIB will make them again someday-if they did,it should have
better quality jacks on it.

Two controls : volume and fuzz...footswitch : 'on' or 'off'
9-volt battery goes 'inside' [4 screws]
best sounds with a tube amp / manual is minimal.
Its very easy to use!

It isn't an extreme 'fuzzer' - it is more like the sound of a good
overdriven tube amp or an old fuzzface optimized for more
natural sound. Good bass range and a natural tone: not 'flatulent'. I have driven it with a Marshall Jackhammer as well as a Hotcake. Both are good w/ this one. Noise is lower than most. Cuts through very well. Plenty of punch for grungey / Fu Manchu / Monster Magnet or vintage rock/metal sounds. Volume control on guitar interacts with the Buttface like on most good fuzztones. Definately punchy FAT and kicks ass. Have used with Carvin 100W - Marshall 100W - Plush 100W tube amps usually with an overdrive of some kind. Guitars solid-body w/good pickups...
almost perfect....

100% solid/ top-grade rugged construction. MXR-style small Dynacomp sized box / grey in color / sewing-machine fullbypass switch. NO LED. I take no backup / no problems. Long batt life. AC plug for adapter miniplug / not BOSS style.[old DOD works fine] its very dependable

no problems / no contact / no repairs or upgrades

I wish it had a LED...I play loud heavy rock , at it for years, and this fuzz is ideal for it . I love its refined yet ballsy attributes and live it is hard to beat. I have lots of gear. I used this setup last Saturday night: Ibanez Artist standard [1980]w/Gibson Tony Iommi bridge p.u. > Crowther Audio Hotcake overdrive > SIB Butt Face fuzz > Roger Mayer Octavia > hotrodded Plush 100watt tube head > Marshall 4X10 cab + Rocktron 1X12 cab.
I'd sure buy another if lost / stolen. They don't make 'em anymore though. Buy one if you can.
Not like any other fuzz I can think of. A recommended tool in any
rock guitarists' arsenal.