Voodoo Lab Bosstone Fuzz

i have used mine, two of them actually for two years. volume and attack. all good sounds everywhere. very loud pedal.

does not give a huge low end like my OCD but sits better in a live mix because of that. also i have two pedals with different cap values (stock) voodoo labs really worked hard on this pedal. both sound lovely. with the volume and attack strait up (12:00) i can play whole songs going from slight OD to sweet sustaining lead with my volume knob. no other pedal cleans up like this. no other. i rarely dime the attack knob as it has plenty of sustain at 1:00. i play semi-hollows with p-90's into a clean fender tube amp. this is my all time favorite pedal. been at it 28 years

hammond encloseure, carling switch, mill spec board.

look for one that has the switch showing no threads. they did make them for a while with the switch mounted to the board. and it's not as nice a pedal. that being said, my all time favorite pedal. and iv'e
had, and still have fulltone, keeley, original jordan pedals, ibanez, ross and on and on. all of them nice peices. this is the most volume sensitive ever. and my alltime favorite pedal. been playing since 1978. i just wanted to show my appreciation for the pleasure they've given me.

Two knobs, volume and attack.
Do not act as a booster... With attack all down you don'ear a thing.
volume is as in all voodoo lab pedal. Really really powerful!
I use volume max to 9 o'clock, max a little more.
No led, as voodoo early model. A problem if you do not put attention to it.
How attack works?
Simplest. a low attack give you a warm sound cream as an overdrive, great harmonix and low freq, quite good the touch response.
Very similar to the Voodoo overdrive model at this sets too.
Moving up the attack knob you notice harmonics on harmonics summed to your signal. You notice too the classic decay of your pow signal as in all fuzz, add noise (not so many as you can think) and also notes still remains clearly distiguibles. All. From low to high. Really good.

As suggested in the previous question moving the attack knob you get your sound.
I use a ten-eleven o'clock position of the knob to obtain a blasting overdrive, or a 'to nine' sets to have a good creamed and harmonic detailed fuzz 'storsion.
Also use the 'to nine' position in addiction to a 'not so clean' booster (Sole Pressure from Hao) to pump up sound for solos or one string line sounds.
Using it with a Yamaha Valstate 80 sounds great!

It's great to have a different tone on your distorsion. You'll like it if you like the blasts that Voodoo Pedal have to your signal.
No more things to say.

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I was looking for a fuzz. This is a great fuzz. I play with my band and I like to experimenting with a great variety of distorsion tones.
I like this pedal because it's rich of harmonics summed to the sound.
The sound it bumps out is a vintage fuzz very cool to my ears, so I like the richest creaming of variety I can give to my riff.
At high volumes it blasts! Deep in the things you can get from your guitar. A suggestive sustain effect too.
Combined with Sole Pressure from Hao you can enjoy with a really big signal in your notes, especially from the low freq.
The only things I should say it's that probably this pedal it's not so versatile. But I don't know if exists a versatile fuzz. A fuzz is made to make fuzzy sound. It does.

two knobs, volume and attack... with the attack knob rolled down it acts more like a rich, warm overdrive... attack knob up and you get some great fuzz... no LED though...

sounded great in front of my mig 50, fender hrdx, ampeg v4b... tele w/duncan hb, 335 w/p90... first in line in combo with tubescreamer(keeley mod), budda zenman, bluesdriver(keeley mod), rat, or alone, it doesn't disappoint. like i mentioned above, great overdrive when volume is up and attack is down at 3-5 o'clock position, buzz saw at 11 o'clock... true bypass

i've had this for almost two years now and no problems...

i've been playing original indie rock/rock/slowcore/postpunk/whatever the hell/ for 15 years now. jesus. anyhow, this pedal is indespensable. i like it so much i'd buy another one just to look at. i had a blue LED installed, which is blinding.

The "discontinued" Voodoolabs bossTone has a Volume & Attack knob, does not get any simpler than that! g from vintage crunch distortion to buzzsaw fuzz!!!!

I use a Gold top w/ P 90's, Tele w/ fralins, a strat w/ vintage rails, a gretsch w/ filtertrons & a les paul black beauty.. a Fender prosonic w/ an Avatar 2x12 w/ alnico blue & greenback & a 1964 Supro T-16, The Bosstone is quite at all settings & sounds great with al pick ups, I get that Ibanez TS-9 Stevie Ray tone on lower attack settings with a strat or Tele and gobs of fuzz ALA Randy Roads with a Les Paul on higher attack settngs everything inbetween!!!!

built like a tank!!!!!

Have not delt with them!!!!!

I play a wide range of styles from delta blues to Goth, hard rock to classic rock & the Bosstone works well for all!!! I've been playing for 40 years & have owned the following pedals: Prescription Electronics "Experience" Fuzz, analogman TS-9 silvermod, 70's MXR distortion plus, Brooklyn overdrive, rat fuzz, radial classic & hot british tonebone AND!!!! hate to tell you guys BUT the VOODOOLABS BOSSTONE (which is now discontinued) BLOW MOST OF THE ABOVE AWAY AT a fraction of the price!!!!!!! I love the TUBE overdrive sound with all the rich harmonic overtones which are lacking in all the $200.00 plus pedals above!!! I compared this pedal with the analogman TS-9 silvermod and it gets the sound with out the annoying compression sound, and the PE Experience and the bosstone sounded fatter, fuzzier & more sustain!!!! if this were lost or stolen I would probably be outta luck because it is no longer made!!! HEY VOODOOLABS! WAKE UP!I TRIED ALL YOUR PEDALS INCLUDING & THE BOSSTONE BEATS THEM ALL!!! START MANUFACTUREING THE BOSSTONE AGAIN!!! i love it!!!!!!!

Simple - Two knobs (Volume and Attack) The real selling feature - TRUE BYPASS

I use a Godin LGX3 with duckbucker pickups (nice and silent). Not very noisy even when you're pushing the pedal at high volumes. I get a nice warm bluesy distoring when attack is at 9 and volume is at 9. But nice sharp attack at 4 o'clock and volume at 3. Nice AC/DC and sounds really good with a wah (Vox). I can get a nice Vodoo Chile goin'.
Similar to my MXR Distortion +, another great distortion pedal, but with a little more kick and bass.

Very dependable. Bough it used and still works great.

Can't say.

A great pleasure to own. If you're looking for a great sound for a great price, this is a great one. Also check out the MXR distortion +. They're both great.
Again, the true bypass is a great feature. Won't drain your batteries when it's not activated and won't drain your tone. Why doesn't everybody make their pedals true byapass?

Two knobs. Very simple, intuitive operation.

I use a '62 reissue Strat (w/the EMG Gilmour pickup system), a stock Strat, a G&L Legacy Special (w/three mini humbuckers), and another custom assembled Strat (also with the DG-20 EMG system).

Pedal is not noisy on lower to mid settings, higher/highest settings produces some backround noise. Using this thru 1) '65 Fender Pro Reverb 2) Marshall 800 combo 3) Crate Vintage Club "AC-30 Clone"
On lower settings, great for overdrive crunch, mid settings good for AC/DC style heavy crunch (as well as most '60s/'70s classic rock), highest settings best for Hendrix style fuzz. BTW..this pedal really sounds great with an Echoplex (or for those on a budget, with a Delay Modeler's 'Echoplex' or 'analog delay (DM-2)' settings.

The pedal really has a great, unique tone, similar to the Fuzzface, but it has its own tone....This pedal is (apparantly) a "clone" of the rare JORDAN BOSSTONE, but in a pedal format instead of the slighly cheezy 'plug in fuzz' unit.

I really like this pedal and recommended it, however, the extra noise on the highest gain settings is a slight annoyance, and this pedal could really benefit from a tone or variable mid/high control. However, the idea was to recreate the Jordan unit, which only had two controls as well, so there you go...

Bought used, but very solid construction. I don't foresee any reliability issues. I also own a Voodoo Labs Sparkle Drive (w/mod by Robert Keeley). That is a great pedal as well.

??? Never had to deal with customer support (yet). No opinion..

I play all kinds of music short of jazz, or straight jazz anyway. I think this pedal has a "slightly" rude sound and is not as "rude" as one of the previous reviewers had stated. If you want this pedal to start to sound rude, crank the fuzz control to "10" and volume to about "6", that's "rude". Otherwise, with the right settings, this can produce great overdrive, light fuzz, and (if needed or desired) heavy fuzz, for Hendrix type stuff (noisy though in that mode). Better quality than Boss and some other brands. Recommended if you like '60s and '70s fuzz, or just a refreshing slightly original sounding fuzz box.

Volume, Attack... set it anywhere but off and off... it will sound like gold.

Jazzmaster>VL Bosstone>DOD Juice Box>Fender Princeton 65. Very sick throat choke fuzz. I love it. Jazzmasters are always noisy, but there's not a lot of added noise. I put attack full and volume to correspond to the volume of the amp. Running it with the Juice Box gives it a lot of extra bass end but makes it sound completely different. You can dial in a Danelectro Grilled Cheese sound, or a Smashing Pumpkins type of sound. You should try it if you have those two. Seriously one of the best fuzzes out there.

Of course

Never dealt with them.

For this price, it's murder. Get away with it if you can find it for this price.

Really easy to get very cool but dirty fuzz.
Pushes the inputs of my valve amps nicely too.

Classic fuzz.
Superb for lead riffs in a 60s style....but on steroids.

Totally unreliable. Started off with intermittent failures and buzzes interpaced with hissing or silence. Now totally inoperable. An expensive paperweight. Only had it for 6 months. Beware!!!!

Never dealt with thew company.....as they are in the USA. Might take it to my local electrician and see what he makes of it. Wont be buying Voodoo Labs gear in future.

Magic pedal for retro, indie, sixties or seventies fuzzy bits.....if it worked. My other pedals are few as I like the unaffected sound of my amps.....other than a bit of mad fuzz occasionally. My quest for a new fuzz has begun. Heard that the Big Muff is also unreliable USA made crap. Roger Mayer here I come!!!!

Two knobs, and relatively easy to use. The volume and attack are pretty interactive, and there is a ton of output. I do wish that it had a more standard ac adapter.

I use this as follows: Reverend Slingshot (p90s) or Tele with Joe Bardens > danelectro compressor > Guyatone WR2 > Fulltone Ultimate Octave > Fulltone Fulldrive 2 > Bosstone > Line 6 MM4 > Line 6 DL4 > either a Reverend Hellhound 40/60 or a 1958 Fender Princeton. The pedal is pretty quiet except in extreme settings of either volume or attack. I really either love it or leave it off depending on the guitar and amp. It seems to do better with more midrangey guitars or amp settings. It can be a little harsh when I am using the tele bridge pickup and a fenderesque setting on the Hellhound. On the other hand it is my favorite fuzz with the P90s. It also seems to respond better if the amp is already being pushed a bit. The nicest thing about it is when you use the fuzz below 12:00 and the volume at a minimum of 2:00. It can really slam the amp and do some nice things. Very touch sensitive and responds well to guitar volume adjustments.

no problems. However, I am a hobbyist for the most part, and play out infrequently. I do have small kids and they haven't broken it yet.

Never dealt with them.

I play Rock, Country, Power Pop, Blues, Rockabilly. Really I like it all. I don't really do metal. This is a nice fuzz, for classic rock. When I have played out with this, it seems to step out and cut through, when required. I habitually buy and sell pedals, and often things to stay with me for more than a year or two. I think that this will. Play it with your own set up first, but if your stuff has a good bit of midrange to begin with, you will like this pedal.

Love at first listen. I agree, you can get very subtle distortion to full blown fuzz with a twist of the attack knob. Back off the volume on your guitar and get a nice clean tone with a little edge to it.

I use a Seymour Duncan with a Tele (w/ Fender tele mod switch). A little noisy, but to me if the tone is there I can deal with a little noise. I am real influenced by classic rock (i.e. The Beatles, stones,Clapton...). Best fuzz I've heard. Superfuzz is great too, but I got soouch a good deal I couldn't pass this one up. Real glad I didn't!

I play original music, record (home studio)and in a classic rock/blues/modern cover band. Been playing 25 years. It will never be stolen or lost because I wont let it out of my sight! I Love this pedal so much my wife is jelous of it. I love the simpicity of the pedal. Voodoo lab pedal kick butt!!