Jen Fuzz & Sustain - - -
Posted: Sat May 21, 2011 2:58 pm
Ok, ok.
So I had been tracking one of these beasts for quite a while.
The extreme rarity of these makes the few online descriptions I found not very reliable.
The small consensus I picked up was that this was some sort of Big Muff clone and also the fact that it is called the "Fuzz & Sustain" must have added to this myth...
Well I can tell you that without a doubt, this is not anything like any Muff I have ever heard.
Lets go to the different controls first.
The "Blend" knob does exactly that, it blends in the wet and dry signal.
The "Sustain" knob is actually some sort of gate for the fuzz tone.
There really is no decay at all, the gate is either open or closed and the "Sustain" knob controls how long that happens.
"Volume" is well, volume.
The Fuzz sound itself it pretty wild. It seems to me like it is some sort of synthesizer-based fuzz.
Where the guitar basically triggers the synth which then kicks out the fuzz tone. I actually have another fuzz that is like this, the PAIA Roctave.
Overall the Jen is pretty nuts.
It sounds almost digital, but with that late 70s(?) technology it also has a cool organic punch to it.
and Forget about dynamics and long singing solos, this thing is for purely evil, crunchy heavy tunage.
I honestly can see why there are very few of these floating around.
I'm sure there weren't that many people who would have been into this sound when the pedal came out.
It's definitely unique though and something I am happy to own.
clips thanks to Em!
ok, enjoy the porn!
So I had been tracking one of these beasts for quite a while.
The extreme rarity of these makes the few online descriptions I found not very reliable.
The small consensus I picked up was that this was some sort of Big Muff clone and also the fact that it is called the "Fuzz & Sustain" must have added to this myth...
Well I can tell you that without a doubt, this is not anything like any Muff I have ever heard.
Lets go to the different controls first.
The "Blend" knob does exactly that, it blends in the wet and dry signal.
The "Sustain" knob is actually some sort of gate for the fuzz tone.
There really is no decay at all, the gate is either open or closed and the "Sustain" knob controls how long that happens.
"Volume" is well, volume.
The Fuzz sound itself it pretty wild. It seems to me like it is some sort of synthesizer-based fuzz.
Where the guitar basically triggers the synth which then kicks out the fuzz tone. I actually have another fuzz that is like this, the PAIA Roctave.
Overall the Jen is pretty nuts.
It sounds almost digital, but with that late 70s(?) technology it also has a cool organic punch to it.
and Forget about dynamics and long singing solos, this thing is for purely evil, crunchy heavy tunage.
I honestly can see why there are very few of these floating around.
I'm sure there weren't that many people who would have been into this sound when the pedal came out.
It's definitely unique though and something I am happy to own.
clips thanks to Em!
ok, enjoy the porn!