Obscure vintage fuzz data dump: Hi Pro Fuzz-Sustain

[1bottlerocket]

NICE! Anytime "Timbre" is used my first guess is Buzzaround.

When I saw that, I thought the same thing. Would it be possible for it to be a DIY project box?

Nice score!

[innerflight]

Love that mad to think that thing was born a month before me

So is that you burrowing down the 70’s rabbit hole?

[HorseyBoy]

Another reason to scour the Swedish classified, eh?

[dancehall]

Another reason to scour the Swedish classified, eh?

Apart from looking for penis-enlarger pumps, you mean?

[Nick]

When I saw that, I thought the same thing. Would it be possible for it to be a DIY project box?

Nice score!

It looks kinda professionally done in some ways (e.g. the box and the graphics), but then it's also sketchy with the PCB mistakes. I wouldn't want to begin jumping to conclusions, but another possibility is it was made by a company that doesn't typically do stompboxes, hence the weird type of push-button. It's all speculation for now

So is that you burrowing down the 70’s rabbit hole?

Certainly not! I make exceptions for pedals that are both interesting and cheap though

[Spook]

I was right

[Nick]

well, I WAS gonna do a demo comparison of this against the Buzzaround but truth of the matter is that the 'Hi Pro' pedal doesn't really hold up against the real thing. It's an interesting oddity simply because of what it is, but in terms of sounds, the Fuzz-Sustain just doesn't get fuzzy or sustainy enough.

So, here's a different pyjama party shootout between my latest DIY pedal and some other vintage boxes