Review Demo - Echopark F-1 Dual Germanium Fuzz
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- Опубликовано: 7 ноя 2024
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Although Echopark isn’t a household name, sharp-eyed guitar spotters have no doubt noticed the company’s wares in rock ‘n’ roll circles. The instruments from Gabriel Currie’s little L.A. workshop exhibit a cool mix of classic solidbody design, tasteful sensibilities, and the precision of a builder that apprenticed under Leo Fender at G&L. But Currie’s instincts about pickups and electronics, as well as his fastidious sense of build quality, means his guitars are tough, practical sonic tools.
Now Echopark is in the fuzz business. And in the F-1 Fuzz, he’s applied his obsessions for granite-tough build quality and twisted-but-classic sounds to a spartan, vintage-inspired box that can sound positively magical.
The F-1 houses its super-tidy, hand-wired circuitry in a humble, industrial gray powder coated enclosure. With it’s big Bakelite-style knobs, it would look at home among any of the first wave of fuzz pedals from the mid-’60s. The pedal can be run off a 9V adapter or a battery, though vintage fuzz devotees will undoubtedly opt for the battery.
The F-1’s clean, streamlined look might seem too minimal. There are no markings explaining the roles those knobs play in shaping sound. Then again, operating the F-1 is not rocket science: About 30 seconds of tinkering reveals that the pedal’s left knob controls volume, while the one on the right controls gain.
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John just seems like the most positive guy. It'd probably be terrifying to see him angry.
That sounds freakin great! Thanks. Keep up the kick ass demos.
Awesome job, John - fantastic fuzz.
Well, hot damn! That's one fat sounding fuzz. John is on the bridge pickup of a vintage strat and it sound massive. I wonder if it doesn't get way too bassy with a Les Paul with humbuckers...
Might be my new fave builder Good stuff besides killer guitars Go John
The riff at :31 is impossibly cool. I don't think I could use this pedal all the time, but for the occasional burst of sonic flavouring, this thing sounds pretty beefy.
Can't ever get too much fuzz! i swear I have pedals that sound like this, but I still want to but it!
That's a great sounding Fuzz..
Holy shit that sounds good and fat. I love hearing the bad comments from the dad-band warriors who (naturally) hate fuzz.
huh? Hendrix played fuzz...
Yup. We dads who grew up on Hendrix and Zeppelin hate that scary fuzz.
Sooo, if we put down the $230 for the pedal we're guaranteed to sound like you? Asking for a friend....
My late 65 strat necks exactly like that 66
“Very staight laced, old engineer, nerd dudes”
So funny!
Whoa. Awesome.
Great fuzz !
The price tag is a little eyebrow-raising to say the least but this is a great sounding (and looking) pedal. I'd love to try one out.
+frozencons If you want to change your mind and call this pedal inexpensive, check out the price for real tape delays. The starting price is $900.
orlock20
It's all relative, right?
That said, there are a lot of fuzzes out there that sound damn good for a lot less money (I probably own five). This one faces some very stiff competition to my ears but probably sounds pretty glorious in person.
Cheers.
Or Pigdog or D*A*M or Cornish pedals... Over $500 easy! These days 175-225 is pretty standard, some get up to 300. Still pricey.
fucking great
most great electronic parts are manufacture in the far east.
joegile He was talking about the pedals, not the components, but just because great parts are made in the Far East doesn’t make all parts made in the Far East great.
Seriously? That sounds like dog shit!