Fairfield Circuitry - ~900 [About Nine Hundred]

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[@Quicksilver_Cookie]

I just got this thing. I saw it in local shop, and I was looking for a good high-ish gain fuzz. When I messed with it in the store I found low gain settings to my liking. Incredibly dynamic, going from perfectly clean to wall of sound just by changing picking intensity on your guitar. And then when I brought it home, and started messing with it more I understood that this is everything. It's a boost, it's an overdrive, distortion, vintage fuzz, modern high gain fuzz, a gated fuzz, feedback/noise generator, anything you want it to be. All while being unbelievably transparent tone-wise. It also does this funny thing with all knobs maxed - it starts whistling, even without you touching any strings. Just like pure sine wave whistle, and more crazy is that volume knob on the guitar seems to control the pitch of that. So you can play it as a synth, using a volume knob. The way signal level interacts with those two gain stages, and their controls feels so organic and alive. I absolutely adore this thing.

[@kirabarsmith9353]

Everything FC makes is awesome.

[@grantandrews4826]

Lol, I have a ~900, it's one of my favorite pedals, and yet I still listen to this video like once a month just for these sweet sweet tones. ❤❤❤

[@alexfletcher9915]

The fuzzy drive sounds in this are particularly tops!

[@on_idyl]

wonderful. just wonderful.

[@EcoCentrist]

oh man you're making me melt with those sweet tones and riffs. subscribed on bandcamp, thanks for the big inspirations

[@spartacus2296]

Absolutely stunning fuzz sound! The overtones and crustiness make me want it nowwwwww

[@airbornemoxen]

Oof that fuzz drive tone really hits the spot.

[@Minnaarsarelovers]

Sounds great, and some very tasty American Footbally playing

[@delivrance3961]

great job!

[@TUNNELOFREVERB]

This sounds sooooo good!

[@thecruddybug4437]

Nice, sounds like Mogwai.

[@Wirus002]

where do they have a sound like that/??

[@frankvaleron]

As an Unpleasant Surprise owner I don't need this. Sounds great though

[@Kerogas_]

The big problem of surprise is the absence of the "blend" knob which 900 has. Thinking to sell my surpise...

[@markferguson3745]

Conceptually, it's a very different circuit.Initially, I was excited about the USurp,- but because I use a lot of Fuzz, I couldn't rationalize the space on the board for it's limited application.Like a Harmonic Percolator, cool, but more of a studio tool.

[@AnodyneHipsterInfluencer]

Like what I'm hearing. I'm guessing you *really* like it C//E. Sounds right up your aisle.

[@collectoremitter]

I absolutely love it!

[@froginthebog8103]

It sounds good. Those lower gain tones are great. Doesn't sound like a "truly wild fuzz" in the slightest though, especially when this channel has featured so many actual truly wild fuzzes. Sometimes it feels like people will call every fuzz pedal out there "wild" or "gnarly". It doesn't even sound like it gets all that sputtery and broken up with the bias knob up all the way.
Thinking of this pedal as a fuzzy overdrive/medium gain fuzz, it sounds outstanding though.

[@kebbinator]

A pedal doesn’t have to sound like a Fuzz Factory to be a ‘wild fuzz’. This is definitively not a Fuzz Face or a Big Muff.

[@froginthebog8103]

@@kebbinator So the qualifications are that it doesn't sound like a big muff or a fuzz face. Seems like kind of setting the bar a little low. I do think this is a good sounding pedal, though.

[@oddthemute6172]

I was hoping you would have a demo of this!

[@markferguson3745]

An " introspective" Fuzz?
The cascading JFET design seems to be experiencing recent popularity-, NFN - , it's not dissimilar to what made the Boss BD 2 a stand out.With most Fuzz circuits, I've found it difficult to dial back the gain and compression to any desireable effect, but this concept truly puts you back in the Drive style seat, - an additive, rather than subtractive, process.

[@sifelaver]

Nice - do you know if this is a new release / version or has it been around for a while? Nice jam as always!!

[@markferguson3745]

It's new.They used to have a Four Eyes Fuzz , prior to releasing the Unpleasant Surprise, which is a very " experimental" circuit, kind of like a Harmonic Percolator.Thinking this was their attempt at something a little broader in application.

[@marcdeguzman2976]

If you were to pick between the 900 and unpleasant surprise, which would you choose?

[@DenisSurette]

V nice! FFC can do no wrong imho

[@bradruhfel4883]

If you already have a barbershop and an unpleasant surprise, would this offer up any sounds that those two couldn’t achieve alone or combined?

[@blueghostparanormal]

I'd say it doesn't sputter out like the unpleasant surprise

[@collectoremitter]

This is kinda like the middle ground of the two. More fuzzy than the barbershop, but tamer than the unpleasant surprise

[@moritzlienhard273]

Love this. Now this or the Benson Fuzz?

[@markferguson3745]

Very different birds.The Benson is def more conventional.
I'm thinking the choice comes down to the kind of music you play; while you can straight out Rock on most FF pedals, they lend themselves to more Ambient styles, - not that all manner of cross overs don't exist.Maybe if you're new to Fuzz, go with the Benson; they make awesome product.
Have you checked out their Pre amp as well? It does Fuzz at higher settings, and a lot of great stuff in between.Personally, I prefer it, of the two.

[@1kizzle12]

Do you find it noisy at all when the second fuzz stage is cranked?

[@ExtremelyOnlineGuy]

Also what would you classify your sound as playing wise what are your influences? You do this bass note over what sounds hybrid picked melodies. Pretty cool

[@collectoremitter]

I played in a two piece band (me and a drummer), so I learned to play melodically and keep the chord progression moving at the same time. I guess it’s a hybrid of a bunch of techniques

[@ExtremelyOnlineGuy]

@@collectoremitter what’s the name of that band? Any material out there for me? I stg if it’s “collector//emitter”…

[@PascalNormand]

Very cool. How does it compare /what is the difference with the unpleasant surprise?

[@Hamppzah]

main difference is that the unpleasant surprise is gated :)

[@ExtremelyOnlineGuy]

Like 10 videos on this pedal went up today. Weird.

[@AnodyneHipsterInfluencer]

That's the way it's done with a new release bruh.

[@ExtremelyOnlineGuy]

@@AnodyneHipsterInfluencer not that quick though not in my recent memory anyways lol. But this was anticipated I supposed

[@allakazoo6267]

How does it respond to volume changes? Does it clean up at all? Cheers!

[@dorianford6227]

Doesn’t clean up that well. I use this guy for lead stuff mainly or very powerful Doom like chords.

[@no_talking]

this or unpleasant surprise?

[@iaoshua]

fairfield >9000 will be next i hope

[@collectoremitter]

That’s my hope! Haha

[@twoys440]

imagine when companies actually make original and unique stuff instead of fuzz and overdrive and delay and reverb

[@collectoremitter]

Imagine true ascension when you realize fuzz, drive, delay, and reverb can all be original and unique