Catalinbread Merkin Fuzz

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Catalinbread Merkin Fuzz

Post by Freethenoise »

Hey guys,

Demo/review I made of the fantastic Catalinbread Merkin fuzz.

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Enjoy kids, any vintage sound nutters should certainly check this little guy out.
Thanks guys,
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Post by Ro S »

Nice. I have been GASing for one of these in a while. Nice vintage sounds.

p.s. which "classic circuit" is it based on? Maestro? Superfuzz?
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Ro S wrote:Nice. I have been GASing for one of these in a while. Nice vintage sounds.

p.s. which "classic circuit" is it based on? Maestro? Superfuzz?
They don't say explicitly but this line on the site:
'The Catalinbread Merkin is a fuzz pedal that's just rite for classic sixties fuzz sounds and beyond!'

The 'rite' there pulls a strong hint to it being a fuzzrite style pedal.
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The Merkin is essentially a Fuzzrite with an added gain stage post-fuzz. A few coupling cap values are adjusted (somewhat more bottom end is available), but the end result is a more versatile Fuzzrite.
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mike fried wrote:The Merkin is essentially a Fuzzrite with an added gain stage post-fuzz. A few coupling cap values are adjusted (somewhat more bottom end is available), but the end result is a more versatile Fuzzrite.
So, basically, it's a beefed up Fuzzrite?
I've never played an original fuzzrite so i can't really draw a comparison.
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Freethenoise wrote:
mike fried wrote:The Merkin is essentially a Fuzzrite with an added gain stage post-fuzz. A few coupling cap values are adjusted (somewhat more bottom end is available), but the end result is a more versatile Fuzzrite.
So, basically, it's a beefed up Fuzzrite?
That's a good description of it. Its extra output stage provides slighty higher output and more predicable results when using with other pedals.
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Post by lorez »

Always loved the merkin
plopswagon wrote:I like teles and strats because they're made out of guitar.
robroe wrote:I dont need a capo. I have the other chords in my tonefingers