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... has lead me to pick up a Foxx Tone Machine this week - did some canny trades on another forum I frequent, and got this red reissue:



I've been on an ongoing mission to purge all the Dano gear from my pedal basket, and I can now get shot of the last bit, my French Toast (which was my first fuzz pedal, funnily enough). Haven't tried the two back to back (my ears of tin are legendary), but it's a great fuzz. Louder than the Dano, I think (and I'm pretty sure Hurb's in the same camp) that the Tone Machine is my favourite kind of octave fuzz: it can go from reasonably tasteful to full-on batshit, the octave on/fuzz right down sound is great, and it's a huge sounding fuzz without the octave. Stacked it into the IC muff (which was sounding heavenly, thank you) and harmonic percolator into my Minimat. It was really interesting what the perc was doing to the octave sounds - made them track better on the lower frets, and the notes mangled, resolved and sustained like they do with a ZVex Machine, but in a much more musical way.

Even better, my daughter has sussed out how to stamp on pedals to switch them on, and kept shouting "Louder, LOUDER!"

What's the finish like on this? It looks all matt and rubberised. Very swish anyway.

How big is this thing too- is that a normal sized footswitch?

timhulio wrote:What's the finish like on this? It looks all matt and rubberised. Very swish anyway.

How big is this thing too- is that a normal sized footswitch?

Aww not furry like the originals??

benecol wrote:... has lead me to pick up a Foxx Tone Machine this week - did some canny trades on another forum I frequent, and got this red reissue:

Tone Machine's are excellent. might have something up with mine though, gets way too noisey when either fuzz or sustain are turned up. Hopefully just needs cleaning (and some use)


Where did you find a reissue?
Never liked the Dano french toast, not sure why, might have just been a plastic fear thing lol

Quite a big pedal - bit smaller than a muff. And it's covered in fuzz (and cathairs, now).

benecol wrote:Stacked it into the IC muff (which was sounding heavenly, thank you) and harmonic percolator into my Minimat.

I've not tried that yet, the HP after fuzz. I usually put it before the Shiva and it sort of pushes it into creamy fuzz but still mental and glitchy.

You should really, really try it - sounds great.

I should really be trying everything, pedalwise. Might give this a spin tomorrow.

If you decide to sell it, can I have first dibs please.

funnily, is that a word? i say that all the times.

great pedal. if anyone should have one of these (RI or not), tis you, fey devonian.

hotrodperlmutter wrote:funnily, is that a word? i say that all the times.

It is a word but it's almost always used in the expression 'funnily enough' to describe something that is a bit of an amusing coincidence or interesting oddity and to a lesser extent used to describe something that's 'acting funnily' when it's behaving out of character in a curious way (which can also apply to an inanimate object).

I imagine it's one of those words that a lot of people think shouldn't be accepted as legitimate. It's certainly fairly informal.

I still have a French Toast but it's the only Dano product I have. I've considered the Peach Fuzz copy but I can only just justify keeping that one pedal, any more would be too much.

Do the originals go for silly money? I didn't even know there was a RI.

I'm the same, FT only. Yep, they started making these reissues in the late 90's, I think. And original 70's ones are pretty expensive, yes. Meant to be a pretty faithful reissue, by all accounts, and the fuzziness makes for a lovely tactile fuzz. Input and output are reversed, mind.

benecol wrote:Input and output are reversed, mind.

I'm staying well clear, then. It's confusing enough as it is.

benecol wrote:Even better, my daughter has sussed out how to stamp on pedals to switch them on, and kept shouting "Louder, LOUDER!"

Best thing I have ever read.

nice looking pedal and it would be good to hear it in action, especially with that combination you mentioned.

The foxx stuff always looks great. If I had the coin and space I'd have the foot phaser they do.

Great score Benecol

The reissues are more or less the same as the originals. The transistors don't have much headroom, so if you put another dirt or high gain pedal in front of them they break up massively. Add in the octave and then that kind of streamlines the signal like an odd compressor.

BacchusPaul wrote:

benecol wrote:Stacked it into the IC muff (which was sounding heavenly, thank you) and harmonic percolator into my Minimat.

I've not tried that yet, the HP after fuzz. I usually put it before the Shiva and it sort of pushes it into creamy fuzz but still mental and glitchy.

Just realised I've never, ever done this in my life. I did it with a Grumbly Wolf but my brain shorted out the other day reading this thread. I've never had a HP. Take no notice of me.