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,
-FTN
Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 7:36 pm
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?
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 11:57 am
by Freethenoise
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.
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 11:46 pm
by mike fried
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.
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 8:57 am
by Freethenoise
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.
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 12:06 am
by mike fried
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.