Pédale d'Effet du Jour: Keeley Fuzz Bender

The Keeley Fuzz Bender is a 5 knob, 3 transistor modern fuzz using a combination of high-gain silicon and silky smooth germanium. Now, you'll be pummeling your amp with over 20dB of boost/cut at 100Hz and 10K Hz.

What makes a great fuzz even better? Active EQ. Using two gyrators as an active EQ gives you the ability to create huge fuzz tones not possible with your grandpa's square-wave boxes. The Fuzz Bender is built around vintage Japanese germanium to create its prodigious fuzz tones. With the all new Bias Control, you now can control the attack and decay of your notes. Anything from Fat Square Waves to Angular Fuzz to glitchy-Velcro attacks are possible with the Bias Control. The Fuzz Bender’s five knobs confirm that size really does matter when creating a new and epic world of fuzz.

The active EQ allows you to go from mid-boosted to mid-scooped, and you'll experience the stability of silicon with the character of germanium due to the Bias Control.The Level and Fuzz controls on the unit are large enough that to move with your feet. Additionally, the Keeley Fuzz Bender features simple in/out top mounted jacks, along with true bypass.

Use Keeley's Bender to dial in low-key to searing fuzz tones to suit your personal taste, and make your hottest lead work stand out like a watermelon in a desert.