Vex Effects company. The Fuzz Factory is based on, yet vastly expands the tonal palette of, classic fuzz-tone designs from the 1960s. Invented in the mid-1990s, the pedals are mostly handbuilt and painted in Minnesota, United States, with a budget line being manufactured in Taiwan.
Similarly one may ask, how many transistors are in a Fuzz Factory?
The Raw Fuzz Factory 7™ was made to help folks create at home during the coronavirus, using two NOS 1960s 2N404 germanium transistors. The enclosure is raw aluminum (unpainted) and the circuit is hand assembled at home by the ZVEX crew.
In respect to this, is the Fuzz Factory germanium? The core of the Fuzz Factory is superficially pretty similar to a modded Fuzz Face, and the Fuzz Factory likewise uses NOS germanium transistors to get its unique sound.
Hereof, is the Fuzz Factory vertical the same?
The Fuzz Factory Vertical is a more pedalboard friendly version of the company’s flagship pedal. All of the controls are the same, as are the internal components. All that is functionally different is the vertical, as opposed to horizontal, layout. As such, this review will serve to address both of these versions.
What is ZVEX Vexter?
Vexter Series pedals are lower priced, featuring silk-screened art. The parts inside Vexters are identical to the hand painted pedals. The Sonar™ is a “tremolo” pedal, but this one’s different. This unit has the ability to chop up any signal you send into or out of it.
What type of Fuzz is a Fuzz Factory?
The Vexter Fuzz Factory from ZVex is a 5-knob fuzz pedal with 2 NOS ’60s germanium transistors, and it comes in a hand-polished aluminum chassis with hand-silkscreened, 2-color text. Though the circuit isn’t modeled after any one specific classic fuzz, it delivers tones straight out of the 1960s.
Where are ZVex pedals made?
All of their pedals (except the budget-line Vexter series) are hand painted at their factory in Minnesota. All Vexter subassemblies are made in Taiwan, but the final assembly is completed in the United States.
Who uses ZVex fuzz factory?
For 20 years, Z. Vex’s bestselling pedal has been the Fuzz Factory, used by, among others, Jack White of The White Stripes, Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, and J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. The company’s more than two-dozen other models include the Woolly Mammoth, the Box of Rock, and the Super Hard On.