Description
The Benson Amps Germanium Fuzz Pedal is the first fuzz pedal with automatic thermal bias technology. The bias of the transistors in this pedal is automatically regulated by a circuit that gently warms the transistors to a preset operating point using analog components, and ensures a consistent sound, no matter the external temperature.
Two Germanium 2N527 or 2N404 Germanium Transistors are graded for gain and leakage, and carefully matched and set up in the ubiquitous 60’s circular fuzz topology
LED indicators let you know when the transistors are warming up to increase their hFE (transistor gain) and when the bias point is shifted to the correct voltage
Gain circuit has been tuned to be used as a rich sounding clean boost, an overdrive, all the way up to an aggressive fuzz with some octave overtones
Class A buffer in the very input of the Germanium Fuzz feeds a Jack Orman style passive pickup simulator circuit (an audio transformer set up as an inductor, a resistor, and a capacitor), ensuring seamless use with other pedals and your guitar’s volume knob
