top of page

CLASSIC FUZZ SOUNDS

 

VIDEO DEMOS:

                 Silicon -    **click here**            

      Germanium -    **click here**

 

 

     The Los Angeles Square Face is our head nod to the most beloved/famous patron of L.A.’s Rainbow Room by way of the classic Diaz Texas Square Face made by Cesar Diaz; guitar player and tech to the stars. As you might have guessed, the Texas Square Face was based on the Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face but used a different brand and style of transistors, had a bit more output volume, and was housed in a smaller square shaped enclosure. Stevie Ray Vaughn was known for using one which is half the reason they command such high prices today, but also because they sound really darn good with a Strat.

 

 

     The BLAMMO! version is similar to the original but not exactly the same. We swapped out the clicky 3PDT style footswitch for a much quieter relay based soft switching system set up in true bypass fashion. The power filtering has been beefed up a bit to help hush and smooth out some of the background hiss and we’ve moved the jacks from the side to the top of the enclosure to help save space on your pedalboard. As for similarities, all the capacitor values are the same and the NTE103 germanium transistors for the red version are too, though they are newly manufactured i