Catalinbread Fuzzrite
The Catalinbread Fuzzrite is an exact sonic recreation of the original silicon transistor Mosrite FuzzriteTM.
This is the fuzz that launched thousands of Psychedelic and Garage bands in the mid and late 1960s.
Its distinctive voice can be heard on so many classic recordings from that era. From Iron Butterfly’s ‘In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida’ and The Stooges’ ‘I Wanna Be Your Dog’. Even Country classics like Buck Owens’ ‘Who’s Gonna Mow Your Grass’ features the Mosrite.
Nothing else sounds quite like a Fuzzrite…
Collaborating with the Moseley estate, we gained access to original new old stock FuzzriteTM pedals as the benchmark.
By playing and examining the components of these amazing rock and roll artefacts, we were able to develop the Catalinbread FuzzriteTM with absolute confidence that we got the sound and response right.
Not only do we have original NOS FuzzriteTM builds to test against, but we also have the ears of our collaboration partner, Mark Moseley.
He built them when he was a kid in Bakersfield working for his Dad, Andy and Uncle Semie at Mosrite.
Through Mark, we also reached out to Ed Sanner. Ed is the original designer of the FuzzriteTM, who graciously offered additional insights to the circuit.
Mark and Ed were there from the beginning. If anyone knows what a real FuzzriteTM should sound like, it’s these guys! We feel so fortunate to be entrusted with bringing this sound back, and we hope you enjoy this true labour of love as much as we do!
The Fuzzrite has a rich history of taking guitar tones to new levels and Catalinbread have brought the classic silicon circuit back.
The Catalinbread Fuzzrite is a faithful reproduction of the classic circuit of the 60s.
It is splatty, raw, and unapologetic.
Controls
VOLUME
Controls the output volume of the circuit. Higher settings will begin to overdrive your amplifier. These can add additional body and smoothness to the fuzzed out sounds. Crank it up!
DEPTH
The heart of the pedal. This knob is essentially a blend control that mixes in a second transistor gain stage with the first. At the minimum setting, you’re hearing the first transistor on its own – cleanish and fat.
As you begin to blend in the second transistor, at various points along the way you will notice:
- more voltage-starved gated sounds
- pseudo ring mod-style upper octave harmonics;
- and at max settings a thinner, more aggressive saturated sound with a ripping top-end attack and huge bloom to the notes.
Requires 9V centre negative supply. Draws approx 5mA
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