Fuzzrocious Cat King Dual Distortion Pedal

Fuzzrocious Cat King

The Fuzzrocious Cat King is the “king-sized” version of our Cat Tail.

This is a low to high gain distortion with overdrive capabilities.

This circuit is based on a well-loved, classic distortion that makes a clean amp dirty and a dirty amp disgusting.

The product was formerly known as the Rat King until 2015. Hmm – might be a clue there!

We have tweaked the original circuit to better meet the needs of guitarists and bassists alike.

Fuzzrocious added a diode toggle for extra tweakability for clipping options.

Also, the Beavis double resistor mod (Clipping 1 and 2 pots) allows the user to subtly fine-tune how the signal clips on the highs and lows.

Cat King Mods

The Cat King adds the following two mods on board to allow users two mods at their feet rather than just one on a Cat Tail:

FEEDBACK MOD

One can feed the signal back upon itself for oscillation, feedback, and noise. To do this use the momentary or latching footswitch connected to a feedback pot.

Please note that buffered pedals or too many pedals placed in line before The Cat Tail will negate the feedback mod.

2nd DISTORTION MOD

Switch back and forth between two (2) distortion pots. Think of it as having two distortion presets and using a footswitch to move back and forth between the two. Please note that 2nd Distortion is not stacking.

Here is what people are saying about the Cat King

“Amazing overdrive/distortion/ fuzz pedal, it’s what I’ve been looking for all of these years! The momentary feedback is what initially peaked my interest because I really wanted to get feedback on my bass and wasn’t having any luck. The feedback switch is really cool when you get it dialed in right and the distortion sounds great on both guitar and bass. Couldn’t recommend enough.”

“Just awesome. The feedback is incredibly organic sounding, especially with this pedal boosting a fuzz it makes gorgeous deep yawning growls and purrs. I had the discontinued model and had to part ways with it, and the big box name brand reissue I’ve replaced it with is a pale comparison. I’ll be back.”

You can see it demo’ed on the Fuzzrocious site with both guitar and bass (from the days when it was a Rat King!)

Controls

• VOLUME – makes the output of the circuit louder or quieter.
• TONE FILTER – moves from treble to bass when turned clockwise. There is a general high mids presence in most tone settings with little to no bass loss.
• DISTORTION 1 & 2 POTS– moves from a little to no drive/distortion to high distortion when turned clockwise.
• CLIPPING 1 & 2 POTS – fine-tunes how the signal clips on the highs and lows. To start, roll them both back, then slowly roll them clockwise to find your personal taste in clipping your signal.
• DIODE TOGGLE – connects to the Diode pot to blend between 1n914 silicon diodes and LEDs. Toggle up means the diodes are active. Down means no diodes are active (less compressed, more open sounding). DIODE – (see explanation in “DIODE TOGGLE” above)
• FEEDBACK – connects to the feedback footswitch to control the feeding back of the circuit’s signal into itself to let you make lots of noise.

Power

Fuzzrocious Pedals’ products do not support batteries due to the risk of damage to the unit and ecological concerns related to the use and disposal of batteries.

It is the customer’s responsibility to power the pedal with a 9V DC 2.1mm center negative tip adaptor that will not be provided by Fuzzrocious Pedals, LLC.