KMA Audio Machines Minos Fuzz. Germanium Pedal

KMA Audio Machines Minos

Conquerer of old lands, cursed with the unholy horned bastard son. The king has returned, filled with anger to deliver ancient tones of fuzz-history. Enter KMA Audio Machines Minos.

Minos is a germanium-based fuzz pedal derived from the legendary Tonebender MKII and the unique hard to find Superfuzz.

The boomy sound of this circuit is something you love or hate.

The Minos In Use

With the INPUT control you have the possibility to dial in the perfect amount of pre-gain and bass input.

Counter-clockwise it gives you a gritty and crisp overdriven sound, which is perfect for garage and blues sounds.

Turn up the INPUT for a thick and wooly fuzz sound. Our attempt at the Tonebender-ish style pedal has a broader range of gain structures.

Sweep through any shades of sounds from raunchy low gain distortion to thick angry fuzz sounds.

Every combination of amp and instrument behaves differently, so we added some tone-shaping controls. Set the bass response at the output with the three-way switch.

Choose between lo-fi jangle, punchy low mid or deep and boomy fuzz to tear down everything. To modify the high end we added a tone-cut to tame the brightness on full gain.

Change the overall character of the fuzz with two internal trim-pots, which set the bias of the second and third transistor.

Change the bias at your own risk.

The Minos is KMA Audio Machines’ modern approach to the old-fashioned and beloved three-stage germanium sound. Its versatility gives you a tool for a different style of fuzz sounds and music.

Every pedal is designed, assembled, silkscreened, tested and numbered by hand in our small workshop.

We use double-sided PCBs which are designed, tested and assembled by ourselves, to guarantee a high-quality standard and keep the price of our pedals reasonable. The use of an indestructible powder-coated die-cast enclosure ensures maximum durability.

There are videos of the germanium fuzz god in action here.

Features

• Versatile Three-stage Germanium Fuzz Pedal
• Wide range of fuzz tones- from woolly or lo-fi jangle, to thick and angry
• TONE CUT and BASS switches – to help shape your own tone and match your rig
• Separate INPUT and OUTPUT controls
• Handmade in Berlin, Germany
• True-Bypass switching

Controls:

INPUT: Sets the amount of incoming signal level and acts as a high pass to control the amount of bass.

ANGER: Defines the amount of fuzz from low gain to full saturation.

VOLUME: Sets your output – there is plenty available.

TONE CUT: Simple low pass to attenuate the top end. Changes are more subtle but effective.

BASS SWITCH: Offers three different settings from the lo-fi garage over to punchy mids till thick and saturated fuzz from the golden era.

Requires: 9V PSU (9V DC, centre -, 2.1mm, ~5mA current draw)