{"id":293,"date":"2019-10-06T08:18:50","date_gmt":"2019-10-06T13:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mrfuriousrecords.com\/audio\/?p=293"},"modified":"2019-10-06T08:18:51","modified_gmt":"2019-10-06T13:18:51","slug":"fntstc-fuzz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mrfuriousrecords.com\/audio\/fntstc-fuzz\/","title":{"rendered":"FNTSTC Fuzz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mrfuriousrecords.com\/audio\/files\/2019\/10\/FNTSTC-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-294\" width=\"346\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mrfuriousrecords.com\/audio\/files\/2019\/10\/FNTSTC-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mrfuriousrecords.com\/audio\/files\/2019\/10\/FNTSTC-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mrfuriousrecords.com\/audio\/files\/2019\/10\/FNTSTC-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mrfuriousrecords.com\/audio\/files\/2019\/10\/FNTSTC-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mrfuriousrecords.com\/audio\/files\/2019\/10\/FNTSTC-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/mrfuriousrecords.com\/audio\/files\/2019\/10\/FNTSTC-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mrfuriousrecords.com\/audio\/files\/2019\/10\/FNTSTC.jpg 1753w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A fOXX Tone Machine with several unique tricks up its sleeve, the FNTSTC pretty much rips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the course of a gear trade I offered a friend his choice of several circuits to develop into a Mr. Furious Audio pedal.  He picked the fOXX, and I couldn&#8217;t be happier that he did; this is a great pedal with several interesting design elements.    It can purr, it can tear your face off, and it has near-infinite sustain even at low levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond the standard fuzz, tone, and volume controls the FNTSTC has:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A footswitchable octave with built-in low-passing for better tracking<\/li><li>A special tweak to avoid the momentary signal drop the originals and all clones I&#8217;m aware of have when switching the octave on<\/li><li>&#8220;MR&#8221; mode for a more modern fuzz sound with a less pronounced octave<\/li><li>&#8220;Pad&#8221; control for padding down the main fuzz level relative to the octave (so the octave can really jump out when you turn it on!)<\/li><li>More volume on tap than the original<\/li><li>Lower output impedance than the original (for driving long cable runs)<\/li><li>A slight shift of the tone control range toward more treble (all the classic sounds are still there, except for the extreme, nearly-unuseable full bass setting)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Controls<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I &#8211; Input<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O &#8211; Output<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>P &#8211; Pad. Turning the Pad down reduces the fuzz in the main mode relative to the octave mode.  I chose this to retain the full-on original sound when the Pad is all the way up, so the sweep of the control doesn&#8217;t do much until about 10 o&#8217;clock and below<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>F &#8211; Fuzz<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>T &#8211; Tone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>V &#8211; Volume<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MR\/FXX &#8211; MR \/ fOXX modes. fOXX is the classic sound; MR mode is a smoother, more modern fuzz with a less pronounced octave. In MR mode, sometimes the octave is more pronounced without the octave switch engaged. MR mode is more like two different shades of fuzz rather than a full-on octave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Unmarked footswitch, right side) &#8211; Bypass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Up arrow footswitch, left side &#8211; Octave mode. Engaging the octave bypasses the Pad control<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fOXX Tone Machine with several unique tricks up its sleeve, the FNTSTC pretty much rips. In the course of a gear trade I offered a friend his choice of several circuits to develop into a Mr. Furious Audio pedal. He picked the fOXX, and I couldn&#8217;t be happier that he did; this is a &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mrfuriousrecords.com\/audio\/fntstc-fuzz\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pedals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrfuriousrecords.com\/audio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrfuriousrecords.com\/audio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrfuriousrecords.com\/audio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrfuriousrecords.com\/audio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrfuriousrecords.com\/audio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mrfuriousrecords.com\/audio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":295,"href":"https:\/\/mrfuriousrecords.com\/audio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293\/revisions\/295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrfuriousrecords.com\/audio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrfuriousrecords.com\/audio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrfuriousrecords.com\/audio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}