Death by Audio – Supersonic Fuzz Gun

Death by Audio make some mad pedals, this is one of them – it creates some of the most unholy fuzz tones ever heard. Strange choice for The Edge from U2 to stick in his rig but aparently he has!

Here’s a description from the Death by Audio website (I don’t know why it’s all in capitals!):

“THE SUPERSONIC FUZZ GUN IS A COMPLETELY UNIQUE AND HUGE SOUNDING FUZZ PEDAL. THE GOAL OF THE PEDAL WAS TO MAKE A FUZZ WITH THE CAPABILITY OF HAVING AN IMMENSE RANGE OF GREAT AND USABLE FUZZ SOUNDS. THE CONTROLS ARE COMPLETELY INTERACTIVE WITH EACH OTHER TO GIVE THE WIELDER AN INFINITE NUMBER OF GREAT TONES. THERE ARE EXTREMELY (AND I MEAN EXREMELY) HARSH SOUNDS AVAILABLE AND EXTREMELY (YES I MEAN IT AGAIN) WARM SOUNDS AVAILABLE. IT DOES IT ALL. SOUND SAMPLES:

CONTROLS:
BIAS – CHANGES THE OVERALL SOUND OF THE FUZZING
DENSITY – AFFECTS THE FREQUENCY RANGE GOING INTO THE PEDAL
FUZZ – INCREASES THE DISTORTION OF THE SIGNAL
FILTER – FILTERS OUT THE HIGH FREQUENCIES OF THE OUTPUT AND SMOOTHS OUT THE INSANITY
LEVEL – CONTROLS THE MASTER OUTPUT VOLUME OF THE PEDAL
GATE/OSCILATION – SWITCHES BETWEEN A GATED FUZZ TONE AND AN OSCILLATION FUZZ SOUND”

And a demo video for you from ProGuitarShop:

Here’s a internal photo provided by Mrutg:

[This is the older version of the pedal]

And here’s a schematic provided by Glass_Hero:

And a vero layout by roseblood11:

Check out the really strange bias/orientation of the transistors, probably goes some way to explaining the crazy sound of the Supersonic Fuzz Gun.
And the freestompboxes.org forum thread for reference: http://freestompboxes.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=12689

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