Thylacine Fuzz - TH077

Thylacine Fuzz - TH077

Available for immediate purchase is this beautiful Thylacine Fuzz in a gorgeous grey hammer finish.

The Thylacine is our take on the classic 2 germanium transistor MK1.5 tonebender.

Housing carefully selected NOS or reclaimed components from the 50's 60s, 70's and 80's, these pedals are made with that vintage tone in mind. Each pedal is hand crafted, point to point, one at a time.

This beast features an absolute  killer set of transistors. In Q1: we have a Philips Mullard OC79 and in Q2: a Mullard OC75N. These are a brilliant pairing, full, sizzling with tonnes of harmonics and a heap of sustain. 

This pedal also features a Bias Control. This replaces the standard biasing resistor and can help tame the fuzz when ambient temperatures get too warm. It is also handy should you want to dial in a little gated fuzz. To set the standard voltages (around noon on the pot), roll the guitars volume back to about 7 and then adjust the bias until the guitar sound is clear and full. 

Along with these you will find

• Mullard OA79 Germanium Diode.
• Philips Electrolytic caps
• Mullard Mustard coupling cap
• Piher, Allen Bradley,and Philips resistors

Mechanical components include

• Alpha pots
• Alpha Foot switch
• Neutrik jacks
• Amber LED
• Lumburg 2.1mm DC power socket

Each Van Diemens pedal is hand crafted, one at a time using carefully selected vintage components. When turning our transistors, we initially set standard voltages at the beginning, and then set the final tone, tuning by ear.  We are constantly looking for the perfect sweet spot and once that point has been reached, we finalize the bias. We use classic pull back cloth wire and each hand cut and drilled, 50s phenolic board uses either eyelets or through hole construction and are all wired, point to point.

IMPORTANT: This pedal uses PNP Germanium transistors and the External power is Negative (-) Center. DO NOT power this pedal using a daisy chain. Use Isolated power supplies only. Failing to do so could damage the pedal and will void any warranty.

These fuzz are harmonically very active. It is a thick, full and aggressive fuzz but it is also very dynamic with some great sounds being produced by the amount of pick attack alone. It cleans up very nicely when rolling the attack control back a bit and then rolling back the guitar volume, however, when it's wound up, it's loaded with rich harmonics and has that violin quality to it. This fuzz is massive.

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