Baja Tech Custom Das Fuzz GE

This is a germanium Fuzz handmade, entrance, exit and a jack for power, attention center is positive (thus reversed in comparison with traditional foods). We found from left to right, a button for the volume effect, another for the rate of a button Fuzz finally "kill" is a kind of booster

The photo is not really the current model.

UTILIZATION

There is no simpler you turn the knobs and it looks sound, there is a small manual on an A4 sheet, but had you one really need?

SOUND QUALITY

This is a germanium fuzz made with ingredients carefully selected and handmade. The sound is creamy, very different from a silicon fuzz ... Personally, I pay very low the "kill" which tends to be a bit too treble boost and give it a slightly "Silicon" ... In any case, it was a real sound Fuzz Face, it responds well to change volume on the guitar, how about another? Hendrix is ​​not far if you have fingers, mind and the rest of the stuff that goes with ...

After various tests, I installed it between my Hartman Tommy Bolin Fuzz (silicon) that is in first position and Diamond J-Drive my MkIII, so I can not mix or different pedals without surprises and take advantage of the characteristics of each and others ... I must say that I tend to leave the office in Baja constantly and play with the volume to adjust the level of fuzz, the other pedals I used to give more body and / or gain to my sound.

OVERALL OPINION

On my pedal, it takes up little space (size of a MXR), it works perfectly with my other pedals, I am fully satisfied. Fueled by my Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 Plus, she does not snore ...

Purchased in the USA about 90 € with shipping on Ebay (no customs fees for this value), I think it's an excellent deal, especially since the pedals germanium are scarce and often unaffordable. For those prices, relatively low, may worry, I advise them to open a fuzz and see what's in it: almost nothing. The price seems to me perfectly reasonable for a pedal which, in my opinion, is largely identical to other competitors in other brands and has a good chance of seeing his stock rise significantly when we no longer find germanium transistor ...

Germanium fuzz.
Analog, handmade in Baja Tech with components tested and selected.
True bypass.

UTILIZATION

Very simple, 3 buttons: fuzz, volume, and kill.
Fuzz sets the level of distortion.
Volume (or level) adjusts the volume.
Kill played on the bias. Far left, the effect is turned off and we find ourselves under the same conditions as the original Das Fuzz with only 2 buttons, that is to say that only fuzz and volume knobs interact. As soon as you turn the knob kill a slight boost clicks and you turn the volume pot to the right, the more LED weakens, the more fuzz is short, to simulate a battery end of life and go back of vintage fuzz vintage.
The classic fuzz

SOUND QUALITY

is really very good (without the kill on), it returns to the Das Fuzz v1 (with 2 knobs). A very fat fuzz, vintage well-typed. It is not acidic and garish as others. For the kill, it is interesting in the first quarter, then I am much less convinced.


OVERALL OPINION

I like this pedal, but I did not keep long. The build quality is impeccable, it is true bypass and the case is robust. The sound is vintage and typed is what I like. The kill button did not especially attracted, I have not actually found usable for the style of music I play. I had a lot of other boutique fuzz (MJM London Fuzz home, Fuzz Head by Robert Keeley, Fulltone 70, ...), it has the best value for money because it is not too expensive to occas' relative to its competitors. Good boutique fuzz