JIM DUNLOP Mini Distortion, Blue (FFM1)

It has an input jack, plug the guitar directly into it. It has an output jack, connect it to your effects chain or amplifier to it Turn volume down to near zero, turn fuxx up to 75%. Install 9v battery and click the footswitch on. Turn up volume until you hear the sound. Then adjust fuzz to just a bit after the signal clips. Don't touch either volume or fuzz again. Use your guitar volume knob to control the dirt in your sound. When a Fuzzface is on the guitar volume has little effect on volume.This pedal is a classic but takes some effort to learn. It does what it does perfectly.Highly recommended.

I have an IK X-drive which has a nice Fuzzface but it is digital and I decided I wanted to try out the analog. I chose this over any of the full size simply due to the a/c input. I've had a nightmare with batteries in my Boss AB2. The sound is there, if you can manage to somehow boost the signal without losing definition in a wall of noise. I do use it going into a Presonus audio interface into my monitors.Update: I've tried every combination of pedals and amps that I own and still the same issue. Returning it unfortunately.

IF you never owned one of these they are rather different then your typical distortion/ overdrives out there.The fuzz has very little control and is way over the top to the point you think its going to fall a part. But the beauty is how well these clean up with your tone knob. you have overdrive at 5 or 7 but then you turn you knob to 10 and you have crazy lead notes that not Boss can give you. Its basically early 70's pink floyd solos that are super full. He diddles around until the solo and then bam, he cranks the volume knob and fills the whole song. The germanium version is a bit smoother if prefer but there is not huge difference between the two. Its cool to have around but its more of specialty pedal unless you only play heavier musics from around 1970. There is a switch inside that can reduce the gain but you have to be careful, go too low and sounds like the battery is dead.

After spending some time with some clones similar to this fuzz. I finally bought the real deal. It is awesome. Dirty and clean in all the right places. Versatile. Works great with my gibson sg and vox ac15. Highly recommended

(2) Silicon BC108B's -- Whats not to love. Lots of fun to play. Drop the voltage a bit and things get even more interesting.

A nice classic fuzz tone but the round format of the pedal may be a bit too odd if you are creating a clean pedalboard. The volume is lower than you would expect (by design). Hard to get the right setting depending upon how you place the fuzz. I have a buffer pedal before it and it sends the Fuzz into a splatty od fuzz tone almost digital in nature like a bit crusher - cool if that’s what you like. Need to experiment with other pedal combos as Fuzz is really picky. Great pedal but need to spend more time with it. Note: this is NOT a pedal you can fix if it breaks. Components are miniaturized and you cannot replace. Should be no problem but I prefer pedals with common components so I can Mod or fix in the future. This pedal is basically disposable.

I'm always disappointed with the construction quality of dunlop/MXR pedals. the switches are horrible. It would take you very little money to not have a poor switch.

I always wanted Fuzz, sounded groovy I thought. Understand this pedal is like an artist, it as a artist make's art work. Not every one's going too get it or understand it, though those that do are the ones that are special. Jimi Hendrix he understood how too use this artist, an always make art work that is why he's special. The sound, not all hear how too make it sing. I learned too, so can you.