Another fuzz pedal this week, you say? Excellent!! Today’s pedal is different from the Fuzz-Stang MkII we reviewed earlier, but still boats some great tones of its own, and can hang with any fuzz around. The Jelly Fuzz from Depth Pedals offers a simple control section, a wide array of sounds to discover, one special option to switch your tone and, from a designer’s standpoint, a really rad and pleasing aesthetic as well.
The Jelly Fuzz by Depth Pedals is an extremely responsive high gain, true bypass, silicon fuzz. The circuit includes a very versatile and dynamic tone control section allowing you to push the mid ranges while at the same time giving you the ability to balance the amount of treble and bass. Roll the volume back and push the mid’s through with the tone knob while adding treble frequencies, or cut them by pushing the volume, countering the tone knob and adding more bass. Simply put, the tone knob is not just your standard treble-bass control, it works the mid range tones at the same time.
Go from very fuzzy, to beyond very fuzzy, there really are no words. The amount of fuzz attack you get is fed by a high quality transistor with the option of including a trim pot, accessed from the inside of the pedal to adjust the bias if you really want to dial in that perfect growl. It already sounds top notch without the trim pot but it’s definitely a welcomed add-on for those who want that extra 5% of user tweak-able control.
There’s a Deep switch present here as well, which alternates between two capacitors at the front of the circuit; allowing more low end to be fed through the veins when flipped on. The switch allows the Jelly Fuzz to sound good through any amp without worry if your set up naturally has too much bass or treble for the effects’ full potential. The switch has been purposely placed on the right side of the enclosure so that you can activate it with the toe of your foot in a live performance setting.
Wired for true bypass with the input grounded, your signal chain tone will be untouched when the effect is off. No popping sounds when the pedal is switched on and no annoying self-oscillation squealing when it’s turned off, which are both pretty key ingredients for most of us in a pedal. Thanks to Tali and the crew at Depth Pedals for sending this sea green beauty over to us (and for help with the review) – the Jelly Fuzz comes in a variety of color combos and knob options, so head over to their Reverb shop and see what they’ve got waiting for you.
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