Browne Amplification Announces the T4 Fuzz Pedal

May 28, 2020 · 6 sources

Browne Amplification announced the T4 Fuzz, a four-transistor fuzz pedal designed by Dave Brown. The company described it as its take on the classic four-transistor fuzz circuit, "similar to the circuits used in the big muff and countless other variants," but highly modified by Brown "to maintain clarity while retaining mid frequencies often lost in most Fuzz pedals"¹.

The maker says what sets the T4 apart from most fuzzes is its voicing¹. As the company puts it:

The announcement described a restrained enclosure design with a raised nameplate and a small footprint². The pedal measures 4.8" x 2.64" x 1.6" and is built in the USA¹³.

The T4 is equipped with three control knobs providing level, sustain and tone, plus a bypass footswitch, and it uses true-bypass switching⁴³. Power comes from a standard 9V DC negative power input with a 20mA draw, and there is no battery compartment, so it needs a power supply on the board⁴¹.

Key points from the announcement:

• Four-transistor fuzz circuit in the Big Muff family, modified to keep mids and clarity⁴¹
• Level, Sustain and Tone controls with a bypass footswitch⁴³
• True-bypass switching⁴
• 9V DC negative power, 20mA draw, no battery compartment⁴¹
• Standard input and output connections⁵

The launch price was $179.00⁶. Reviewers later covered the pedal alongside Browne's Protein Dual Overdrive, with MusicRadar's review team calling the T4 "an exceptional BM-style fuzz, similarly versatile"⁵.