Flattley releases DG Fuzz dual booster and fuzz pedal

May 24, 2023 · 2 sources

Flattley Guitar Pedals released the DG Fuzz, a dual pedal combining a simplified version of its The Ace tone booster with a '60s-style fuzz, MusicRadar reported on May 24, 2023¹. The UK builder describes it as effectively a double pedal: a '60s-style fuzz that now incorporates a simplified version of The Ace and a typical period tone stack in one four-knob enclosure².

The pedal has its roots in the Fuzz Face circuit of the late 1960s and uses BC108 transistors, which Guitar World's review says gives a taste of that silicon Fuzz Face experience from drive sounds to fully saturated and decent volume-knob clean-up². The true bypass DG Fuzz includes a buffer so players can place it anywhere in their chain without negatively affecting the fuzz¹; the review notes that with the buffer it does not have to be first in the chain to receive the correct impedance from the pickups².

Controls are Volume, Fuzz, Tone, Grunt and a bypass footswitch². According to the review, the Tone knob at minimum allows all frequencies through but rolls off the bottom-end as it is turned clockwise, while the Grunt knob is part of the internal buffer and works on the input signal before it hits the fuzz section². A blue halo light ring diffuses the light for visibility on darker stages without dazzling players, and the pedal has a large aluminum foot topper¹. Like Flattley's other Platinum Range pedals, it is hand-painted, with a metallic holographic chrome flake, hydro-dipped graphics, lacquering with wet sanding between coats and hand polishing¹.

Guitar World's review lists the fuzz sound, output level, tonal options, buffer, halo light ring and footswitch topper among its reasons to buy, and calls the pedal a bit pricey among its reasons to avoid². It is one of the fuzz pedals in the Flattley line¹.