DevTech Audio DSOTM Vintage Fuzz

The DevTech Audio DSOTM Vintage Fuzz is a true bypass fuzz pedal that expands from the silicon Fuzz Face circuit origins. It was designed as an homage to David Gilmour's fuzz tones from early Pink Floyd, and specifically from The Dark Side Of The Moon, the album the pedal's name abbreviates¹.

What it does to your sound

Pedal of the Day's reviewer described the pedal as having "gorgeous aesthetic and warm, wonderful fuzz tones", and found that Gilmour-ish tones are easily achievable, but that there is a LOT more going on here overall¹. Beyond full fuzz, the review notes the DSOTM is even capable of warm overdrive and distortion sounds, along with all out face melting fuzz, which puts its range alongside what players use dedicated overdrive and distortion pedals for¹.

The controls: Boost, Filter and Body

The DSOTM carries three knobs, and each does a different job:

The Boost control is worth understanding before you dial in a sound, because it sets how hard the fuzz circuit is pushed rather than just adding level. At minimum it tames the response for cleaner, milder tones; at maximum it drives the pedal into its most aggressive fuzz territory¹.

Fuzz Face design and the wah problem

The DSOTM expands from the silicon Fuzz Face circuit origins, the classic fuzz design behind many vintage British fuzz tones¹. Fuzz Face style circuits are known for interacting badly with buffers and wah pedals, because their input stage expects to see the guitar directly. Pedal of the Day explains how DevTech handled this:

In practice, that extra input stage means the DSOTM should sit more happily in a pedalboard that includes a wah or a buffer ahead of it, where a conventional Fuzz Face clone would misbehave¹.

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