The Fiddy for an Ounce Fuzz is a fuzz pedal from Dirty Haggard Audio, and the builder's first offering. It is a two-stage silicon fuzz, meaning it uses silicon transistors in two gain stages, with each stage delivering as much gain as the transistors can provide. Pedal of the Day's reviewer described the result as getting "LOUD and DIRTY, as it should," calling it powerful, destructive and threatening1. If you are comparing it with other circuits, it sits in the broad family covered on the Fuzz Pedals page.
Controls and layout
The pedal keeps its front panel to a single knob. The reviewer's summary of how it works in practice: "you hook it up, find what setting works for your rig, and you're done"1. There is no tone, bias or bias-style trim to chase, which makes it a set-and-forget pedal on a board.
Inside, the circuit carries a hard-set noise gate that "stomps out the noise floor, while still allowing plenty of sustain," according to the review1. That matters with a high-gain two-stage fuzz, where the noise floor can otherwise build up quickly.
What reviewers said
Pedal of the Day reviewed the pedal on 11 October 2021 and came away positive on the whole1:
"We love this first offering from Dirty Haggard Audio, and are looking forward to checking out more of their gear."
The reviewer summed it up as everything a killer one-knob fuzz should be1.
Dirty Haggard Audio has since built on this first pedal. The company's later fuzz designs include the DH-2 Death Fuzz and the Torsion Fuzz, both of which offer more controls than the single-knob Fiddy.
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Questions
How many controls does the Fiddy for an Ounce Fuzz have?
It has one knob. Pedal of the Day's review describes the approach as hooking it up, finding the setting that works for your rig, and being done. The rest of the circuit is set internally, including a hard-set noise gate that the reviewer said stomps out the noise floor while still allowing plenty of sustain.
What kind of fuzz circuit is it?
It is a two-stage silicon fuzz, with each stage delivering as much gain as the transistors can provide. Silicon transistors are generally the more consistent and less temperature-sensitive choice compared with germanium, and the reviewer described the pedal's character as loud and dirty.
Sources (1)
- Dirty Haggard Audio Fiddy for an Ounce Fuzz, Pedal of the Day, 2021-10-11
