Elta Music Nitrofuzz

The Nitrofuzz is a fuzz pedal from Elta Music, a maker of pedals aimed at guitarists, bassists and synthesizer players. Elta Music describes it as "a powerful fuzz pedal which provides different sounds and timbres," with a range that runs "from high-gain and oscillative to 8bit-ish, torn and compressed."¹ For a player, that puts it on the more extreme end of fuzz pedals, in territory closer to synth pedals and octave & pitch pedals than to a straightforward overdrive or distortion.

Circuit and versions

Elta Music says the fuzz has three transistors in its circuit, one of them being a Soviet germanium type transistor from the 1960s to 1980s.¹ Germanium transistors are a traditional choice in fuzz design, and the use of a period Soviet part gives the pedal a component character that differs from silicon-based designs.

The maker's page also refers to an old version of the pedal, the Nitrofuzz 28, alongside the current Nitrofuzz 30.¹

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