Frantone Bassweet

The Frantone Bassweet is a fuzz pedal built for bass guitar. Frantone, the maker, calls it a "Germanium Transistorized Fuzztone" and describes its sound as kicking out "an impenetrable wall of low end that will devastate all those present." It is hand-made in the USA by Frantone.¹

What it does to your sound

The Bassweet is a germanium transistor fuzz aimed at bass players. Frantone's own description leans on the low end: the pedal "kicks out an impenetrable wall of low end that will devastate all those present."¹ Germanium transistor fuzz is an older approach to the effect than later silicon designs, and it is the same construction Frantone used across its fuzz line, including the Peachfuzz and Cream Puff.¹

Controls, bypass and build

The Bassweet sits in a tough cast aluminum case and uses true bypass switching. Frantone notes that "All new Frantone effects come with full signal bypass and status light," so the pedal passes the guitar's signal untouched when off and shows its state with a light.¹

Where it came from

Frantone describes the Bassweet as "Brother to the legendary Frantone pedal The Sweet," its bass-oriented sibling in the company's fuzztone range.¹ The Sweet is covered on its own page: Frantone The Sweet. Frantone's fuzzes have drawn attention over the years, with the Peachfuzz named by Music Radar among the 50 greatest fuzztones of all time.¹

For more on the effect type and how germanium fuzz sits in it, see Fuzz Pedals and Bass Pedals.

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