The Mask Audio Electronics YES! is a gated fuzz pedal, a variant of the maker's NO design: Mask Audio Electronics describes it as having "less of a focus on a snarling upper octave and more on gating and dynamics"1. It is now discontinued: Mask Audio Electronics' own page refers to it as "our now discontinued YES! gated fuzz"1.
The YES! has been discontinued by Mask Audio Electronics, so remaining units are secondhand or leftover stock1.
What it does
The YES! sits in the gated fuzz corner of the fuzz pedal world: it clamps down between notes and responds to playing dynamics rather than washing everything in sustain. Mask Audio Electronics describes its character as "Less of a focus on a snarling upper octave and more on gating and dynamics"1, which sets it apart from octave-leaning fuzzes that push an upper-octave edge.
Where the YES! earns its keep on a board is with other pedals. The maker says "YES! also stacks with almost anything, perfect of scuzzing up your reverb or thickening your phaser"1, so it can be run into time-based and modulation effects to dirty them up, not just used as a standalone distortion into an amp.
Where it came from
Mask Audio Electronics positions the YES! as "the older brother to NO."1, a related design in the maker's range. Where the NO leans on a snarling upper octave, the YES! shifts the emphasis toward gating and dynamics, in the maker's own description1.
Related pedals
- Mask Audio Electronics & Holy Island Audio STOP! Dual Fuzz: a dual fuzz pairing the Yes circuit with the Abracadaver2
- Mask Audio Electronics YES DIY: the DIY version of the YES!1
- Mask Audio Electronics Black Math: another fuzz in the Mask Audio Electronics range
- Mask Audio Electronics Part Garden: a collaborative fuzz from the same maker
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Sources (2)
- YES DIY - Mask Audio Electronics, Mask Audio Electronics
- Mask Audio Electronics YES Fuzz, Delicious Audio, 2022-08-25
