ThorpyFX Redacted

The ThorpyFX Redacted is a germanium fuzz pedal built as an aggressive take on the Germanium Fuzz Face Rangemaster, using potent, high gain mil-spec CV-style transistors. Guitar Pedal X described it as containing "somewhat more aggressive - fierce even - mil-spec Transistors".¹

What it does to your sound

The Redacted is, in Guitar Pedal X's words, "a somewhat aggressive take on the Germanium Fuzz Face Rangemaster - with potent / high gain mil-spec CV-style transistors". The reviewer found it "already potent at noon, with a fierce, wide-ranging output profile", meaning the pedal delivers plenty of output and intensity even with the knobs at their middle settings.¹²

In his year-end roundup of new fuzz pedals, reviewer Stefan Karlsson ranked the Redacted as his third favorite Thorpy fuzz of all time and called it a first choice for a slightly more searing high gain fuzz face.²

Controls

The pedal splits its controls between the two circuits it combines:

The Fuzz Face side shapes the fuzz character itself, with Bias and Smooth adjusting how the germanium transistors respond, while the RangeMaster side handles tonal placement and boost.²

Power and connections

The Redacted runs on 9V DC with a center negative connection and draws 10mA, with a TS input and TS output. That current draw is modest by pedalboard standards.¹

Where it sits in the ThorpyFX range

ThorpyFX builds a wide range of fuzzes, and the Redacted's Fuzz Face plus RangeMaster pairing sits alongside other combinations in the lineup, such as the ThorpyFX WOPR AtomIC Fuzz + Silicon RangeMaster, which pairs a fuzz with a silicon RangeMaster stage. Other germanium fuzzes in the range include the ThorpyFX Hanami and the ThorpyFX Tacit Blue Germanium Fuzz Face. For more on the effect type, see Fuzz Pedals.²