The VVco Pedals 3D Pickle Fuzz is a fuzz pedal with a single knob, housed in a 3D-printed enclosure shaped like its namesake. It employs the same circuit as VVco's original pickle fuzz effect, presented in the 3D-printed body.1
What it does
The 3D Pickle Fuzz is a one-knob fuzz. The one knob controls the volume of the fuzz, which gets fuzzier, as well as louder, as you turn it up. That makes the Volume knob do double duty: it sets how loud the effect sits in your mix and, at the same time, how much fuzz character comes through, since the two rise together.1
The pedal uses true bypass wiring, so when it is switched off your guitar's signal passes through untouched.1
Build and construction
The enclosure is printed from high impact por-PLA, giving the pedal its pickle shape. VVco builds the pedal by hand: the Pickle Fuzz is 100% hand-wired and hand-built.1
How it fits in VVco's lineup
VVco Pedals is known for novelty-themed effects, and the 3D Pickle Fuzz sits alongside them. The maker's range includes the Sports Almanac Theremin, a fuzz/theremin hybrid, among other themed designs.1
What reviewers said
Pedal of the Day reviewed the 3D Pickle Fuzz in November 2020. The reviewer's verdict1:
"Not the flashiest or most versatile pedal, by any means, though it fits right in with the novelty aspect of the VVco Pedals' lineup."
In other words, the reviewer saw the pedal as a straightforward, single-purpose fuzz whose appeal lies as much in its novelty design as in its flexibility. Players looking for a wide range of fuzz tones from one box will find the opposite here: one knob, one sound, with the intensity rising as the level does.1
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Questions
How does the 3D Pickle Fuzz's single control work?
The pedal has just one knob, and it controls the volume of the fuzz. As you turn it up, the effect gets fuzzier as well as louder, so the knob acts as both a level control and a drive control in one. That simplicity is the point of the design: there are no tone, bias or gain controls to set, just one knob to find the amount of fuzz you want.
What is the 3D Pickle Fuzz's enclosure made of?
The enclosure is 3D-printed from high impact por-PLA, shaped as a pickle to match the pedal's name. VVco Pedals builds the pedal by hand, and the review describes it as 100% hand-wired and hand-built. The wiring is true bypass, so the pedal is out of the signal path when switched off.
Sources (1)
- VVco Pedals 3D Pickle Fuzz, Pedal of the Day, 2020-11-15
