The Wilson Effects NotRite is a fuzz pedal released on March 11, 2020 by Wilson Effects, a maker based in Guilford, Indiana1. Delicious Audio's Paolo De Gregorio described it as a modern take on the Fuzzrite circuit and its "two fuzz into one" approach, a design in which two fuzz stages feed a single output1.
Wilson Effects describes the pedal on its own product page as "a glitchy gated fuzz that just sounds huge"2. A gated fuzz cuts off quietly picked notes entirely and snaps on hard when you dig in, which is why this kind of circuit is a staple of doom and stoner playing. Delicious Audio put the range this way: it is "capable of the Doomiest of Dooms as well as some lighter fuzz tones"1.
"it works just as well on the clean or gain channel of your amp"
That amp pairing note matters in practice: the NotRite is not a pedal that only comes alive into a cranked channel, so it can sit on a board used with a home amp or a backline set clean1.
Circuit background
The Fuzzrite is the circuit the NotRite draws from. The original design's "two fuzz into one" approach, as Delicious Audio describes it, blends two fuzz voices into one output, and the NotRite is a modern, Fuzzrite inspired version of that idea1.
Not the NotRite: the follow-up
Wilson Effects later released a separate pedal, the Not the NotRite, and the name invites confusion with the original. On that pedal's page the maker is explicit: "Contrary to popular belief it's not based off the legendary FuzzRite"3. The Not the NotRite is described by the maker as "a glitchy, gated fuzz with a massive, chaotic tone"3.
Its controls and power differ from what a player might expect from the original3:
The Not the NotRite has no battery option, so it needs a power supply on the board3.
Where it sits in Wilson Effects' fuzz range
Wilson Effects builds a number of fuzzes besides the NotRite, including the Fuzz MKIII, the Mordant, the Knuckle Dragger, the No Face NPN, the Dirty Beaver, the Octave Fuzz and the Stoned Grasshopper Holiday Special. The NotRite is the Fuzzrite inspired entry in that line1.
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Questions
Is the Wilson Effects NotRite based on the Fuzzrite?
Delicious Audio described the NotRite as a modern take on the Fuzzrite circuit and its two fuzz into one approach, calling it a Fuzzrite inspired circuit. Wilson Effects later released a separate pedal called the Not the NotRite, which the maker says is not based on the FuzzRite, contrary to popular belief. The two are different pedals with different circuits.
What does the NotRite sound like?
Wilson Effects calls it a glitchy gated fuzz that just sounds huge. Delicious Audio's write-up said it is capable of the Doomiest of Dooms as well as some lighter fuzz tones, and noted that it works just as well on the clean or gain channel of your amp.
Sources (3)
- New Pedals: Wilson Effects NotRite Fuzz, Delicious Audio, 2020-03-11
- Not the NotRite, Wilson Effects
- NotTheNotRite, Wilson Effects
