MI Audio Neo Fuzz
The MI Audio Neo Fuzz Provides a high gain classic fuzz which goes from mosquito tone to woman tone with the sweep of the tone knob. For all you fuzz lovers this is definitely a keeper.
Listen to the Neo Fuzz
MI Audio Neo Fuzz Low Gain
Neo Fuzz Medium Gain
Neo Fuzz High Gain
Vintage Fuzz at its best!
Fuzz generated by a pair of hand selected AC128 Germanium transistors.
Ultimate flexibility with the following 8 controls (1 internal):
- Fuzz - From nothing to all out fuzz
- Load - input impedance control
- Bias - controls the bias of the 2 transistors
- Body - midrange control
- Tone - Balancing control for controlling highs and lows
- Volume
- Bright switch
- Internal Gain trimmer.
Very cool pink LED!
Professionally powder-coated and silk-screened enclosure, measuring only 4.3 * 2.2
Michael Ibrahim on the MI Audio Neo Fuzz: Ahhh, the Neo Fuzz. This is the crème de la crème of fuzz. Vintage fuzz at its best.
The circuit concept is the same as that of the GI Fuzz, but instead of NPN high gain silicon transistors, the Neo Fuzz is built around a pair of hand selected early 70s NOS AC128 germanium transistors. There's also a third silicon transistor which is not involved in the fuzz tone generation. The tone is pure germanium. Each germanium transistor is tested for leakage current and gain, and only the best of these transistors is used in the Neo Fuzz. The other cool feature is the high intensity pink LED. Very cool!The tone of the Neo Fuzz is remarkably different to the G.I. The Neo is much more vintage sounding, a lot smoother, with less bite and buzz. It's gain is also a lot tamer, but don't worry, there's still plenty on tap.Once again, the Neo Fuzz is not a clone of anything out there. It is new design which I worked on for about a year. The other features of the Neo Fuzz are the same as the GI Fuzz, namely:
- A huge gain range, from nothing to sustain-for-days
- It can be used as a low gain device (for a fat bluesy bite), which is fairly unique for a fuzz pedal, since fuzz pedals tend to have a very narrow range of gain.
- To tame this pedal, there's an internal gain trimmer to wind things back (which I recommend)
- A load control, which is a variable input impedance. This can be used to match the Neo Fuzz to humbuckers as well as single coils (Fuzz pedals tend to have low input impedance which is a better match for single coils. Now you can also use humbuckers without any problems). You can also use it to go from a tradition fuzz sound (low input impedance) to a more articulate sound with detailed highs (high impedance)
- A bias control to set up the operating point of the transistors, from a fat symmetrical fuzz, to an asymmetrical 'mosquito' buzz, and beyond, to a gated synth-like sound (almost sounds like your amp is about to die!)
- A body control, which full range mid range control. The mids, of course, are the most important frequencies for determining how your guitar tone sits in with the rest of the band.
- A tone control, which controls both lows and highs, as opposed to simply a high cut filter. This is like bass and treble controls rolled into one. The combination of the tone and the body controls is like having a low/mid/high EQ
- A volume control with output to spare. You can use the Neo fuzz to overdrive your amp.
- A 3 position bright switch to help tame the top end. This is useful if you're going to use your Neo Fuzz with a bright 'modern' voiced clean channel, or if you're going to use the Neo with overdrive pedals (which tend to be darker, and by comparison, make a normal fuzz sound shrill)
- A heavy duty 3PDT True Bypass footswitch for no tone loss when the Neo Fuzz is bypassed.
- A 9V adaptor plug (2.1mm barrel connection).
- Super quiet operation, due to its unique design.
- High quality overrated components for rock-solid reliability. In fact, you can use the GI Fuzz with anything up to 25V DC power source, although for a fuzz pedal, 9V is the best operating voltage.
- Each and every GI Fuzz is hand-made by me in Sydney, Australia.
- As with all my pedals, it carries a 5 year warranty.
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