New Earthquaker Devices Park Fuzz Vintage Tone Guitar Effects Pedal

Includes a new Fender Custom Shop Yellow Tweed 6-inch patch cable and a new Fender Custom Shop Yellow Tweed 10-foot instrument cable.

The Park Amplification company, originally started by Jim Marshall himself, has almost as much history as the actual Marshall name. As the story goes, Jim Marshall entered a distribution deal for his amp line in 1965, but the terms of the deal were vague enough such that Marshall could build amps on the side, just not under his own name. Thus, Park was born, and the amps produced under that name were slight variations on Marshall circuits until the company dissolved in 1982.

Among the line of amps, a few pedals were also produced. Most of them were wahs or variations thereof, but one pedal stuck out: The Park Fuzz Sound.

The original pedal featured unlabeled TO-1 package transistors, so one would think that the circuit left us with Jim Marshall. The good folks at EarthQuaker Devices, in collaboration with the newly-resurrected Park Amplification, have faithfully recreated the Park Fuzz Sound so that a new generation may enjoy it.

While the original deployed the aforementioned mystery cans, the new Park Fuzz Sound uses a different set of NOS germanium transistors, hand-selected for a tonal match. When A/B'd with the original unit, the sounds were strikingly similar. The reissue has way more range in the Fuzz dial than the original.

Another bugaboo of original fuzz pedals is the powering situation; in the case of the original Park, it's powered by a battery only. Many older fuzz pedals are positive-ground, which means the pedal cannot be daisy-chained. The new Park Fuzz Sound offers a chip inside that corrects the voltage problem for complete rig integration.

The new Park Fuzz Sound is hand-made, one at a time in exotic Akron, Ohio. The pedal is wired for true bypass and accepts a standard 9v center-negative Boss-style power adapter. The current draw is low, so it's ready for your isolated power supplies.

Measures: 4 5/8" x 2 1/2" x 2.25" with knobs

Power (not included)
This device can be powered by a standard 9 volt DC power supply intended for musical instruments with a negative center 2.1mm barrel or a 9v battery. Even though this pedal is a germanium fuzz, it will play nice on a daisy chain due to its internal voltage regulation.

Controls
Volume: This is the level control, louder to the right, quieter to the left.
Treble/Bass: This is the tone control, thicker tones to the right, brighter to the left.
Fuzz: This is the gain control, more fuzz to the right, less to the left.