As fans of both boutique Germanium and the tighter Silicon style, the Hoof truly offers the best of both worlds. The core tone has the smooth, nearly endless sustain of your favorite Silicon designs and the downright nasty grit you know and love from vintage Germanium pedals. We particularly love the Shift control, which lets you add or subtract midrange content. Once you've dialed in your ideal amount of fuzz and adjusted the tone control the shift knob gives you the range to go through the decades of iconic fuzz tone. From the acid drenched snarl of the 60's, the soaring lead tones of the 70's, the synth-like velcro sounds of the 80's, to the devastating 90's grunge and beyond. The Hoof Fuzz is truly a one-size-fits-all circuit and if you're looking for high quality without the guesswork, don't pass this by.
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Our flagship fuzz pedal can be found on thousands of pedalboards around the world and has rocked countless stages from stinky suburban basements to Madison Square Garden. Twice.
The Hoof is loosely based on the classic green Russian fuzz circuit and features a hybrid Germanium/Silicon design, pairing maximum tone with maximum temperature stability not found in finicky and expensive vintage units. We hand-match our NOS Germanium transistors to exacting specifications for pedal-to-pedal consistency, taking the guesswork out of your fuzz purchase, and guaranteeing that your Hoof delivers the same smooth, natural, and harmonically-rich sustain as all your friends’ Hoofs. All your friends have Hoof fuzzes, right?
Controls
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Shift: This adjusts the mid content, clockwise for scooped mids, counterclockwise for boosted.
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Tone: Bass to the left, Treble to the right.
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Level: Use this control to make the Hoof louder or quieter.
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Fuzz: Clockwise for heavy, counterclockwise for light.
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