Anasounds releases enhanced and extended Silicon Fuzz Face style MK3 Feed Me Fuzz in FX Teacher DIY and Assembled Editions

My favourite ever octave fuzz is still likely Anasounds’ limited edition Crankled Bitoun Fuzz - which features the combination of Feed Me and Super Fuzz circuits - for the most gloriously thick and searing octave fuzz sounds. Both sides of that equation are fantastic in their own right.

As Anasounds details - their first version of the Feed Me Fuzz Face had 3 controls - Feed, Fuzz and Out, the second had only a Footswitch - with all controls relegated to internal trimmers - which is not entirely to my liking. I got the Crankled Bitoun mostly because more of those controls were externalised. So I really like the MK3 Feed Me Edition - with its 5 external controls, but am a touch disappointed that you need to take the back off to adjust Fuzz / Gain and Bias - would be significantly better if those were somehow externalised too - or at least accessible through holes in the enclosure - like Vemuram do so well.

Controls - Feed (Input Level), Smash (Voltage / Starve : 0-3.8V), Out (Volume), 3-Way Bass / Cut, Crack switch : Up activated Smash / Voltage Starve, Down is Open and full frequency).

This is for sure a really cool extended range version of Fuzz Face - with some rare controls - where the main distinction is the gated voicing triggered by flipping the Crack toggle Up, and adjusting the Smash knob / voltage regulator.

The core of this 2-Transistor circuit is 2 x metal can BC108 Silicon Transistors - which sound really great, and since this falls under Anasounds ’FX Teacher’ range - you can assemble one from a Kit, or else pay a little more for a fully assembled edition. It’s designed for a high degree of modification during assembly - in particular around the Bass 3-way switch where you can slot in different capacitors to taste.

The Kit is priced at €99 and equivalent, while the fully assembled version is €149. I think it sounds really great, and even though I have around 70 Fuzz Faces already, I will still very likely be adding one more! Available right now of course from the Anasounds Webstore.

I’ve never actually been a fan of the classic 2-knob Fuzz Faces that everyone still seems to be so keen on - I typically need a minimum of 3 controls including Bias or Tone typically - overall this pedal is much more my kind of thing - with added depths of detail. Alex and the team certainly know their way around a fuzz. And while it would have been nice to have this in a classic bamboo facia mainline enclosure - I quite like the Smash graphic here - all round a really cool little project!