As part of its 15th Anniversary celebrations, Spaceman improves and reissues it's second ever Spacerocket Silicon Octave Fuzz, now in MKII Edition

So following on from its Rumblefuzz II revival / reissue, we get a similar exercise for the actual follow-up pedal to that one originally - the Spacercoket Intermodulation Fuzz, which I already have in its ’Green’ edition. As for the Rumblefuzz II this is a handmade and limited affair - with 100 variants in White enclosure, 50 in Black, and 20 in Blue.

Spaceman describes the Spacetrocket II as "an otherworldly fuzz. A wide variety of unique and inspiring tones live within its minimalist control layout, from traditional octave-fuzz effects to thick layered waves of fuzz. A three-position toggle switch simultaneously adjusts compression, gain and bass for three launching-off points on your sonic adventure."

"The signature voice of the Spacerocket is a fat, compressed fuzz, with notes that uniquely sustain into an octave as you draw them out. Once you get the hang of it, it’s an addicting effect that is a lot of fun to play. You may be left wondering if it is you who is playing the pedal, or if the pedal is playing you..."

"As a sequel to the original Spacerocket released in 2011, we’ve added some upgrades to the circuit, including: an average noise-floor reduction of 15db; a more pronounced octave effect in the center switch position; and subtle refinements to the tone structure (tighter lows, smoother highs). All of this without compromising the beautiful strangeness of the original."

I’m a huge fan of Spaceman’s fuzzes - and own all bar the original Rumblefuzz, Gemini III, Wow Signal, and Sputnik II. The only one I would still quite like to see revived is the Gemini III - even though the Gemini IV is superior in some ways.

I don’t really need the Spacerocket II as such, but I liked the original, and this is a further improvement of that. You can quite easily spot 6 silicon transistors on the circuitboard, presumable 1 or 2 of those are used to generate the octave voicing.

Spaceman Zak definitely has a knack for making full flavour fuzzes  - and as mentioned, I’ve loved all of the ones he’s crafted to-date.

It comes in 3 editions in the first batch - White (100), Black (50), and Blue (20). I grabbed a white edition of the Rumblefuzz II, and so it made sense to get a white edition of this one too! Which variant is pictured above.

All 3 varieties are priced $299 on the Spaceman Effects Webstore, and no doubt a few will end up at Andertons and Pedal Jungle in the UK eventually. I was surprised how long it took the Rumblefuzz II to sell out, so it will be interesting to see how the Spacerocket II fares in comparison.

I’m a little disappointed that Spaceman hasn’t seen fit to revive its custom ’S’ knobs - which used to appear on a number of the early editions - really just custom editions of the DM-1900 knobs. I always thought they were a nice touch - it’s a shame those were discontinued way back!

In any case I will do further updates when mine lands in a week or two!