Crazy Tube Circuits Releases 2 new pedals evolved from existing classics - the Constellation CV7003 Multi-Mode Fuzz, and Memphis Vintage Vibrato

CTC seems to have a habit of releasing pedals really late in the year - typically just after your budget for the year has been blown. Last year it was the turn of the Killer V Magnatone-inspired Vibra-Drive, while this year we have the modulation-only ’Memphis’ version of that, alongside a new version of the Constellation Multi-Mode Fuzz - this time sporting military spec CV7003 Germanium Transistors (equivalent to OC44) which are the same sort of Transistors originally deployed in the original 1966 Dallas RangeMaster Treble Booster.

I have the original OC41 Constellation from launch - ordered off the CTC website at the time - I’m currently still pondering on whether I really need this version too. It has the same 6 modes along with Volume and Gain controls :

• FF : Fuzz Face
• VTB : Vox Tone Bender
• 3/2 : Tone Bender MKI.V
• 2 : Tone Bender MKII
• RM : RangeMaster
• RMFF : RangeMaster > Fuzz Face

I certainly won’t be getting the first released batch - as those are/were all sold out - almost instantly - so that choice has been taken away from me - in fact, as I said I’ve already spent and exceeded the budget for the year.

I will take the Christmas / New Year period to consider whether this €299 Constellation V2 essentially should also go in the collection - it certainly sounds somewhat different to the OC41 version and seems to have a little more ’bite’. We’ll see how all that pans out in 2021.