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Buzz Buzz Buzzing away with the Goo Goo Fuzz

The superior Superfuzz clone

The Reuss SF-02 Goo Goo Fuzz is a clone of the legendary 1960s Shin-Ei / Univox FY6 Superfuzz pedal. Built to the original schematic and featuring rare vintage new old stock semiconductor parts

Like the original Superfuzz, the Reuss SF-02 Goo Goo Fuzz offers a wild and crazy, and totally over-the-top, wall of fuzz with an octave-up and slight ring-modulating effect. A breathtakingly complex and frighteningly beautiful, almost overwhelming noise. Unique and addictive. A fuzz sound like nothing else out there.

It's the tone made famous by Pete Townsend of The Who, Mudhoney, The Jesus & Mary Chain - and not least The Cramps.

The germanium diodes in the SF-02 are ultra rare, vintage new old stock OA90s and the transistors are the correct sixties Superfuzz mix of vintage Panasonic 2SC828s and Matsushita 'tin can' 2SC539s. These are the exact parts, the vintage schematic is calling for. No other Superfuzz clone is offering this level of absolute, no expenses saved, vintage parts accuracy.

The OA90s and Matsushita 2SC539s are incredibly rare and expensive parts. Searching the internet, you can find the 2SC539s listed for $20+ for a single transistor. There's four pieces in a Reuss SF-02 Goo Goo Fuzz. I am good at parts scouting, but needless to say, these pedals are ranking high above average in parts costs.

Pedals shipped from April 2021 features improved power supply filtering. Previous revisions of the Goo Goo Fuzz has been sensitive to noise from modern 'switch mode' power supplies due to the circuit's raw, true-to-vintage design (vintage pedals were designed to work with a battery only), but now we have added a highly sophisticated filtering circuit to the DC input of pedal, which should be able to filter the noise from most power supplies (still no 100 % guarantee against really crappy power supplies, though).

Kid Congo Powers (The Cramps, The Gun Club, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds) is using the Reuss SF-02 Goo Goo Fuzz live with his current band Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds.

 Reuss SF-02 'Goo Goo Fuzz' Sound samples:

1. Mid-rangey tone setting, grunge tones

2. Mid-rangey tone setting, freaky noise rock

3. Extreme scooped mids tone setting with reverb added

4. Extreme scooped mids tone setting, stoner rock

- All clips features my friend Fzat playing a Fender Jazzmaster through his 1980s 100W Marshall Super Lead amp

Reuss SF-02 specifications:

• Vintage correct late sixties FY6 Superfuzz circuit
• Vintage-correct new old stock parts (some extremely rare and expensive transistors and diodes in this one!)*
• Carbon film resistors
• 100% handmade in the European Union
• True bypass switching
• Red metallic powdercoat finish and three-colour silk screen printing
• High quality Neutrik jacks, wired by hand
• Mammoth Electronics upgrade quality footswitch (good for at least 15000 stomps)
• Runs on a standard ’Boss-style’ 9V DC 'negative centre' guitar pedal power supply or a 9V battery. Please note that due to the pedal's true-to-vintage circuit, modern 'switch mode' power supplies (SMPS) can induce a high pitched noise to the sound. I recommend using an old fashioned 'linear' power supply or a battery
• Orange LED - resembling an old-style pilot light
• 24 months warranty against manufacturing faults
• Ships in a 'reuss' box and linen draw-string bag
• Fast worldwide shipping via DHL Express from Denmark. Your pedal is only few days away, no matter where you live.
  

Here's a youtube demo of the Goo Goo Fuzz :

 Download the SF-02 Goo Goo Fuzz manual here (click link)

Here's a look inside the SF-02 Goo Goo Fuzz. Notice the four 'tin can' 2SC539 transistors and the two OA90 diodes:

 PLEASE NOTE: Prices at the webshop are listed without VAT. For customers in the European Union 25% Danish VAT is added at check-out.

*EU-customers also please note: Your pedal ships with new production RoHS-compliant 1N270 germanium diodes (not vintage new old stock) due to EU environmental regulations