This is an emulation of a Fuzz Face and a Tone Bender MKII with added controls for tweaking. It runs in mono or stereo, and has selectable 2x oversampling.
The Fuzz Face was first made by Arbiter Electronics in 1966. It had a thick, fuzzy distortion and was made famous by artists like Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and David Gilmour. The Tone Bender MKII was also released in 1966, by Sola Sound. Compared to the Fuzz Face, it has a brighter, more distorted sound.
Sidebar :
The Fuzz Face was first made by Arbiter Electronics in 1966. It had a thick, fuzzy distortion and was made famous by artists like Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and David Gilmour. The Tone Bender MKII was also released in 1966, by Sola Sound. Compared to the Fuzz Face, it has a brighter, more distorted sound.
Sidebar :
- Effect On/Bypass - This switches the effect on or off.
- Tweak - This switches from the normal effect menus to the tweak menus. Note that the controls on the Fuzz Face tweak menu and the Tone Bender tweak menu are independent of one another.
- Mono/Stereo - This switches between mono and stereo operation.
- LQ/HQ - This switches between low quality and high quality modes. The high quality mode has 2x oversampling and slightly more realistic processing, but uses more CPU power than the low quality mode.
- Master Volume - This is a volume control that applies to both effects.
- Effect Type - This switches between the Fuzz Face emulation and the Tone Bender emulation.
- Volume - This controls the Fuzz Face's output volume.
- Fuzz - This controls the Fuzz Face's distortion.
- Volume - This controls the Tone Bender's output volume.
- Attack - This controls the Tone Bender's distortion.
- Input Level - This controls the volume going into the effect.
- Input Filter - This controls how much filtering is done on the input. Try turning it down for a brighter tone. To emulate the volume control clean-up of the fuzz face, turn down both the Input Level and the Input Filter controls.
- Gate - This changes the bias of the effect, making a gated sound. This can be used as a noise gate, but works better for splattery fuzz sounds.
- Clean Blend - This blends in clean input signal with the distorted fuzz.
- Lo Cut - This controls the bass on the input.
- Hi Cut - This controls the treble on the output.
Downloads
Win 32 VST
(1.2 Mb)
Win 64 VST
(1.3 Mb)
(5 / 5)
This is so great tbh!
(5 / 5)
If you need a good fuzz for guitar or bass, get this as soon as you can. It has a great tone, plus you can blend the clean tone with the distorted one, though I wouldn't recommend that. they both sound awesome. The grey pedal has more treble but it sounds very good. The green one is more fuzzy
(5 / 5)
My go to for fuzz and distortion. Both of them are just great. The green one is a thicker fuzz and the grey pedal has more treble and more high end. I love both sounds and really love them for single notes, with reverb of course and a nice free amp vst.
(5 / 5)
No way! I was thinking about buying a pedal but,,, I feel like this is enough...
(5 / 5)
Perfect. Be careful because the output can be really loud.
(5 / 5)
Excellent Fuzz, thanks so much!!
(5 / 5)
The fuzz face (the green one) is excellent. Just great tone, and the control on the bottom is more than expected. It sounds awesome, and somehow there is a clarity of notes that couldn't exist on an actual pedal.
(5 / 5)
This thing sounds as legit as you can for fuzz. Run it in front of your favorite low/medium gain amp, and cabinet sim.
(5 / 5)
Very authentic sounding fuzz pedal emulation
(1 / 5)
Sorry don't like it.
Okay, so uhm can you specify maybe?... You don't like Fuzz in general, or do you actually think that this is a VST worthy of 1 star based on something more objective than that? I don't like strawberry icecream... but that doesn't mean it should get 1 star. Because, if i just simply "don't like it" then i am not in the position to judge it's quality :D Thank you have a good day!
I love it. and with the extra controls on the back there are a lot of options. The clean blend is great. Both of them are just wonderful fuzzy tones.
This is the best vst pedal I've ever used!Despite it's looks it sounds amazing, and has a very used friendly interface.
The GUI for each pedal looks like the actual thing
(5 / 5)
Fabulous. I'd forgotten how great it feels to wallow in rich muddy fuzz. Beautifully designed too. Cheers to Distorque.
(5 / 5)
Great fuzz, very realistic. Lot's of tweaking available making it perfect for other things than just a guitar.
(4 / 5)
Perfect for a full and fuzzy retro-guitar-style, it gives you the needed thickness to your sound; but be carefull....this thing can go really Voodoo! ;-))
(4 / 5)
Many of the settings are simply unusable, but there are a few really good sounds to be had. (The same can be said about the analog gear.) If you mix some of the clean sound in through the "Tweaks" menu, this can be used very effectively on bass guitar tracks as well.
(5 / 5)
Just try this free guitar effect, I used it with an amp sim called softamp plus single coils telecaster recording single notes. Good for those whom prefer softer mellow bluesy effects, merci.
(5 / 5)
Sounds great! Great controls and easy to use! Only free fuzz VST I like so far
(4 / 5)
Simply add to a sine and it's an INSTANT LEAD! :D
(5 / 5)
Gate is perfect for creating some noise fx.
(5 / 5)
5 stars for this plug. Very good. User friendly and u have 2 pedals to choose from. Side note: Hendrix really did use the pedal (a red one) that the 'fuzz face' is modeled after, most notably at the legendary '69 woodstock fest. This is an excellent emu of both. 5/5 for sure
Use it all the time. Can't stop tweRking.
(5 / 5)
Use it all the time. Can't stop tweaking.