Univox Superfuzz Clone

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Univox Superfuzz Clone. Built by me.A fearsome silicon fuzz fuzz with a wild sound and octavia style overtones! Used to great effect by Pete Townsend on "Live at Leeds" and by Fu Manchu on many of their records the Univox Superfuzz fuzz is an over the top and aggressive fuzz! The circuit was originally designed in the late 1960s by the Japanese company Shin-ei, (who also produced another well known fuzz box, the Shin-ei Companion FY-2) and manufactured in Japan by Unicord. The first Super-Fuzzes were made in 1968, and production continued until the late 70s.Although the Univox is the most well known incarnation of this circuit, Shin Ei licensed this circuit out to dozens of manufacturers, including Ibanez, Apollo, Companion, Shaftsbury, Mica, JAX, Kent, Teisco, Marlboro, Royal, and many others. The Superfuzz is also very similar to the famous Fender "Blender", and Roland "Bee Baa". The Superfuzz is an octave type fuzz using two germanium diodes to produce the square wave clipping. The controls are 'Balance' (volume), 'Expander' (fuzz amount), a two position 'tone' switch, and an on/off footswitch on top. There are two unique features of this device that set it apart from other distortion and fuzz pedals. The first is that the full-wave rectification of the circuit produces an upper octave as well as a slight lower octave. This also read more

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