Effect profile / Gain

Fuzz Face

Also documented as BC109 Fuzz Face

This gain entry consolidates documented Fuzz Face variants, controls, settings and roles across dated guitarist pedalboards.

Pedalboards
8
Artists
8
Archived variants
8
Documented roles
  • Adds extra saturation in the context-specific early rig; it was not the basis of his later Les Paul and Marshall live sound.
  • Provides saturated, touch-responsive fuzz into the Two-Rock rhythm amplifier.
  • Provides the first of two selectable fuzz voices in the integrated board.
Controls found in the archive
Bypass switchFuzzVolume

Source-specific records

Documented variants

8 archive entries

01
Recorded model

Fuzz Face

Controls

Volume / Fuzz

Documented settings

Used batteries reported / Early / session context

02
Recorded model

Late-1960s Dallas-Arbiter Fuzz Face

Controls

Volume / Fuzz

Documented settings

Fed by the TS808 / Assigned to dirty rhythm

03
Recorded model

Silicon Fuzz Face (BC109)

Controls

Volume / Fuzz / Bypass switch

Documented settings

Internal board circuit / First fuzz stage

04
Recorded model

Fuzz Face

Controls

Volume / Fuzz

Documented settings

High fuzz / Guitar volume used for cleanup

05
Recorded model

Signature Fuzz Face

Controls

Volume / Fuzz

Documented settings

Low-noise signature voicing / Post-splitter path

06
Recorded model

Arbiter Fuzz Face

Controls

Volume / Fuzz

Documented settings

Exact knob settings not documented / Enclosure color not documented

07
Recorded model

Arbiter Fuzz Face

Controls

Volume / Fuzz

Documented settings

Exact knob settings not documented / Enclosure color not documented

08
Recorded model

Fuzz Face

Controls

Volume / Fuzz

Documented settings

Vintage silicon unit / Placed before the Octavia

Archive references

Pedalboards using this pedal

8 documented rigs