In the late 60s, Arbiter switched to more stable silicon transistors (often a BC108-stamped item), which solved the reliability issues but produced a harsher tone - not that it prevented Jimi making magic with his silicon-driven Fuzz Faces.ĭunlop Manufacturing reissued the Fuzz Face in 1993, but the quality of the fuzz tone varied widely, from fizzy to downright awful. These produced what most FF freaks consider the greatest fuzz tone ever: a harmonically rich, synth-like lead sound and fat bumblebee chords. Over the years, that strip has borne various names, including Arbiter-England, CBSArbiter Ltd and, for the past two decades, Dunlop Manufacturing Inc. The pedals grinning face features volume and fuzz control eyeballs, an onoff switch nose, a rubber footpad beard and a curved branding-strip mouth. The company - headed by the late Ivor Arbiter - was the first British distributor of Fender guitars, basses and amps.
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