New Look. New Name. Yet The Fuzz Remains The Same!

[facelessfx]

The Marquis is now the De Sade Fuzz.

Same pedal. New look.

Mk1 Tone Bender inspired. I've tried to get the recipe for my ideal sounding Mk1. I'm very happy with it

Dead loud. Dead versatile. Two biases for a big range of sounds. Upper mid heavy. I like it.

Ridiculously durable powder coat, with a raised (again, extremely durable) printed graphic and text.

NOS NPN Mil-spec transistors.
Cliff jacks.
Alpha pots.
BLMS stomps.
Negative ground circuit with (proper) RF and power supply filtering.

9 available to start with. 3 taken already.

I'm not putting up a website yet, but they're on Instagram and Facebook.

JustNick demo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o6_Om0D9Ks

https://instagram.com/p/BWPPkyIF6Yw/

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[goroth]

Is that red or pink?
If it is the latter that looks sick.

Also only just (finally) realised the joke with marquis fuzz.

[facelessfx]

It's red. There will be a yellow (reverse colour scheme to this one) batch. And I do plan on having bright (like...BRIGHT) pink too.

[Chankgeez]

... And I do plan on having bright (like...BRIGHT) pink too.

[Tristan]

I thought it but goroth said it, bright pink would be amazing!
Interested to hear your thoughts on what makes a great MKI Tonebender.
Any news on pricing?

[facelessfx]

I thought it but goroth said it, bright pink would be amazing!
Interested to hear your thoughts on what makes a great MKI Tonebender.
Any news on pricing?

Bright pink won't be for a while and would be a very limited run.

The price on this first batch (6 left now) is £185.

[Tristan]

Good things come to those who wait.

I'm sure the pedal will speak for itself but in the meanwhile would you be willing to share some of your thoughts on what makes a great MKI Tonebender? (curiousity mode on)

[facelessfx]

Good things come to those who wait.

I'm sure the pedal will speak for itself but in the meanwhile would you be willing to share some of your thoughts on what makes a great MKI Tonebender? (curiousity mode on)

Oh, sorry! I missed that question.

For me, the control(s) need to range from being able to get gated, quickly decaying notes, with a buzzing quality, up to long, smooth sustain, with a little spitting and cracking on the release.

I build the De Sade (and previously Marquis) Fuzz with a bias for the third transistor, which I find controls the sustain and fragility of the end of the note.

They've got to be upper-mids heavy, but with defined (yeah, it's a buzzword, but it applies) bass. The mids are definitely where the heft of the sound comes from and give the pedal it's unique quality. It's very definitely a proper fuzz. Couldn't be mistaken for anything else. But it has a perfect clarity in the mix.

I find it hard to describe sounds without resorting to clichés or overused terms, but the cutting mids, without being treble heavy (very definitely not ear splitting), the tight low end, the all-out fuzziness, and - with the way I've altered the biasing and the two Sore and Soar controls - the versatility from rippy, gated, short fragile sustain, up to loooong sustain with the background spit on the end. Oh and LOUD. These have unity at noon, so volume on tap.

[Tristan]

You sure do know how to get a guy all hot and bothered, thanks for that!
But yeah, YEAH!!!

My buddy univalve who's also on here has quite a few MKI style fuzzes which I was lucky enough to try out and I really seem to dig the middy and gated ones.
Sounds good man.

[facelessfx]

You sure do know how to get a guy all hot and bothered, thanks for that!
But yeah, YEAH!!!

My buddy univalve who's also on here has quite a few MKI style fuzzes which I was lucky enough to try out and I really seem to dig the middy and gated ones.
Sounds good man.

List's open

[Tristan]

Stalling for the pink man, stalling for the pink...

[facelessfx]

Stalling for the pink man, stalling for the pink...

You'll be waiting a while. Gonna do a batch of yellow. Then some Buzzaround type things ('Reverse Buzzsaw'). Then maybe some of a new design. Then maybe some MkII ('Duellum Fuzz MkII'). All this after the summer slump.