Been messing around with the roland funnycat circuit again. I still have some more ideas for additional modifications that I want to try. But this clip is a quick assortment of sounds made with the current state of the bird's nest currently festering on my breadboard.

Signal chain...
strat > breadboard > twin reverb > zoom H2

Background...
http://moosapotamus.net/ideas/roland-funny-cat-pictures/
http://moosapotamus.net/funnycat.html

Funnycatmix

Classic germanium bass fuzz circuit from the Acoustic 360 Bass Amp. There are four controls on the pedal - 1) "clean" blend with built in low pass filter, controls the amount of filtered clean signal that is blended with the fuzz signal, 2) "decay", ranges from wild "open" 60's sounding fuzz to short gated fuzz sounds, 3) "attack", ranges from soft fuzz to harsh/raspy sounding fuzz, 4) "fuzz", controls the volume of the fuzz sound. This version of the circuit includes a couple of modifications not found in the original Acoustic 360 Bass Amp - a) a clean blend control with b) a built-in low pass filter and c) a decay control. This clip is me jamming along with a drum machine with the following control settings - clean 50%, decay 75%, attack 75%, fuzz 70%

360Fuzz-v2-jam

Classic germanium bass fuzz circuit from the Acoustic 360 Bass Amp. This clip illustrates the use of the pedal's "clean" control and how it can significantly enhance the pedal's low frequency response. It might be difficult to fully appreciate the full gravity of this demo if listening on small laptop speakers or cheap ear-buds. Initially, the "clean" control is set at 0%, and a short riff is played. Then the riff is repeated several times while gradually turning up the "clean" control each time.

360Fuzz-v2-clean

Classic germanium bass fuzz circuit from the Acoustic 360 Bass Amp. This clip illustrates the use of the pedal's "decay" control, which enables the player to produce a very open sounding fuzz with endless sustain, or a very short gated sounding fuzz, as well as everything in between. The clip starts off with the "decay" set at 100% to produce the open fuzz sound. Then the riff is repeated while gradually turning down the "decay" control each time until the pedal produces a very short gated fuzz sound.

360Fuzz-v2-decay

Classic germanium bass fuzz circuit from the Acoustic 360 Bass Amp. This clip illustrates the use of the pedal's "attack" control to go from a very soft fuzz sound to an extremely harsh raspy sounding fuzz. The clip starts off with the "attack" control set to 0% to produce a soft fuzz. Then the riff is repeated while gradually turning up the "attack" control each time until the fuzz becomes very harsh and raspy sounding.

360Fuzz-v2-attack

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