Rainger FX Microphonic Fuzz

The Fuzz

This is our own fuzz circuit, high-gain, not very saggy, and not gated. Turn down your guitar volume and it cleans up quite well, and in conjunction with the ‘Tone’ switch can do three varied sounds - including one where there’s no tone circuit at all, which has a mid frequency-heavy profile. Also on offer is an ultra-scooped setting (lots of bass and treble, no mids), which, combined with the middle-y setting, produces a massive full-range tone (the third one).

It has a very useful ‘Hi Freq’ knob, adjusting the amount of treble overall.

The Microphone

The internal mic is just inside the grill on the bottom end panel of the enclosure, and when engaged, picks up the sound around it - of course whatever comes out of your amp - and sends it back through that amp, with the sound of the room added. Then it does this again and again, magnifying the ambience of the room.

Of course it can feedback easily when pushed, but the strong filters can concentrate feedback around a particular note (eg the key of the song you’re playing). It takes a bit of careful balancing of the hi and lo-pass controls and the mic volume - and maybe try moving/rotating the pedal - but some great fluky sounds are easily possible!