fulltone mas malo distortion/fuzz pedal

Fulltone Mas Malo Distortion/Fuzz - NOS BC184C discrete transistors …one of Michael Fuller’s favorite Mexican restaurants in downtown Los Angeles. He likes the bold, spicy food, and he likes the name, which translates from Spanish to mean: ”More Bad.” It inspired this tiny, yet potent, and surprisingly versatile Distortion/Fuzz you now have before you. Each pedal is fitted with three matched New Old Stock BC184C transistors allowing this pedal to do everything from Jimmy Page type crunch tones, Gilmour style singing leads, all the way to howling, compressed, infinite sustain feedback, even at low volume levels. And with just the right amount of midrange to sit perfectly in the track, or in the live mix. On top of that, Mas Malo has a fairly high input impedance and extremely low output impedance along with true-bypass switching (with Millennium LED switching) to assure that it gets along with everything that comes before, and everything that goes after it. The Knobs are V for Volume, D for Distortion, C for Color, and H for Heat. Volume & Distortion are self-explanatory, and the Color knob is a unique tone control panning from rich warm sounds all the way to Trebly Fuzztones. The Heat knob regulates the Bias of the first transistor in the circuit, which can really set up a domino effect, and the reason that this pedal can cover as much range as it does. This pedal truly is MORE BAD. Main Features: • Distortion/Fuzz effects pedal • Huge tonal range from Jimmy Page type crunch tones to Gilmour style singing leads, all the way to howling, compressed, infinite sustain feedback, even at low volume levels • Containing 3 x hand-picked New old Stock BC184C discrete transistors • True Bypass Switching • 100% hand-built in the USA • Powered by 9-18 V DC PSU (centre -, 2.1 mm, 8 mA current draw)

About Fulltone

My name is Michael Fuller, I'm the founder, designer, and President of Fulltone Musical Products Inc.

2018 marks our 25th Anniversary, but I really started Fulltone around 1991 while working as a Session Guitarist, a Composer, Performer, and Electronic Tinkerer. People started calling me asking for my pedals after I was featured in Guitar Player Magazine as one of the winners of their "Ultimate Guitarist Competition" competition.

Fulltone pedals were born out of a love for music, great gear, great tone, and a desire to make bullet-proof products. Early on I developed a love for fine vintage pedals and my frustration at the inconsistencies and the fragile nature of this old gear drove me to start Fulltone. Rich, Fat-sounding TONE TOOLS with a reliable build quality is the goal. All Fulltone effects carry a 5 year warranty and are built for (and by) musicians.

We use True Bypass switching or our exclusive "Enhanced Bypass TM" (OCD V2, WahFull) with L.E.D. status indicator in all our pedals. I designed and manufacture the Fulltone 3PDT , the world's only Super-Duty Triple Pole Double Throw footswitch. All of Fulltone's Pots and switches are designed by me and custom made for me because standard pots are extremely weak and can break with even slight pressure applied to them..
All Fulltone pedals are designed, hand-built & tested by us at our shop in Southern California using top-notch components.

I'm really enjoying playing and producing our product demo videos (done at Fulltone Studio) so please check in regularly at our official YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/user/fulltoneeffects

Thanks!

Michael Fuller/ President

Specifications and features of Fulltone pedals are subject to change depending on what sounds best to my ears.