Zander Circuitry Cafetiere Distortofuzz Distortion / Fuzz Guitar Effects Pedal

Zander Circuitry Cafetiere Distortofuzz Distortion/Fuzz Guitar Effects Pedal

Based on infamous “Percolator”, the Cafetiere takes the bare bones of the circuit and expands it into a tweaker’s dream, adding in a bunch of extra parameters to let you dial in the perfect fuzz tone. In addition to the standard Level & Gain controls we’ve added a second gain control that is selectable with with the Gain 2 footswitch.

The Tone control is a useful low pass filter that is great for taming some of the harsher top end frequencies this circuit can have (especially if using a single coil guitar). Starve reduces the voltage available to the circuit, allowing you to create some really gated/lo-fi fuzz tones. Feed sweeps the input capacitance from low to high which alters the bass response.

We’ve then added a 6 way rotary switch that lets you choose between various different clipping options for the diodes, these are Germanium, Silicon, Red LEDs, MOSFET, Transistor & None.

Please do not try to power this pedal with anything other than 9v, doing so will cause your shiny new pedal to stop working permanently, and no one wants that.