The Focus Fuzz by Great Eastern FX is a simple, no-nonsense fuzz that just sounds great at every setting.
Even though there are just 3 controls, you can get a lot of mileage out of this pedal. The FOCUS knob seems to shift the mid-range response. As the name implies, the fuzz sounds more focused when you turn this knob clockwise.
Like any good fuzz, it’s very responsive to your picking dynamics and has a rich and present overdrive sound with the guitar volume rolled back.
I’m not exactly sure where the Focus Fuzz sits in terms of topology. It feels like a silicon fuzz and sounds similar to a fuzz face, but much more sorted in its low-end response.
At the time of this writing, there are only 250 units available (probably due to transistors being hard to come by). Go get one while you can.
Signal Chain
Fidelity Guitars Stellarosa Lite II with Lollar Firebird pickups (both pickups)
