Fuzzy Logic : Pickup Modeler
PROBLEM : You want to use a vintage germanium
fuzz or wah, but your signal path is buffered, and the vintage effect sounds
awful. If you go straight into the old pedal and then into the amp, everything
sounds great again.
SOLUTION : put the FUZZY LOGIC in the loop
ahead of the germanium fuzz, old wah, or other device that doesn't like
being connected to a buffer.
The Fuzzy Logic is a simple but elegant circuit that models both the resistance
and the inductance of a vintage pickup, which makes the fuzz/wah/whatever
"think" that it's connected directly to a guitar by a 20' cable.
The Fuzzy Logic has two modes - SC which models a vintage Strat pickup and
the wiring (volume and tone) in a vintage Strat, and HB, which models a
PAF-style humbucker and the wiring in a vintage Les Paul.
There is also a Resonance control, which adjusts the output and the resonant
peak of the "virtual pickup," so you can closely match the sound
to that of the actual pickups you are using. While Psionic Audio cannot
guarantee an exact match for all pickups out there, the controls offer a
wide range that should match most single coils and low to medium gain humbuckers.
This is the basic model - contact
us for information on expanded versions, such as footswitchable loops
or adding a buffer to the output, or combining more than one Fuzzy Logic
in a single enclosure.