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Michael Astley-Brown

MXR might have just made the most versatile Fuzz Face ever – and it only has two controls

MXR has unveiled the Hybrid Fuzz, which combines two classic Fuzz Face circuits in one pedal.

Fuzz Faces come in many varieties, but the biggest differentiator is which transistor crops up on the famed fuzz pedal’s circuit board. Germanium transistors are considered warmer and found in the first Fuzz Faces produced between 1966 and 1968, while silicon transistors featured after this point, and are considered spikier and higher gain – both variants are currently available to purchase from MXR parent company Dunlop.

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