T
he number seven has long been
thought to be a lucky number
throughout history. There are
seven days in the week, seven
colors of the rainbow, seven seas, seven
continents, seven pure notes in a diatonic
scale, and many other examples of the
number seven peppered all over nature,
historical archetypes, and hallowed
religious symbolism. Whether you believe
in it or not, the number seven has been
a favorite of humanity since day one.
The influence of the mighty number
seven as it seems has permeated into
the latest line from the crown prince of
fuzz, Zachary Vex, with his new exclusive
line of “7” branded pedals. Taking the
classic tried and true Fuzz Factory and
Woolly Mammoth, Z. Vex has upped the
ante by providing beautifully handpainted
enclosures, top-of-the-line components,
and an unpredictably wild sound that has
characterized Z. Vex’s ambitious pedal
designs since the very beginning.
These pedals are really a self-contained
ecosystem of tone, and to really
understand them you need to understand
how fuzz works and interacts with your
guitar. Fuzz is generally a very wild and
unpredictable effect. In essence, a basic
fuzz circuit takes your signal and boosts
it to kingdom come. The clipping of the
signal comes from the transistors, and
depending on which transistors are in
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