PEDAL 2: KAZAN BOOSTER
Although the name may be a little off,
this treadled (seeing a pattern here?)
unit is far from a simple booster. Where
this pedal has got a strange modus
operandi is in the treadle itself; for
all intents and purposes it’s a normal
fuzz, but the Soviets decided to make
the bypass function a huge treadle as
opposed to just a switch. It’s a loud,
primitive, and biting fuzz that bares its
teeth with massive and spitty harmonics
that sound like the love-child of a Univox
Super Fuzz, and an old germanium Fuzz
Face. On the bottom of this pedal it says
“booster,” and from right to left on the
knobs, it says “Volume” and “Tone.”
“...FOR ALL INTENTS
AND PURPOSES
IT’S A NORMAL
FUZZ, BUT THE
SOVIETS DECIDED
TO MAKE THE
BYPASS FUNCTION
A HUGE TREADLE AS
OPPOSED TO JUST
A SWITCH.”
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