Tone Report Weekly Issue 151 | Page 14

Black Cat Bee Buzz BLACK ARTS TONEWORKS BLACK SHEEP One of the most faithful and well-received Bee Baa-inspired fuzzes is the Bee Buzz from Black Cat Pedals. Black Cat originally built the Bee Buzz as a small, custom run for a Japanese distributor, but decided to add it to the permanent product line when it performed much better than expected saleswise. The Bee Buzz is an improved and much more compact version of its predecessor which retains all the original’s unique functionality. Black Cat improved the noise specs to modern standards and paid careful attention to the balance between settings, making its version of this vintage design much more user friendly. It also reworked the original and somewhat contentious treble boost circuit, which some people love but ot