Fulltone Custom Shop Queen Bee Fuzz

The Custom Shop Queen Bee is designed with 3 NOS Military "Flying Saucer" germanium transistors in a circuit that reacts like an amp, responding dynamically to the input signal generated by your guitar and your playing. It fades superbly as you lower the volume of your guitar, giving soft mids, clarity, sustain, harmonics... It's all there! The first 2 transistors are configured to reach their maximum gain so as to arrive at the 3rd transistor with their full power, creating more sustain and saturation than a 2-transistor fuzz while generating low noise given its very high gain. The Queen Bee has plenty of midrange, too! Fender amp owners will appreciate the Treble passive low-pass control to reduce treble, and the Bass selector to sculpt low frequencies (before the 3rd transistor) while maintaining accurate bass. This pedal has a highly asymmetrical waveform pitch in the second-order harmonics, culminating in a smooth, rich, dominant channel with plenty of sustain. Inside is the Bias setting for adjusting the calibration of the 3rd transistor from 2 to 6 Volts DC. A slight change in position can drastically alter the sound, volume and compression characteristics. The Queen Bee is true bypass, thanks to the Fulltone-designed 3PDT footswitch for maximum signal integrity when the pedal is deactivated. Because it uses germanium transistors, it can only be powered by a 9-volt battery or a regulated, inverted power supply (with positive center). The Fulltone Queen Bee is 100% handmade in the USA.