Review Demo - Echopark F-1 Dual Germanium Fuzz

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Although Echopark isn’t a household name, sharp-eyed guitar spotters have no doubt noticed the company’s wares in rock ‘n’ roll circles. The instruments from Gabriel Currie’s little L.A. workshop exhibit a cool mix of classic solidbody design, tasteful sensibilities, and the precision of a builder that apprenticed under Leo Fender at G&L. But Currie’s instincts about pickups and electronics, as well as his fastidious sense of build quality, means his guitars are tough, practical sonic tools.

Now Echopark is in the fuzz business. And in the F-1 Fuzz, he’s applied his obsessions for granite-tough build quality and twisted-but-classic sounds to a spartan, vintage-inspired box that can sound positively magical.

The F-1 houses its super-tidy, hand-wired circuitry in a humble, industrial gray powder coated enclosure. With it’s big Bakelite-style knobs, it would look at home among any of the first wave of fuzz pedals from the mid-’60s. The pedal can be run off a 9V adapter or a battery, though vintage fuzz devotees will undoubtedly opt for the battery.

The F-1’s clean, streamlined look might seem too minimal. There are no markings explaining the roles those knobs play in shaping sound. Then again, operating the F-1 is not rocket science: About 30 seconds of tinkering reveals that the pedal’s left knob controls volume, while the one on the right controls gain.

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