Electro Harmonix Flatiron Fuzz

Great distortion/fuzz

The high gain sound is really amazing for 90's style sounds like nirvana and smashing pumpkins. Lower the gain and you got solid overdrive type sound. Its really easy to get all kinds of different sounds from this pedal. I gave 4 stars for quality because the first one I ordered was malfunctioning so I had to return it and get a new one. Otherwise quality is really good with a sturdy metal casing.

A versatile pedal

USE:

I'm using it in front of a 12ax7/EL34 tube amp on a cleanish setting (because the big muff next to the flatiron does not like the amp too dirty) to play mostly blues and a bit of folk.

PROS:

Easy to get a good sound: A lot of pedals have many bad settings and a few good settings. I was pleasantly surprised by how the flatiron fuzz yields usable tones in almost all the setting positions.

Versatile: This pedal has a wide range from almost clean to heavy distortion. I'd go as far to say that it's a good "first pedal" because it covers a lot of ground with good tones.

CONS:

I have no complaints about this pedal. I really like it. I thought about saying "Unity gain is fairly low on the volume knob", but unity gain is still achievable, and some people might like the available volume range on this pedal.

Good rat-type distortion

Sounds good, nothing to complain here. If you like rat-type distortions, you will like this one for sure.

great pedal

I love this pedal. It arrived in nice packaging, it worked right away even though I did not put a battery in, and the sound is great. Sure I may not know a lot about pedals, this is one of the first ones I've bought, but if you're like me and you're looking for a great fuzz pedal at a low price, you've found it.

Its a Rodent!

This a very user friendly boost/distortion/fuzz, depending on the settings. Its not the same as the old rodent pedals but is its own take on the sound. Feels right.