Fuzz Imp Creature Fuzz

Recently, we had the wonderful opportunity to jump into the effects world of Fuzz Imp, from beautiful Portland, Oregon. The Shroot II (Deluxe) Overdrive not only looks rad and features a beloved TV character, but has some real meat to it when you turn it on. Today’s pedal, the Creature Fuzz, gets into a bit more dirty sonic territory, gloriously, and we’re completely here for it…

The 5 controls are very interactive and the whole tonality and feel of the pedal can change depending on settings from noisy to tame. Squish and Gate are a pair of bias controls (think independent noise gate) for the various transistors in the circuit and can allow you to get tight precision with no noise between riffs if you dial in the sweet spots (try turning them up a bit towards 9 o clock). Or, unleash the wild side (turning them to the left) with high gain and get wild oscillations and crushing sonic destruction.

Clang is the gain control for an in-line overdrive/fuzz circuit kicking in around 9 o’clock and when cranked low notes bloom and compress the fuzz, Caution! It will mute the input set to zero but this is a great tool for oscillations! Fuzz is a gain control for the second fuzz circuit and sounds great at every level (from 0 to max) depending on the Squish and Gate settings The setting they are shipped set to usually is clang and fuzz (gain) set well below noon, squish and gate up pretty high, and volume slightly over Unity with a medium output pickup, This is recommended as a starting point since it’s gated and pretty tamed. It’s easier to start from here and experiment!

So…the Creature just crushes. That’s it. The Squish and Gate controls are so fun to play with, and the fuzz tones themselves are brutally beautiful, if that’s a thing. We’ve had a blast with these first two effects pedals from Fuzz Imp, and can’t wait to check out some more from Justus and crew in the near future. Be sure to hit up their website HERE for more info on the Creature, Shroot II and all their effects, and if you want to hear this monster in action, head over to YouTube for our Full Demo video NOW – cheers!!

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