I was fortunate enough to come by a clone of this pedal. A company called Barge Concepts recently entered the pedal building scene and is offering a comaparble fuzz called the BB-1 (not to be confused with a certain Maestro pedal of yore).

Good Points: Definitely the most brutal non-octave-oriented/muff-ish fuzz I have ever used. Can actually produce slight upper octave harmonics/ring modulation at lower gain levels with the right type of input. Makes a non-gain-based feedback loop sound like hell on earth when used as a filter. Can operate at a variety of voltages (Barge Concepts clone only-do not try this with an original withou consulting with a professional first). The boost function cascades well with octave fuzzes. Both fuzz modes have many strengths. The addition of dual LEDs and a DC jack were marvelous improvements upon the original design.

Bad Points: Tone A is markedly quieter than tone B (mainly because of the mid cut). Large footprint. There is some volume loss when using battery power. Originals are too bloody expensive (buy a clone).

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It's a very good pedal. I use it mainly for my noise band. This has incredible amounts of sustain. I sometimes use it throuhg my keyboard, and let me tell you, this sounds like the end of the world. I don't really use the Treble Booster, but the 2 different types of fuzz are great, ones is very bassy and the others sounds like a Metallic saw.

Good Points: -Loads of fuzz
-Nice looking
-Great for feedback

Bad Points: -Only runs on batterys
-Treble Booster is too trebly
-Big

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