*Comments provided by Roger Mayer.

The Rocket Classic Fuzz has beenupdated with additional features into our standard enclosure thathouses our range of guitar effects. This brings this popular designinto a modern player and pedal board friendly package.

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Description

Classic-X Design Features:
The Classic-X Fuzz is a modern evolution from the commercialgermanium transistor fuzz pedals I modified for Jimi. The Classic-Xmaintains the guitars original tone characteristics with the opensound and sonic heritage that is the trademark of Jimi'srecordings. The new feature and advantages of the front-end bufferwill appeal to those players who strive for a modern sound withstrong roots in the past. The use of front end buffering waspioneered by me and used in Jimi's recordings. You can select thisfeature by moving the jumpers on the pc card.

Make no mistake this is not a clone of an old design thatduplicates the original faults and shortcomings. I have used thesame basic transistor configuration but with several newinnovations applied to the very basic circuit that was used then.We employ a careful selection procedure for the two PNP germaniumtransistors and the pc card also has a pre-set to optimise thecircuit for varying operational temperatures. The new Classic-X isa very Low Noise high gain design, stable, free from radio andother electronic interference that cause so much trouble.

It has a greatly increased output level that enables it tooverdrive the front end of any amp as hard as you want with theDrive set to minimum distortion in volume boosting mode. Turn upthe Gain or Drive control and produce some of the deepest and tightlow-end fuzz you have ever heard with the top end staying sweetencouraging soaring string bends and wild solos. The FatnessControl has been carefully developed to produce a wide range ofwell-rounded musical tone colours.

The unit really comes into it's own during live performancesituations as it cleans up superbly well using the guitar volumecontrol and maintains the guitars original tone as the signaldecays from wild distortion to original guitar tone. This unit canbe effectively controlled from the guitar making life a great dealeasier for the player who likes to change tone effortlessly.

Because the circuit senses and uses electronic informationdirectly from the guitar's pickups to control it's own operationalparameters it is recommended to use the Classic-X 1st in the signalprocessing chain to take full advantage of this internal feedforward feature. It is this particular feature of the Classic-Xthat helps to make it quite different from early fuzz pedals andmakes the unit respond very well to each individual players touch,style and playing technique.

Five minutes playing with the Classic-X Fuzz will convince anyonethis is not just a re-hashed design but genuinely innovative withsome new tone colours. Also when using the buffered outputs youhave a package that interfaces perfectly in modern digitalrecording situations.

FEATURES

MULTI-MODE OUTPUTS / HARD WIRE BYPASS/ TWO BUFFERED OUTPUTS

The Classic - X has a hard wire output (true bypass) plus two buffered outputs that can drive long cable lengths with no high frequency loss. These buffered outputs are disconnected when the hard wire output is being used. This means that all performance situations are catered for whether you want a true hard wire output or your situation calls for the advantages of buffered outputs.

RAPID BATTERY CHANGE
No more screws to lose! Slide the front panel back and there is the battery. It could not be simpler or faster.

BATTERY LIFE
50Hrs or more using a premium grade alkaline 9 Volt type.

EXTERNAL POWER ADAPTER / SUPPLY
An external AC adapter (not supplied) can be used and access is through a standard DC power jack situated next to the jack sockets. It uses the standard negative centre pin connection protocol used by many leading manufacturers. Internal onboard filtering ensures that optimum low noise performance is maintained and diode protection provides peace of mind in case or polarity setting mistakes.

ERGONOMIC DESIGN
The position of the jack sockets and DC power jack are all on the same side of the enclosure and face away from you thus enabling the effect to be optimally positioned in pedal board set-ups.

Size: Width 170 x Depth 112 x Height 57mm. Weight: 640g with battery

ADDITIONAL FEATURES

FRONT END BUFFERING
This buffer allows the fuzz circuitry to interface better with standardwah pedals and the high input impedance allows the full tonecapabilities of the pickups to be heard without the loss of detailproduced by a low impedance input. The buffer can be activated on oroff by moving two jumpers on the pc card so you can hear the differenceeasily.

FATNESS CONTROL
Allows tweaking without destroying units overall tone character.

HARD WIRE(TRUE BYPASS) OR TWO BUFFERED OUTPUTS
essential for trouble free interfacing for all situations.

EASY BATTERY ACCESS
just slide the cover back to reveal the battery. Could not be faster.

STANDARD DC POWERING JACK
allows the use of commercial powering units. Extra internal filteringensures low noise performance and the standard polarity convention isalso maintained.