(The Germ) Help HazelEffects make The Germ fuzz pedal a reality!
I had a recent adventure trying to buy a new pedal through FB marketplace, and the seller had made a mistake and relisted a pedal they had already sold instead of the pedal they intended to sell.
Well, after clearing up the misunderstanding, they invited me to have a look at some other pedals they were selling, and this pedal was in the bin.
I ended up buying it along with two others as I was getting a good deal, and brought it home to try out.
And ... ... It's a fantastic pedal. I was pleasantly surprised. It has the volatile burning-gasoline drive one might expect of an indie hybrid Fuzz, a nice bit of growl at the low end. When the knobs are dimed, some portions of the melodic scale start to resonate with emergent octave tones; it can be unruly but it never sounds bad.
If you can find one, I highly recommend inquiring and giving it a try. It seems that only 21 are known and accounted for in public sales through the now-expired kickstarter, but there may be a few prototypes and such out there as well.
Someday when I'm okay enough at the guitar to do some proper scales I'll do a demo for posterity. I promise!
ed: I found the original soundcloud demo of the pedal too.