Are original Fuzz Factories collectable?

StuartMac290

I have a rare hand-painted Fuzz Factory, one of a limited run of only five pedals with a CND logo on it. Signed by both Zachary Vex and Myrold. Are these actually worth anything? Some of the Reverb prices seem wild.

I'm of a mind to flog it, buy a Vexter version and pocket the rest.

DoctorX

Could be worth a few quid. Does it have spam can transistors?

StuartMac290

DoctorX said:

Could be worth a few quid. Does it have spam can transistors?

Well, there's a question! I've absolutely no idea. What am I looking for?

StuartMac290

DoctorX said:

Could be worth a few quid. Does it have spam can transistors?

Well, there's a question! I've absolutely no idea. What am I looking for?



A quick bit of research suggests not - it looks like they ran out in about 1998 and this one was made in 2003

UnclePsychosis

Zvex stuff seems really hard to price. The hand painted ones are ace, but it's a lot of money just for a paint job, and IMO there are too many different paint jobs for the collectors to go full on pokemon gotta-catch-them-all with them. 

People certainly ask reasonable cash for them. Take a look at Ebay and Reverb sold/completed items and you might get some clues if they're actually selling. 

ICBM

I had an early original Myrold-painted stripboard one. I then got a limited edition PCB one (still Myrold-painted), and sold the original. I tried to convince myself that the newer one sounded as good, but it just didn’t…

I have no idea if the difference was the board (I know it shouldn’t be) or some other factor, but I wish I’d kept the first one.

So, no I would not sell it and buy a Vexter version.

slacker

On harmony central fx forums there was a discussion regarding the gulf war. Zachary vex said that all he knew was that 'Jesus don't bomb' mr100 asked for a paint job and it was white with a cnd logo. I think that was 1 of 1 and the cnd ones followed after.

Also fuzz factories don't sound the same. The aforementioned jesus dont bomb fuzz factory looked very different to mine but sounded the same as my 2000 green one. A friend has one a month apart from mine from the same shipped batch to soundsgreat rip and it sounds different. 

StuartMac290

ICBM said:

I had an early original Myrold-painted stripboard one. I then got a limited edition PCB one (still Myrold-painted), and sold the original. I tried to convince myself that the newer one sounded as good, but it just didn’t…

I have no idea if the difference was the board (I know it shouldn’t be) or some other factor, but I wish I’d kept the first one.

So, no I would not sell it and buy a Vexter version.

Ah, interesting - I was about to ask if anyone had compared the original to the Vexter ones.

DiscoStu

I used to be on a Muse fan forum and they were all mad for the FF. 

GoFish

Anything's collectable if you try hard enough.

For Zvex it's a blanacing act between the sheer notoriety of the FF vs the many that were sold. So I'd say it would have to be earlier than yours or in some way ltd. to be particularly collectable. But I will ask, at what price mojo?

Seziertisch

ICBM said:

I had an early original Myrold-painted stripboard one. I then got a limited edition PCB one (still Myrold-painted), and sold the original. I tried to convince myself that the newer one sounded as good, but it just didn’t…

I have no idea if the difference was the board (I know it shouldn’t be) or some other factor, but I wish I’d kept the first one.

So, no I would not sell it and buy a Vexter version.

I suspect that any two Fuzz Factories, while in the same ballpark, will sound and behave a bit different. 

stonevibe

Seziertisch said:

I suspect that any two Fuzz Factories, while in the same ballpark, will sound and behave a bit different. 

I had a video chat with Zachary (and Joel from Chase Bliss, as they used to work together). He pretty much alluded to that when I asked him about the design. 

StuartMac290

GoFish said:

Anything's collectable if you try hard enough.

For Zvex it's a blanacing act between the sheer notoriety of the FF vs the many that were sold. So I'd say it would have to be earlier than yours or in some way ltd. to be particularly collectable. But I will ask, at what price mojo?

It's marked as number 5 of a limited run of 5, so I'd say that's pretty limited!

I'm not very clued-up on the collectability side of gear, though. Although I did manage to sell a Lovetone for £2200 last year.

GoFish

StuartMac290 said:

GoFish said:

Anything's collectable if you try hard enough.

For Zvex it's a blanacing act between the sheer notoriety of the FF vs the many that were sold. So I'd say it would have to be earlier than yours or in some way ltd. to be particularly collectable. But I will ask, at what price mojo?

It's marked as number 5 of a limited run of 5, so I'd say that's pretty limited!

I'm not very clued-up on the collectability side of gear, though. Although I did manage to sell a Lovetone for £2200 last year.

Well then, you may be the expert!

Given it's signed x2 and ltd, it is probably "worth" a few bob to the right buyer.

Unfortunately, I would think that buyer may not be in the market for a while yet.

Unless you're desperate for the cash or just want rid, i'd sit tight. Zvex stuff will be worth more in the meduim to long term ime.

FWIW, if I won the lotto thats the sort of FF I may spring for.