So I've only just spotted this pedal, and that it's apparently based on the rather awesome fOXX Tone Machine circuit.
I'd been half-planning to grab another Fulltone Ultimate Octave the next time a used one comes up at a reasonable price, as that's a great take on the circuit and has the all-important second footswitch to toggle the octave-up effect too. There's also the Danelectro* 3699 (and earlier French Toast) which seems pretty decent too, and a decent looking Fuzzdog kit.
Have any of you tried the Fur Coat? Any thoughts? Are there any other fOXX TM alternatives I should look at?
*neat trivia: the fOXX Tone Machine was designed by a 19yo Given Ridinger, who went on to lead the purchase of the Danelectro ™ in the 90s, and the subsequent release of the French Toast pedal (amongst others) which reused his earlier Tone Machine circuit.
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However, and no disrespect to SUF, but if I'm going to pay much north of £1-150 then I'll probably just hold out for another Fulltone UO as I know I really like that take on the circuit (it'd be my third one!), plus I'm not likely to lose anything on them either given the asking prices these days.
@rpr - I'm afraid that one's based on an earlier fOXX circuit and doesn't have the selectable octavia tones. However, Danelectro already have the 3966 version which is based on the Tone Machine, but thank you anyway!
https://danelectro.com/pedals/3699-fuzz/
Danelectro 3699 fUZZ™
That’d be amazing - consider me very interested!
There’s another on Reverb (no affiliation) for a good price, I’d highly recommend this:
https://reverb.com/item/81266848-orange-fur-coat-fuzz-octave
p.s. My only critique is that the blue (fuzz) and purple (octavia) LEDs aren’t as distinct as they could be - a bigger contrast in colours might have made more sense?!