Catalinbread StarCrash

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Catalinbread StarCrash is a great fuzz pedal based on a 70s Fuzz Face pedal with a handy Bias knob for those nice and spitty fuzz sounds.

The Fuzz Face debuted in 1966 as a germanium-equipped model, and by the ‘70s, all Fuzz Faces being made featured silicon componentry for circuit stability reasons. However, the powers that be barely adapted the circuit to its new semiconductors, only a single part was changed to reflect this.

In light of this, the Starcrash is the ‘70s fuzz you wish they would have made from the beginning. For starters, we got rid of that goofy Fuzz knob. We know that 95 percent of all players run it dimed, and the remaining five percent use their guitar’s volume knob to rein it in. Secondly, we installed a handy Bias control, also known as a “dying battery simulator.” This starves the second transistor of voltage and lets you dial in the right amount of texture, from raw and brawny to lean and harmonically rich.

The Low-Cut control enacts a tastefully executed filter circuit that cuts the bass frequencies from 40Hz to 500Hz with the turn of a knob. While bias and filter controls cut volume, we’ve compensated by giving the Starcrash a little more volume than the typical “Face” circuit, so you can still push your amp regardless of knob settings.

Catalinbread StarCrash demo video

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Description

  • Effect: Fuzz
  • Design: Analog
  • Mono/Stereo: Mono In, Mono Out
  • Knobs: Volume, Bias, Low-Cut
  • Switches: –
  • Bypass Mode: True Bypass
  • Power Supply: 9 Volt DC, center negative
  • Power Consumption: 1 mA
  • Works on batteries: No
  • Type of Battery: –
  • Format: Standard
  • Made in: USA

Additional information

Weight 0,5 kg
Dimensions 11 × 6 × 5 cm
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Stock

Brand

Catalinbread

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Guitar

Type

Boost, Fuzz

Routing

Mono In / Mono Out

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Back before most people heard the term “boutique” in reference to music gear, something was brewing in all corners of the globe, spurred by the Internet and the ability to share information freely. Guitar players began to look backwards to move forwards, combining time-tested approaches to pedalcraft with forward-thinking ideas. The Pacific Northwest’s answer to this boom was Catalinbread, born in 2003 on Nic Harris’s kitchen table. After producing the Super Chili Picoso, the first Catalinbread-branded pedal exclusively for ToneFactor, a Seattle-based guitar shop.

Adventurous designs

The sales of this fur-lined pedal went on to fund some more adventurous designs, and before long Catalinbread had outgrown both its business model and modest shop space, packing up the truck and ending up in Portland, Oregon. We’ve been here since 2006, now manufacturing over 30 unique pedals, built by human hands, one by one.
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