This is the Walrus Audio Fundamental Series Fuzz – a $99, made in the USA, three-in-one fuzz pedal!

Fundamental Fuzz at Thomann: https://thmn.to/thoprod/564327?offid=...
At Sweetwater: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/0ZMMYL

The Walrus Audio Fundamental Series came out in mid 2023, and the range provides a great way for players to get into the Walrus Audio game in an affordable way. As well as the Fuzz, the series – which kicks off at $99/€99 – also includes Drive, Distortion, Reverb, Delay, Phaser, Tremolo and Chorus pedals. In short, something for every player!

The Fundamental peals all have the same basic layout, with three sound modes per pedal, and three control sliders instead of your more traditional twisty knobs for tonal tweaking. The Fuzz has sliders for Gain, Tone and Volume, and the three fuzz modes are Gate, Classic and Mid+.

Walrus say the Gate mode “lowers bias voltage in the main fuzz section, creating a gated and starved sound”, while the Classic mode is a “screaming fuzz with an iconic mid scoop, give you a compressed and crunchy sound”. Meanwhile, the Mid+ “adds mid boost to flatten out the tone stage, resulting in a compressed but rich and full sound.”

So, what we should have here is one pretty versatile fuzz. And because Walrus also describe the Fuzz as being an aggressive pedal by nature, we can expect some pretty thick, modern fuzz sounds alongside some sputtery, splattery, Velcro-esque gated fuzz goodness – and that’s what I put to the test in the video!

I try the Fuzz in as many different musical genres as I can, from classic 60s rock ‘ripped speaker’ tones to blues, indie, classic rock, garage rock, punk, and even some metal. Oh, and I also kick in my Boss OC-5 Octave Pedal for a few garage rock tones too.

Today, I’m playing the stunning PJD Guitars New Woodford Standard, which is an HHS Strat-style guitar: https://www.pjdguitars.com/product-pa...

Here are some links to the various playing samples and info bits:

00:00 Hello!
00:14 Introduction to the Fundamental Fuzz
01:17 Pedal specs and features
02:25 Today’s rig and plan

04:13 Clean reference tones and turning on the Fuzz
05:00 Grunge/alternative rock tones (Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, etc.)
06:57 Classic fuzz tones (Hendrix, Rolling Stones, Cream, etc.)
08:36 Garage rock tones (White Stripes, Black Keys, etc.)
11:08 Indie rock tones (Kings Of Leon, Arctic Monkeys, etc.)
14:12 Hard rock/sludge tones
16:05 Heavy metal tones in Drop D tuning
17:30 The Fuzz as a boost into an overdriven amp
17:53 With the Boss OC-5 Octave pedal (Jack White, Wolfmother, Rival Sons, etc.)

19:32 My thoughts
20:06 What I like: sounds and the three Fuzz modes
24:01 Price, build quality, sliders
24:38 What I don’t like
25:41 What other similarly priced fuzz pedals are out there?
26:41 My conclusions on the Fuzz and why you should buy it

My setup was as follows: I ran the Fuzz straight into my Hughes & Kettner Black Spirit 200 head, also using the Boss OC-5 Octave Pedal for the octave tones. Then I went from the amp’s Red Box DI straight into my Focusrite Scarlett 2i4, which went into Logic Pro X. That's it. No post-processing on the sounds was done.

Here’s some links to those bits of gear:

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H&K Black Spirit 200 at Thomann: https://thmn.to/thoprod/447827?offid=...
At Sweetwater: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/DKaYRy

Boss OC-5 at Thomann: https://thmn.to/thoprod/502508?offid=...
At Sweetwater: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/XYKB1o

Focusrite 4i4 (the new 2i4) at Thomann: https://thmn.to/thoprod/467952?offid=...
At Sweetwater: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/VmdJ2R
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Backing music from the YouTube Audio Library: Duck In The Alley – Track Tribe.

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