{"product_id":"benson-amps-jeez-germanium-fuzz","title":"Benson Amps Jeez Germanium Fuzz","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaker: \u003c\/strong\u003eBenson Amps\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eModel: \u003c\/strong\u003eGermanium Fuzz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003eCondition: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003eNew\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eDescription:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Jeez asks the question…what if we weren’t beholden to improving historical germanium fuzz circuits and\u003cbr\u003edid our own novel take instead? Just saying...they were putting things like diced carrots in Jello when these\u003cbr\u003ewere invented. Worth a shot?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWARM GERMANIUM\u003cbr\u003eWe started with some obvious ingredients - two GE transistors. Two GEs. Jeez. We added our proprietary\u003cbr\u003etransistor warming system that keeps their temperature (and therefore their sound) stable - and improved it.\u003cbr\u003eOur previous iterations took about 3 minutes to heat up from room temperature and the Jeez takes about 30\u003cbr\u003eseconds!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE WRAPPER\u003cbr\u003eThe Jeez incorporates high headroom input and output amplifiers that offer unprecedented flexibility in a\u003cbr\u003eGermanium circuit. Like our previous fuzzes, we’ve kept the high input Z (doesn’t care what’s before it in the\u003cbr\u003echain), but now we’ve added low output Z as well. This means Jeez can drive 16 volts of peak to peak signal\u003cbr\u003ethrough a guitar cable with amazing fidelity for cleaner settings, or absolutely punish an amp at higher\u003cbr\u003esettings if you want it to! It’s just not fussy in any way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE RANGE\u003cbr\u003eThis flexibility also allows a huge range of usable gains and tones from the 2N404 transistors that are running\u003cbr\u003eat the normal 9Vish volts. With a turn of the gain knob, Jeez can go from a pure and low noise full frequency\u003cbr\u003egermanium clean boost, hit some treble booster overdrive and vintage dirt between 2-6, briefly entertain some\u003cbr\u003etruly tough sounding cranked plexi tones at around 7, and bliss out in germanium fuzz heaven at the very top.\u003cbr\u003eThis massive range of uses might make it hard to choose how to use it…which is a nice problem to have.\u003cbr\u003eThe interesting thing about the Jeez is there is some envelope dependent bias excursion (cool word salad dude)\u003cbr\u003ethat practically has the effect of sustaining notes that don’t seem like they would normally sustain...there are\u003cbr\u003esettings where you can play overdriven chords lightly, and then just picking a little harder break into more of a\u003cbr\u003esustained sequence....one of those things that’s easy to miss on first go round but once you can hear it, using it\u003cbr\u003eintentionally is pretty gratifying. This is especially true at higher tone settings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTONE CONTROL!\u003cbr\u003eThe tone control is unique for a pedal in that it has more in common with a vintage style amplifier...it is entirely\u003cbr\u003epre-gain. At noon it is relatively flat. Turning it up boosts treble going into the transistors (a good thing), and\u003cbr\u003ebelow noon cuts treble going to the transistors. LIke an amp, it is most obvious at clean settings and becomes\u003cbr\u003emore of a coloration at higher gain settings. You can think of the GE transistors as the power amp in a tube\u003cbr\u003eamp...they take any excessive and harsh eq and smooth it out!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE LIGHTS\u003cbr\u003eTwo internal heating systems are tied to an LED indicator which has 4 states...green, aqua, yellow and\u003cbr\u003ewhite...which are mixtures of red blue and green. White = both heaters on. After powering up the light\u003cbr\u003eeventually shifts to yellow or aqua to signify that just one or the other heaters are on, or green if both are off\u003cbr\u003esince the transistors have reached their target temperatures. Jeez should continually toggle between states and\u003cbr\u003ethis is how you know the temperature control is working (or your pedal is over 110 degrees Fahrenheit due to\u003cbr\u003ebeing on a hot stage). Don’t go overthinking it...if the lights are toggling just enjoy the show!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePOWER SUPPLY\u003cbr\u003eThis pedal is for use only with a 9vdc Boss-syle center negative power supply...There is no battery. Please do\u003cbr\u003enot subject this pedal to more than 9vdc or the pedal or power supply could be destroyed. 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