Ryan Ratajski的Fuzzrocious品牌正迅速成为吉他手的既定名称，以寻求高质量，手工连接的精品效果，提供新的音乐领导的想法，并以标准而不是预算制作。A lot of love and thought has gone into the creation of these pedals, and that’s evident from the discriminating choice of components and the fact that for practical and ecological reasons related to the use and disposal of batteries, they only run from a nine-volt DC 2.1mm centre-negative adaptor.
今天，我们将研究该公司的两个踏板，这些踏板提供令人耳目一新的原创作品，这是声音频谱的更具侵略性。爆炸炉是一个喧闹的爆炸式绒毛，却是一个喧闹的扭曲，但首先，我们有猫王，其双范围的套管刷有不少于八个旋钮，三个脚步开关和一个迷你切换开关 - 让我们潜入…
猫王
This pedal’s original name, The Rat King, gives us some insight into the intent of its creators – Pro Co’s original RAT unit has been a popular jumping off point for pedal makers since its arrival in the 1970s, and it’s provided the basis for Fuzzrocious’s feline fire-breather. Inside the Cat King’s mammoth casing you’ll find a combination of some of the more popular RAT mods, but with a little something extra that’s designed to elevate the design to new heights, and set it apart from the crowd – something that’s become a real hallmark of the company’s units.
从最基本的角度来看，它是一个低到高的失真单位，具有两种不同的失真模式。现在，这不是双通道设置，也不是级联增益阶段 - 您可以在Cat King上设置两个不同的失真级别，以真正轻松而简单的方式提供各种紧缩/失真选项。反馈旋钮和敬业的脚踏开关也有一点刺痛 - 但稍后我们会遇到这个小小的皱纹……
Blast Furnace
如今，模糊世界是一个拥挤的地方，公司提供了可以想象的每种风味，从飙升的松饼大提琴到口吃，封闭的“毛茸茸的头发覆盖”令人讨厌。
At first glance, the Blast Furnace might appear to be limited in what it can offer with its simple control layout. But things get weird when a closer look at those knobs reveals, not the expected volume and tone controls, but volume and repeats. Hang on… repeats?!
Oh yes – the BF is listed by Fuzzrocious as a ‘fuzz with momentary delay’ – we did tell you that Fuzzrocious likes to sprinkle a frisson of the unusual into its pedal brew, didn’t we?
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With such an intriguing design, it’d be rude not to start with the Blast Furnace, and while we go in with the full knowledge that the good people at Fuzzrocious intended to gift the world “an original gated fuzz” in this stompbox, the sheer ferocity on hand catches your reviewer spectacularly unprepared.
这东西很重。它是激进的，令人不安的，令人振奋的，最终是光荣的。Though not intended as a retro sound, there are elements of the pedals that gave psychedelic and desert stoner-rock their power with touches of Ram’s Head and Good Companion in the mix, plus Fuzzrite and even momentary shades of the truly upsetting home-brewed Regulus VIII of the Os Mutantes golden era.
It turns out that the volume control is only there if you feel like engaging the pedal’s internal tone circuit with the mini-switch has caused your volume to drop. Otherwise this pedal is either on full or off. The difference in perceived SPL is actually quite dramatic when bypassing the tone section, granting the sort of wide-open sound often associated with wiring your guitar straight to the output jack.
And now about the delay. Given Fuzzrocious’s MO so far it would be misguided to expect a shimmering, multi-tap number. Instead we have something far more fun. This delay starts as a fairly heavy-handed slapback and by the time you’ve turned the knob fully clockwise, it becomes a self-oscillating burbling screamer of joy. Fuzzrocious has put a momentary switch here meaning that an adrenaline-pumping sonic barrage is accessible literally on tap.
Despite its aggressive nature, the Blast Furnace does feel very responsive and grippy, with nuances of screaming bends and vibrato coming through clearly before the gate snatches your note into sputtering nothingness.
合适的康复后，我们将注意力转移到了猫王身上。凭借其大型的围墙和无数的旋钮，它有点令人生畏，所以让我们穿过它们。音量旋钮当然是不言自明的。它旁边是一个过滤器旋钮，它在顺时针方向上滚下高高。一旦通过了两个失真控件，您就会面对标有夹子1和剪辑的旋钮。这些旋钮可以使玩家雕刻出其低音和高音信号扭曲的方式，这可能是非常音乐的功能。
As the name suggests, the diode knob allows the player to blend between either a 1N914 diode like the original RAT or the LEDs that were used in the Turbo version. There is also a diode mini-switch that bypasses this part of the pedal for an untrammelled, open sound.
最后，有一个带有自己瞬时的脚步开关的反馈旋钮。假设这是延迟的一部分，您将被原谅。实际上，这会立即产生大量的尖叫混乱，这些混乱会在您脱离按钮后立即消失。
It’s the sort of life-affirming hooliganism that noise artists will appreciate very much indeed.
You can manipulate the character and pitch of this sonic assault with your guitar’s volume knob, which reassuringly does not clean it up nicely in the slightest as you roll it back towards zero.
任何提供如此多的单位都会易于使用或易于使用。猫王是一个经过深思熟虑的直观踏板，带有声音调色板，涵盖了从朋克超速驾驶到残酷，压碎（但永不燃烧的）失真的所有内容，并且在反馈开关的明智应用中，《完全疯狂》等待着。
Key Features
Fuzzrocious Cat King
- 价格£269
- DESCRIPTION2-mode distortion pedal. Made in USA
- CONTROLSVolume, filter, clip 1, clip 2, feedback, diode, dist 2, feedback footswitch, dist 2 footswitch, bypass footswitch, diode toggle switch
- POWER9V DC 2.1mm centre-negative adaptor only
- DIMENSIONS143 x 118 x 39mm
- CONTACTHigh Tech Distribution 01722 410002fuzzrociouspedals.com
判决
+ High-quality build and sounds
+ Well designed and usable features
– Not for fans of cascading gain stages
– Not everyone will appreciate the feedback feature…
More than just another high-end distortion unit, The Cat King could take care of all your gainy needs
斐济式爆炸炉
- 价格£229
- DESCRIPTION带有暂时延迟的绒毛踏板。美国制造
- CONTROLS音量，重复，内部音调开关，绕过足迹，瞬时延迟脚步开关
- POWER9V DC 2.1mm centre-negative adaptor only
- DIMENSIONS90 x 118 x 39mm
判决
+如果您喜欢这种事情，则爆炸炉是不可阻挡的声音不良行为的剑圣
– It’s a bit bewildering and a little upsetting if you don’t…
零件效应踏板，一部分去角质，爆炸炉是不可忽视的力量。真正的绒毛爱好者注意