SONICAKE Fuzz Guitar Effect Pedal Fazy Cream Vintage Fuzz Pedal True Bypass

$30 for a functional A/B pedal is great. This one does almost everything right and is a great value. It even does A/B switching in a mini-sized enclosure, which is impressive. My unit doesn't have any noticeable popping, and so far as I can tell doesn't degrade the signal. I was also happy to see that despite the description saying that A+B mode only works with Y as the input, mine did it just fine with Y as the output. In my case there was no change in volume when joining the signals, either (which can be a problem sometimes with stuff like this), which is awesome. So what could be better? I was a little surprised to see that the A+B mode basically disengaged the pedal button completely. Normally what you see in a 2-button footswitch is an A/B button and an A or B button. One of them normally switches between A and B. the other (A or B) will add or subtract the remaining channel. I had expected that Sonicake's unit would do something similar with the mode switch changed. Instead, it just ignores the pedal switch and everything is on all the time. I get why they did that, since with only one button available you couldn't get the full functionality easily. But I would have liked it better if I could get some form of A / A+B accessible via the footswitch in the second mode. The small size is both a strength and a minor drawback - with an enclosure this small there's no room for a battery. This isn't a huge deal since the pedal works without the battery (it only powers the LED), and many pedals of this kind don't have an LED anyway. Still, if I could choose between this and a version of the same thing in a bigger enclosure to hold a battery, I might have chosen the larger one. That's more feedback than criticism, but it's something to consider. I usually prefer batteries in pedals which only need them for the LED in order to avoid ground loop issues and save space on my board. Speaking of which, when I first plugged this pedal in, there was a significant ground hum introduced into my signal chain. I was a little puzzled by this since the power shouldn't even be connected to the sound. This probably means I was producing a ground loop that was showing up elsewhere. I ended up swapping out what was connecting to what (and what was daisy-chained) for other reasons before troubleshooting this and the issue happened to go away, so I didn't pay a lot of attention to it. It probably wasn't this pedal's fault anyway, but it is something to watch out for (again, this is why I might have preferred a battery for this). 5 stars for price and accomplishing what it set out to do. It might be a little unfair but if I could I'd take half a star for not handling the A+B issue differently. I guess their answer to the design issue at hand was valid but I think that part could be improved upon. But if you look at that as just a bonus feature anyway and look at this as an A/B pedal, this is a great unit and an outstanding value.

I bought the Fazy Cream pedal because I wanted to add a fuzz type pedal to my sound. Since I have been very impressed with my previous Sonicake purchases I always come to them first when I want to try something new, and they continue to help me dial in my perfect sound. The pedal arrives brilliantly packaged. The box is just the right size to hold the pedal, a couple of business card sized instruction sheets, a perfectly die cut 3M Velcro strip for attaching to your pedal board, (remove the rubber backing on the pedal first it it doesn't stay stuck) and a foam insert that protects the knobs. These pedals are compact but not so compact as to be un-usable which lets me add more of them to my compact pedalboard set-up and I just can't be happier with these products. The Fazy Cream Pedal is advertised as a true bypass, as are all the sonicake pedals, and in my testing that is true. There is no signal loss or alteration in tone when the pedals are switched off. These pedals don't have space for a battery so you will need a 9 volt center negative power supply. I am mounting them to a powered pedal board set-up so that is not an issue for me. I have this pedal in the middle of my signal chain and curently have the level set at about 9:00, the tone set at 1:15, and fuzz set at about 10:00, and this gives me the warm fuzz I was looking for from this pedal but you can get some much more intense sounds out of it as well and I may play with some other settings in the future. The sturdy construction of these pedals will more than stand up to my use. I am a home guitarist and dabbling bass player and don't make my living at it, so I can not speak to it's durability in that kind of environment, but I would think that if you don't abuse your gear it should be fine. This is now my fourth Sonicake pedal, all of them are still going strong and I am still happy with the choices I made. I am 100% certain that I will be looking to Sonicake again when I decide what I want next If you are on the fence about ordering this pedal, just do it, you can't go wrong. Play it loud!!

.This is well built and had good value for the price point. I play in a band so I'm a little more picky. The reverb and delay just did not produce the sound I was looking. It's a fine pedal. Just not for me. Might be right for you

Pretty simple pedal. There isn't much to say about it. It does its job, and it does it well. I haven't been able to peak it so that a really good sign. Its built really well and feels nice and hefty. Its looks very appealing especially in person (it has a slight purple hue btw) 9v of awesomeness fellas: five stars ✨️

Simple and works great. For me in use, on a hissy high-gain application the fast setting engages the gate lowering the volume over about 1 second and the slow lowers it more gradually over several seconds. However YMMV depending on where you set your amp gains & volumes etc. It alters the tone very slightly but not enough for a busy noisy room to notice during a gig. The volume is also very slightly lowered compared to when the pedal is bypassed. Full chords and leads both sound good through it. (I've had some pedals where leads were fine but the complexity of chords just turned into mush) Recommended.

So I've read through the bad reviews of this and every one of them seems to have a fundamental misunderstanding of what this does. Deducting stars because it doesn't have an on off switch (clearly shown), only takes 1024 size IRs (noted in the documentation), lack of a screen (you can see the pedal before purchasing), or because it needs an amp pedal in front (I mean, that's the whole point) is unfair. It's literally there for everyone to read before purchasing. I could as soon complain it didn't drive me to the store. It's cheap, solidly built for the price, comes with usable sounds for the price, no distortion at any volume level, super simple, and made of aluminum. You rotate a knob to cycle through the IRs. It's cheap because it doesn't have a screen. I use it with a RevivalDrive Compact Hot Rod. I've compared it to IRs on my computer and there's no difference. It does what it advertises. It takes a line level amp-like signal and applies a cab curve to it. That's it. Then it gets out of your way so you can rock. It's a blast to play. If I were to take a star away it would be for the site where you have to convert IRs. They have not updated their security certificate. That could be a deal breaker for security minded people. Otherwise it works as advertised.

I am new to the IR world. I really have no interest in trying to load IR’s and there is no documentation on how to do this. It seems the people who know how to install and edit IR’s would not be buying an entry level unit like this. That said, I just needed a basic speaker cabinet simulator for church worship service. I usually plug in through an amp at home, but the church we attend has a “silent stage”. I needed inexpensive, and this seemed to be worth a shot. The first time I used used it, I plugged it into a standard 100ma slot on my power supply. It sounded awful. Later, I checked the documentation and saw it requires 200ma. I changed slots on my power supply and it sounded better. I found 2 cab sims, 4 & 7, seem to work okay. I played at church with it, straight out of my pedal board to the cabinet simulator, to a LoZ cable to the board. It seemed to work okay, but I really didn’t hear it through the mains. After looking at high end IR units, it seems they also use a preamp before the simulator, seemingly making it sound more like it’s going through an amplifier first… I don’t have one. I tried a couple pedals I have at home. First I tried an MXR Micro Amp between the out of the pedal board and the input of the Cab Sim. That didn’t seem to help much…. What did work?… to my surprise, a BYO optical compressor pedal I bought for $30 and built myself. That, with the sustain turned down low and the level set to unity helped smooth out the overdrive sounds, but still left the clean tones fairly bright. Not quite amp like, but usable. Yes there is a noticeable slight lag when listen to what you’re playing, but it’s minimal. If you just need something inexpensive and you are not expecting premium quality results, this could work, but you may need to do a little work too.

Great value for price, which is probably what most of you are weighing. Does something this cheap really work? Yes, in the case of the SONICAKE Noise Gate, it does work. If you're skeptical, just buy this pedal already. Likely you're looking for an intro-level noise gate but one that performs well and doesn't break the bank, and this is exactly that. Cuts all my idle guitar noise and still lets melodies ring and chugs djent. Can you get better? Sure, but that's only needed if you're really a guitar pedalboard enthusiast and love to spend hundreds of dollars on a simple noise gate. That is not necessary for most people. Enjoy!