freerange

FUZZ

“Freerange” is a handmade germanium preamplifier. Pushed hard enough, it crosses the line between a preamp and an overdrive, and can even enter fuzz territory. Under the hood, it sports two amplifying stages, built around vintage, New Old Stock germanium transistors. Each stage can be independently set to work as a treble booster, a full range booster or a clean(ish) amplifier. The two stages are connected in series — what leaves the first one is further amplified by the second one. The central knob controls a 6-position rotary selector switch that allows you to choose between different capacitor configurations. The switch affects the input capacitor and the one between the two germanium stages, changing how much low and high end flow through. “Freerange” can be powered with a regular guitar pedal power supply.