Fuzz Guitar Effect Pedal Classic Vintage Analog Pedal True Bypass Aluminium-Alloy AP-303

BIG sound for such a little pedal, and at a ridiculously low price! It sounds great by itself, but it also stacks really well with my (way more expensive) distortion and overdrive pedals. Very simple and intuitive to use. Nice, wide parameter of great useable tones! True bypass... so no noise at all. Getcha one!

This is a great little budget silicon fuzz. It sounds sort of Fuzz Face-ish to me, with a little more silicon bite to it. The pedal itself feels very well constructed, and came with pre-shaped rubber and velco stick ons for the back, which is a really considerate little bonus on Azor's part. This pedal can go from medium distortion-like fuzz to ripping your face off with a wall of sound, and the tone knob has a surprisingly large range, to the point where it's almost unwieldy. It sounds great on guitar and bass, and stacks reasonably well with other dirt before and after it. I would have no problem at all with using this pedal in front of an audience. It's rock solid, sounds great, and could easily be sold by a boutique builder for $100+. I'm going to keep an eye on Azor from now on. If I need a specific kind of effect without wanting to break the budget, they may be my new go-to.

Chose this one, Silver (AP-303) over the Yellow (AP-310) because I wanted the volume control that you don't get on the Yellow version. Important? Yes, if you want to have a worthwhile adjustment for your sound and would rather do some tonal blending versus just the straight on uncontrolled level. I don't have much experience with fuzz pedals but I can say this one is very noisy as pedals go. I use an (individually) isolated power supply so I may need some type of filter in front of this pedal? The width control seems to be the major noise creator. With some time and tweaking the noise is manageable so it's not totally crippling to use but will take some time to figure out. That said, it definitely DOES do the job though with a healthy amount of fuzz that's great for blues and rock, also by lowering the volume a bit on your guitar it gives you a nice amount of distortion that is very fun to use with some analog or digital delay. If you're unfamiliar with pedals I highly recommend the Azor line to try out before you plunk down $100+ on individual pedals or even more on boutique pedals only to find out you don't like it or can't use it.

I'm using this with Korg electronic synthesizers rather than guitar, so keep that in mind. This makes the synth scream in just the way I want. Crunchy velcro freakout sound with the fuzz dial maxed out. It is noisy, to the point where when I'm not actively making a note, I need to turn the pedal off, and I tried adding a noise gate pedal after, but this thing is so noisy that the soft synth notes would also get cut off. I tried a Joyo mini fuzz, which had a "nicer" sound that I could dial in, which means it sounded more polite, and that is not what I wanted, but the Joyo was also just as noisy with the synth. I tried running power through a battery with a power jack rather than the AC outlet, and that didn't change anything with either pedals. So even though I'm annoyed at the noise and having to turn the pedal off when not playing the synth, I am still glad to keep it because the gnarly sound it makes is really enjoyable to me. I haven't been able to get this kind out of freaked out fuzz sound with my Headrush pedalboard or the Line 6 hd500x or the Boss GT-1000.

Tastes in fuzz are very individual, and this pedal produced a sound which is workable, but not what I was looking for. This pedal mostly sounded like a high gain distortion (a Boss DS-1 with all knobs set high as possible) until the last tiny bit of the fuzz sweep, at which point the pedal produced a decent fuzz 'tone', but without enough of the gritty clip sound I associate with fuzz. I tried placing the fuzz pedal in different places in the pedal chain to see how it changed things. If this pedal is placed first (before a wah, or any other pedals) it responds with much more feedback and swells of gain, which is fun. Placed 2nd on the chain (after wah) the fuzz sounded much more restrained, and had a lot more sustain. Equally usable either way, but different sounds. The build of the pedal was decent for price, very comparable with other pedals in this price range. Ultimately, this pedal has some uses, but wasn't what In was looking for.

### Updated review ### I have now owned this for awhile, and continue to love it. Since my original review, I have also owned a Earthquaker Devices Hoof Reaper, which has 3 effects built into one. It was a neat pedal, but I ended up reselling it because this little grey Azor fulfills my needs and continues to be great. No regrets. ### Original Review ### I have never owned a fuzz so don’t have anything for a direct comparison, but this has a distinctive fuzz sound that also includes level and tone controls, which I think are critical for dialing in the use. Looking across the market at other fuzz pedals, this seems like an incredible bargain -- but again, I also don’t know what I’m really missing. I’m going to keep it anyway! It’s very different than my onboard amp distortions, and my MXR EVH 5150 Overdrive, so it should be a nice complementary sound.

I've been through quite a few cheap amazon mini pedals lately, for the most part none of them have impressed me. This little guy though... straight up blew me away!! I'm pretty sure it's a clone of or at least based on a Triangle Big Muff. It sounds huge and sustains for days! It now sits proudly alongside my handbuilt fuzz face and tone bender clone on my board. Just a few tones it's capable of- Classic dark violin- like sustainy lead tones. (like Pink Floyd) Razor sharp bright cutting lead tones. (like jack white) Huge wall of sound chordal tones. (like smashing pumpkins) A cool old school beefy crunch tone on lower gain settings. (like queens of stone age) I mean come on, its the price of a tank of gas. You'd be nuts not to buy one!

Muy contento con este cacharro de color gris. Por un precio de risa tienes un pedal hecho de metal que no decepciona y funciona sin problemas. Todos los fuzz y distorsión tienen algo de ruido de fondo pero en mi caso, por la razón que sea o mi configuración de cables, apenas lo he notado. Los potes se regulan y responden bien, y el sonido es sorprendente. De hecho es un tipo de fuzz muy peculiar, a mí me ha sonado a sintetizador, rozando el velcro pero sin chicharrear. Puede no ser lo que esperas, pero por el precio yo no me quedaría con las ganas. He estado jugando con el tono de la guitarra y combinándolo con un overdrive (antes) y un compresor (después) y se pueden obtener texturas decentes, y sin tener que gastar 100 o 200 en un fuzz de boutique. Lo recomiendo hasta el punto de que voy a mirar otros pedales de la misma marca.

Awesome sound. Great pedal

This pedal is an odd one, because it's sometimes meh, and other times, if you are in the mood, the most incredible mojo machine. It's not like a fuzz face etc. more like a bloated distortion pedal with massive gain, but that would probably be a bad description. You have to try it to know.

Förvånande bra ljud för priset. Bra attack och fuzz-ljud med lågt brum och missljud. Rekommenderas.

I have owned many fuzz pedals in my 54 years of playing electric guitars. I ended up with none, so in missing the sound I tried this one since I am on a tight budget. After watching a few videos I was convinced that this fuzz pedal is fine for my needs. I was pleasantly surprised. Traditionally I would place my Big Muff or Fuzz Face in front of my wah wah. The Azor fuzz works well there as well and gives me the sound I want. However I place it between my drives and modulations. And it works great there too. The one thing this fuzz does not do is clean up like a Fuzz Face. Other than that it is a great fuzz.