Fuzz pedal with a rare vintage circuit for a unique-sounding distortion effect
Variac control adjusts from 5 to 15V to simulate a dying battery
Tone, Output, and Gain controls provide plenty of sound-shaping options
True bypass switching preserves your guitar's tone
Achieve aggressive, biting distortion effects with the MXR Super Badass Variac Fuzz pedal!
MXR® SUPER BADASS® VARIAC FUZZ
M236
The Super Badass Variac Fuzz is aggressive, biting, and highly versatile, featuring a Variac control to change the pedal's voltage from 5V to 15V for a range of fuzz tones. Go from vintage saggy saturation to wide open transparency with the twist of a knob.
This pedal can be powered by a 9-volt battery, a Dunlop ECB003 9-volt adapter, or the DC Brick™, Iso-Brick™, and Mini Iso-Brick™ power supplies (not included).
Fuzz pedal with a rare vintage circuit for a unique-sounding distortion effect
Variac control adjusts from 5 to 15V to simulate a dying battery
Tone, Output, and Gain controls provide plenty of sound-shaping options
True bypass switching preserves your guitar's tone
Achieve aggressive, biting distortion effects with the MXR Super Badass Variac Fuzz pedal!
THE LONG STORY
The Super Badass Variac Fuzz is a dream come true for guitar players chasing vintage fuzz tone. This tasty fuzz is aggressive and biting, and with the twist of a knob, you can drag it into that dying battery territory much prized by tonechasers-no need to manage a collection of half-dead batteries.
To create the Super Badass Variac Fuzz, the MXR design team dusted off a rare vintage silicon circuit, tuned it up, and added a Variac control so you can set the pedal's voltage anywhere from 5 to 15V. For that wonderful saggy fuzz effect you get as a 9V battery loses its power, just lower the voltage by turning the Variac knob counterclockwise. Increasing the voltage raises the effect's headroom, opening up the fuzz for a more transparent sound at 15V.
The Super Badass Variac Fuzz's simple interface is rounded out with Tone, Output, and Gain controls, and it all comes in a road-ready housing with true bypass switching.
CONTROLS
VARIAC knob controls voltage level
TONE knob cuts high frequencies
OUTPUT knob controls overall effect volume
GAIN knob controls amount of fuzz
FOOTSWITCH toggles effect on/bypass (red LED indicates on
DIRECTIONS
Run a cable from your guitar to the M236’s INPUT jack and run another cable from the M236’s OUTPUT jack to your amplifier.
Set OUTPUT, GAIN, and VARIAC controls to their 12 o’clock positions, and set the TONE control fully clockwise.
Turn effect on by depressing footswitch.
Rotate GAIN knob clockwise to increase amount of fuzz or counterclockwise to decrease it.
Rotate OUTPUT knob clockwise to increase overall effect volume or counterclockwise to decrease it.
Rotate TONE knob counterclockwise to cut high frequencies for a darker fuzz sound.
To simulate the voltage sag of a dying battery, rotate the VARIAC control counterclockwise. For higher headroom and a clearer and more transparent sound, rotate the control clockwise.
SPECIFICATIONS
Input Impedance 300 kΩ
Output Impedance 120 kΩ
Variac Range 5 to 15 V
Noise Floor* -98.5 dBV
Current Draw 17 mA
Power Supply 9 volts DC
Fuzz pedal with a rare vintage circuit for a unique-sounding distortion effect
Variac control adjusts from 5 to 15V to simulate a dying battery
Tone, Output, and Gain controls provide plenty of sound-shaping options
True bypass switching preserves your guitar's tone
Achieve aggressive, biting distortion effects with the MXR Super Badass Variac Fuzz pedal!
