I grew up listening to a lot of records where fuzz was used on the guitar tracks. I've owned/tried a lot of fuzz boxes over the years and I could never understand how to play them and I sold them. Then late last year I started getting interested in the octave/fuzz effect. But I was reluctant getting one due to my former negative relationships with fuzz in general.
But then one day I came upon a Youtube demo of the Olsson Amps Fuzztner. I know John Olsson and he never put out anything bad and this was made in collaboration with Staffan Astner who is a real badass fuzz/octavia player so my interest was piqued. I met up with John Olsson at the FUZZ Guitar SHow in May and he lent me a Fuzztner. After trying the octave fuzz effect I realized this was my way into octavialand. And when I realized that I could disconnect the octave part of the effect and get just fuzz I tried it with no hopes. But I found the found the fuzz part to be really interesting so I bought the pedal.
As always when I get a new soundscape to visit, I write a tune so I can play the effect the way I want to and this is the tunethat came out of this. The reason I bonded with the Fuzztner is that it's very dynamic and I see it more like a synth type of sound than a guitar sound when I play and that makes a difference to me in how I approach the sound. I will definitely continue to explore this pedal!!
Cheers,
Mats N