NativeAudio's Frybread Fuzz is a transistor-based fuzz pedal with a streamlined interface for a versatile fuzz experience. It pays tribute to Blackfeet heritage with artwork featuring Stan the Pan and Frybread Man.
NativeAudio has introduced their newest pedal: the FrybreadFuzz, a transistor-based fuzz meticulously tuned to deliver everything from power-amp punch to blistering fuzz. Utilizing its unique gain architecture and integrated pickup simulator, the Frybread Fuzz provides a comprehensive fuzz solution regardless of signal chain position.
Beyond its sonic characteristics, the Frybread Fuzz touches upon the deeper cultural under pinnings of NativeAudio. The company is a native-owned effect pedal company founded by Mike Trombley, an enrolled member of the Blackfeet Nation with over a decade of engineering experience. NativeAudio is committed keeping Native American culture alive while also inspiring musicians to connect with their art in a more meaningful and creative way.
Frybread is a versatile bread made with a simple set of ingredients that can be enjoyed with honey, jelly, or as an Indian Tacoby topping with chili and your favorite taco toppings. The Frybread Fuzz artwork features the dynamic duo, Stan the Pan and Frybread Man.
Each Frybread Fuzz includes Pretty Bird Woman’s frybread recipe printed on the back of the pedal, ensuring that you’ll always have great tone and great food wherever you go.
The Frybread Fuzz street price is $259.
For more information, please visit nativeaudio.com.
NativeAudio Frybread Fuzz - Full Bass and Guitar Demo (First Taste)
Chorus, vibrato, and easy-to-program presets in an elegantly simple design.
Deep and varied chorus and vibrato sounds that are easy to manipulate and access via presets. Nice presence in top end.
Switching between chorus and vibrato can sometimes feel a touch clumsy.
$239
NativeAudio Pretty Bird Woman
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NativeAudio’s Pretty Bird Woman chorus and vibrato makes for a nice study in economical design. There are just two knobs for modulation rate and depth, a footswitch that saves and scrolls presets, and a bypass switch that doubles as a vibrato/chorus switch when you hold it down for a few counts. These simple functions govern two very rich and varied modulation voices. And it only takes a little time to see, hear, and feel how the PBW’s design economy and intuitive controls would make it invaluable in a live setup.
PBW’s chorus voice is present and cutting. At minimum depth settings, it dishes very nice 12-string approximations—shimmering sounds that are a touch more thrilling for the clarity in the top end. Middle-of-the-range depth settings, meanwhile, evoke an EHX Small Clone’s queasy wobble. And advanced depth and slower settings give the pedal a lo-fi rotary speaker feel. On the vibrato side, the PBW does a nice, if somewhat brighter sounding, take on a Boss VB-2. But lower depth settings and middle-fast rates yield swampy tremolo-like pulses, while slower rates and advanced depth settings generate molasses-y warped-record oscillations that would be killer in layered guitar mixes. Any four of these divergent sounds can be saved as a preset easily and on the fly by holding down the right footswitch. Scrolling is a piece of cake, too. Taken together, Pretty Bird Woman’s combination of simplicity and range is impressively practical.
Test Gear: Fender Telecaster, Fender Telecaster Deluxe with Curtis Novak Wide Range pickups, Rickenbacker 330, Fender Tremolux
An optical tremolo that expands on the technology found in vintage amplifiers.
NativeAudio's Rising Sun V2 Optical Tremolo interface features volume, waveform, and depth controls for a warm-analog tremolo experience. It includes two modes of operation: tap and ramp. Tap mode implements four sub-divisions for tap-tempo capability. Ramp mode allows for smooth transition between two selectable tremolo speeds.
Features
- Analog-optical tremolo provides vintage tremolo sounds.
- Intuitive interface with volume, waveform, and depth controls for tone shaping.
- Tap mode with multiple sub-divisions to sync tremolo speed to the tempo of your environment.
- Ramp mode allows for smooth transition between two selectable tremolo speeds.
- 9-18VDC operation for expanded headroom. External power only (no battery).
- Smart switching system that provides standard on/off latching and momentary operation.
- Top-mounted instrument and power jacks designed to save pedalboard space.
- Buffered-bypass design to optimize signal integrity with any instrument cable length.
The Rising Sun is $239.00 USD and can be found at participating NativeAudio dealers and purchased directly at nativeaudio.com.