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Captain Coconut 2 Owner’s Manual
Controls
FUZZ - The Fuzz control allows you to back off on the intensity of the fuzz.
This is useful when looking for special vintage sounds and when driving
more overdrive stages. This is also great if you want to dial in some wimpy
fuzz tones for effect. If you want the fuzz to clean up when you role back
your guitar’s volume knob, back off a little on the Fuzz control. You can dial
in a massive range of great sounds just by playing around with the GRIT
control, the FUZZ control, and your guitar’s volume and tone controls.
GRIT - One thing that makes FuzzFoot different from other similar fuzz boxes
is the GRIT control. This knob allows you to fine tune the attack, tone and
fuzz level. The control is subtle, but very effective. As a continuous control,
you can dial in the exact sound you want. Here are some examples of what
to expect as you try out different GRIT settings::
Counter clockwise: Dull loud tone. Sounds great when overdriving a
tube amp, or pushing an already overdriven amp over the top. This
is a very fat fuzz sound that can be heard on lots of old recordings
from the ‘60s and ‘70s.
Middle: Even tone with lots of fuzz and sustain. This is the most user-
friendly of all the settings. The tone is very round, without sputter. If
you like to clean up your sound by turning down your guitar’s
volume knob, this is where the GRIT control should be - the 10:00 -
1:00 settings work the best.
Clockwise: Clipped, farty and burnt out. If you’re looking for some of
the nastier fuzz sounds, experiment with GRIT settings in the 2:00 to
5:00 (max) area. The sound gets very choppy while you pick and the
sustain trails off abruptly. This sound can be pretty ugly at times, but
it’s great for reproducing certain vintage tones that originally
occurred due to unmatched transistors or drained batteries. Extreme
GRIT settings sound great when your amp is turned up loud. Stand
near your amp and play around with the feedback.
VOLUME - The FuzzFoot is set up to have more than enough gain for those
who like it LOUD. Changes in the GRIT control have a direct effect on the
output level, so you may need to make some volume adjustments while dial-
ing in your sound.
INPUT TRIM - The FuzzCard includes an on-board trim pot that adjusts the
amount of loading at the input stage. See the FuzzCard section for more
information about this.
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