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Wattson Classic Electronics 

FY-2 Fuzz 

Owner's Manual 

 

 

 
 

Copyright ©2010 Wattson Classic Electronics 

All Rights Reserved 

www.wattson-fx.com 

Summary of Contents for FY-2 Fuzz

Page 1: ...Wattson Classic Electronics FY 2 Fuzz Owner s Manual Copyright 2010 Wattson Classic Electronics All Rights Reserved www wattson fx com ...

Page 2: ...attery For battery operation we recommend you use only alkaline batteries To remove the battery drawer place your fingernail or a small coin in the slot at the bottom of the drawer and lift upward until the drawer clicks If there is already a battery in the drawer then the drawer should pop out slightly on it s own Otherwise pull lightly on the drawer with your fingernail until it begins to slide ...

Page 3: ...is a plug in the 9VDC external power supply jack on the right side of the pedal This allows you to operate the pedal on an external adapter without also drawing current from the battery You cannot operate the pedal from the battery if there is a plug in the 9VDC external power supply jack When operating from a battery the FY 2 Fuzz will draw a small amount of current anytime the interlock circuits...

Page 4: ...xternal power supply jack A note about daisy chained power supplies A daisy chained power supply can be an enormously useful addition to your pedal board but they can also cause problems with analog pedals like the FY 2 Fuzz If you have some pedals connected to the input on your amp and other pedals connected to the effects loop on your amp then you should not operate these pedals from the same po...

Page 5: ...Time based pedals last This include chorus echo delay reverb etc The above recommendations are not engraved in stone Feel free to experiment with your pedal arrangement to get the tone you want Using the controls The FY 2 Fuzz has three user accessible controls and a fourth hidden control we ll talk about in a moment These are Footswitch This control is used to turn the fuzz effect on or off The L...

Page 6: ...expect from a fuzz pedal If you are using the FY 2 Fuzz as a replacement for a vintage Shin ei pedal then you might not want the boost circuit enabled since you ve probably already accomodated the lower volume with other gear on your pedal board We ve added a bypass switch to the internal circuit board that allows you to disable the boost circuit and allow the FY 2 Fuzz to operate with the same ou...

Page 7: ...d fuzz tone with a single coil standard output pickup and the guitar volume on maximum The fuzz will clean up dramatically as you roll back the volume on the guitar The circuit was not designed to accomodate the signal level coming from a high output pickup or a pickup with an integral amplifier If the signal level going into the FY 2 Fuzz is too high then the signal coming out is going to sound e...

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Page 9: ...is excluded under the terms below will not be covered by the warranty The determination as to whether a product is or is not excluded is entirely up to the discretion of Wattson Classic Electronics Any product which was purchased by the consumer more than one year prior to requesting service is excluded Such products are classified as out of warranty original products unless other exclusions also ...

Page 10: ...product may still be serviced by Wattson Classic Electronics The consumer will be responsible for shipping charges to return the product to Wattson Classic Electronics but Wattson Classic Electronics will cover the shipping charges to return the repaired or replaced product to the consumer The consumer is responsible for the parts and labor charges for repairing an out of warranty original product...

Page 11: ...arranty send an email message to support wattson fx com Provide the following information in your email message Your name This should match the name on the warranty registration card Your full address The name of the product you want serviced The serial number of the product A brief description of the malfunction Wattson Classic Electronics will send you a pre paid shipping carton with instruction...

Page 12: ...ted with due diligence and to the best of it s ability the verifications required by directive 2002 95 EC of the European Pariliament regarding the reduction of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment RoHS and that this product is in compliance with that directive to the best of our knowledge Wattson Classic Electronics maintains a technical file of the RoHS compliance certific...

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