Dunlop Eric Johnson Fuzz Face

Carrying features identical to the TightRock, the darker and fatter FatRock Distortion Pedal is the culmination of insights from players who asked for a variation of TightRock. The FatRock version’s tone was tweaked to extend the Tone and Tight controls’ low range. The EQ switch provides classic vintage stack tones while the Gain Boost switch produces a very modern amount of gain. With both switches turned off, you can use the pedal as a fat overdrive for an already distorted pedal/amp, without drastically altering the character.

Thick mids and lows, insanely long sustain, and crunchy saturated harmonics are right at the tip of your toes with the Big Joe B303 Metal guitar effects pedal. The Shaper knob lets you boost and scoop your tone’s presence and emphasize the middle or high and low frequencies. The Gain knob, meanwhile, enables you to control precisely how much distortion you want in your sound, whether it’s s subtle guttural growl or a primordial roar. The Big Joe B-303 Metal pedal features true bypass switching.

Amptweaker’s TightMetal JR ranges from FatMetal to TightMetal tones and features a Tight attack switch and noise gate. With the crazy output level available through the Volume knob, Tight settings (Fat/Flat/Tight), EQ voicings (Thrash/Flat/Smooth), and punchy midrange you can cut or boost using the Tone control, you can virtually run a tone party from Black Sabbath to Avenged Sevenfold to Kyuss and so on. The TightMetal JR is worth exploring as each twist and turn could create new vistas of snarl, growl or singing sustain.