UMI Buzztone

Strange fuzz / distortion pedal! It was made in New York, sometime in the 70's or 80's. It has three knobs, volume, contour, and buzz.

Submitted by Bill from Sharon, PA (2 points) on Mar 7, 2008
It kind of feels like you're driving a 1972 car. The battery meter seems more like a tachometer than the questionably useful measure of battery life. Without a doubt, the extruded looking aluminum and metal on this pedal has got to be worth more the handful of components inside. Nothing fancy, just a gloriously horrific buzzed out distortion of your instrument.
Good Points: Truely transistor distortion.
Bad Points: Truely transistor distiortion!
Price Paid: US$0.00
Purchased At: traded some stuff for it.
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Submitted by Charles from Johnson City, TN (10 points) on Nov 27, 2003
This is probably my most favorite pedal of all. The sound of the pedal completely annihilates all tone to your guitar or bass. I never really used it on anything else. To me it is a wonderful pedal for industrial music. My buzz tone is a little beat up and dirty. So maybe if it could ever be new it might sound different. All the way up it turns notes into a really coarse and gritty clicking sound. I have never used it with settings lower than 11. In all if I had my way I would have about 50 of these laying around.
Good Points: Nice gritty sound. A battery will last about 5 years. Very nise case, not to heavy but can withstand a brutal pounding. By the way. If anyone ever reads this and has one please sell it to me. I will pay good money for it.
Bad Points: Extremely hard to find. I have searched for years for anouther one and have only found one other review on it.
Price Paid: US$0.00
Purchased At: Gift from a friend
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