Silver Haze GE Fuzz is a fuzz germanium guitar OC44, designed around NOS transistors selected for their rich, dynamic vintage grain.
It combines smooth, expressive saturation with modern compatibility, allowing use with a standard 9V DC negative-center power supply.
🎥 Video demo
A full demo will soon be available to illustrate the different gain levels and pedal response in real-life situations.
Musical intent & use cases
Silver Haze delivers a lively, organic fuzz, capable of shifting from a round, slightly veiled grain to more granular, unstable textures, depending on the Fuzz and Bias settings.
OC44 transistors provide a strong interaction with the guitar's volume, allowing saturation to be cleaned up or brought out without changing the settings.
It fits naturally into blues, classic rock and psychedelic contexts, while remaining usable in modern configurations thanks to its stability.
Who this pedal is for
Silver Haze is designed for guitarists looking for a expressive vintage germanium fuzz, with dynamic, nuanced behavior.
It is particularly suited to musicians sensitive to guitar volume response and the feel of germanium circuits.
This pedal is for you if :
- Looking for a soft, organic vintage fuzz like the OC44?
- you want a pedal compatible with a standard 9V power supply
- you prefer dynamics and control to guitar volume
Positioning in the range :
Silver Haze offers a self-contained vintage fuzz that's smooth and highly dynamic.
OctaForge offers a more extreme, textured octave fuzz.
The British Drive stands out for its integrated approach: a British amp-style saturation that can be enriched by a fuzz character, like a fuzz placed in front of an amp that's already been pushed.
Closing note
The Silver Haze GE Fuzz is a germanium fuzz with character, designed to offer the sound and feel of vintage OC44 circuits, while remaining stable and usable on a modern pedalboard.
Key design points
- Analog germanium fuzz built around carefully selected NOS OC44 transistors
- Limited production due to actual OC44 availability
- Characteristic vintage grain with strong dynamics and playability
- Fuzz, Volume and Bias controls for fine-tuning behavior
- Internal CLEAN trimmer for adjusting response and signal cleaning
- Adaptable for single or humbucker pickups
- Operates from standard 9V DC negative-center power supply
- Direct integration on modern pedalboards with no specific constraints
- Reduces noise and instability problems often associated with traditional germanium fuzzes
- No battery operation
- 100% analog circuit, hand-built with through-hole components
- True bypass
- Compact 125B enclosure