Fender The Pelt [Mouton] - anyone build one?

[Chuck D. Bones]

If so, what is your impression of the pedal? I breadboarded one. The tone shaping is actually pretty good, but I'm not loving the distortion part of the circuit. It's just kinda "meh."

 

[Robert]

I thought it was ...alright... I haven't been really blown away by any of the new Fender pedals so far.

None of them have been bad, but nothing to write home about.

 

[Chuck D. Bones]

At least I got some inspiration from the MID switch and I know what not to do for a distortion stage. I think the description in the manual over-sells it's sonic capabilities big-time. No surprise there. I replaced the MID switch with a pot on my breadboard to explore other settings. I only liked 3 settings, so the 3-way MID switch was a good design choice. The TONE control is nothing new, but it's tuned just right IMHO.

 

[Nostradoomus]

I thought it was ...alright... I haven't been really blown away by any of the new Fender pedals so far.

None of them have been bad, but nothing to write home about.

That sounds exactly like what fender would do. Reap the benefits of being middle ground!

 

[Robert]

The CME demo is priceless.

So much tension in the room, I feel like we missed an argument between these two before the camera started rolling.

 

[Nostradoomus]

HA! That’s great

 

[Chuck D. Bones]

Seems like the best feature is the lighted knobs.

 

[HamishR]

I got the impression that the CME guy was too wacky for the Fender guy. I haven't seen many CME demo videos but they can be quite wacky and a bit almost too clever for their own good. I did like how he kept switching the lights on and off.

I like the lit knobs too. Great idea. Very ordinary sounding fuzz.