Pedal Demos
A great in depth demo and overview of the Dalliter Fuzz by the talented Luke Hearn. Please check him out on YouTube for more great pedal demos!
“No shortage of tones on this one!!! I don't know how you got it to be so versatile. Like a great fuzz, reacts very nicely to the guitars volume control. The recommended bias dot is very helpful, that seems to be where the sounds like to live, although I had a lot of fun with the bias knob at both extremes. I really like the midrange of the pedal. The box and case candy got me really excited to try it - very pro feeling. Love the big knobs and aesthetic. Overall I think you have a fantastic pedal.” - Luke Hearn
“This is a very unique pedal, it has the fuzz face nastiness but is clear and precise. That’s hard to do!” - Matt Foy
Not only did Watson Tone Supply give us a short and sweet clip, but he made the demo using custom handwired P-90’s he made himself! They sound unreal through the Dalliter Fuzz. Please check out Watson Tone Supply on YouTube and Instagram for more great demos, and their website for custom pickups that just rip!
“It’s a phenomenal sounding pedal! This fuzz box is perfect if you’re tired of having too many options.” - Watson Tone Supply
While we might disagree on what constitutes a “wooly” sounding fuzz, I absolutely love the candor of this review by Matt at Guitars For Idiots. He also made one of the most compelling demos of the Dalliter that really highlights the mellow overdriven texture when turning the fuzz down and the bias to max voltage. Please checkout guitarsforidiots.com, as well as their Instagram and YouTube pages for more great demos and reviews!
“Here’s the thing, the Dalliter Fuzz is quite fun, but not particularly innovative. But that’s okay, not every pedal needs to rival Chase Bliss to be worth the price of admission. There’s a big range of fuzz tones in the Dalliter, from warmer and more amp-like vintage fuzz to sputtery, glitchy, velcro fuzz. The real trick here is messing with bias knob, that’s the feature that keeps this interesting and likely to stick on your board long term.
It does clean up nicely when you roll the guitar volume down, as promised. I was also really impressed with some of the cleaner fuzz settings, where the fuzz knob is rolled down and I’m fingerpicking at the end. There’s some real musical content there, as it just thickens up the guitar tone a bit, until you really dig in and engage the circuit. I wouldn’t say it is quite as thick or wooly as I expected, but it is more amp-like, which is really a great accomplishment. When I hear “wooly” I think more Big Muff or saturated territory, and there’s not any over saturation here. In fact, I really like how open and uncompressed this pedal can feel at times.
There’s really good attention to detail here, and you can tell Radio Wave Effects really knows a good fuzz. I’d also argue that $125 is a pretty appetizing price for a handmade, boutique fuzz. It’s not a reach by any means, there’s some versatility, and it sounded great to my ears. Quite frankly, I can’t discern any lack of harmonic content or range relative to the dozens of $200+ fuzz clones out there. That’s a winning combination, even if it is just another take on the fuzz face. It may not blow you out of the water, but the Dalliter Fuzz could fit on most anyone’s board who is looking for a vintage voiced fuzz right now.” - Matt Dunn