Analogman Sun Face

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Review

The Analogman Sun Face is based on the old Fuzz Faces that players such as Hendrix and Clapton used. As this is the first review of a Sun Face on this site, I’m going to go into the different transistors a little here as there are a few on offer.

The most important thing to mention is the difference between silicon and germanium as these change the feel and sound dramatically.

Transistors are used in fuzz faces and other pedals to distort the signal and create the distinctive sounds that we all know and love. However, germanium has a number of drawbacks, not the least being the fact that these are sensitive to changes in temperature, which can result in the pedal sounding great one day and not the next – quite an issue when gigging!

Also, germanium transistors are not particularly consistent, making mass production also pretty tricky and also leading to some pedals of exactly the same specification sounding different to each other. If you were lucky, this could mean you’d end up with an amazing one-in-a-hundred sounding pedal, but could also mean the opposite.

Silicon proved to be the answer to these issues: it was more reliable, consistent and actually cheaper. However, there’s no getting away from the fact that it sounds and feels different. Germanium is rounder, softer, just a bit politer, and is more sensitive to input levels, which means it also cleans up better with the guitar volume.

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