Fender Shields Blender Fuzz
Product information "Fender Shields Blender Fuzz"
At the end of 1968, Fender launched the Fender Blender, a weird octave fuzz pedal - a fuzz beyond the harmonic euphony - nasty, shrill fuzz with a cool octave up effect - prominent user was and is Robin Trower. The legendary fuzz pedal is also part of Kevin Shields' fleet, who regularly causes a furore with his weird "wall of fuzz" sounds. Fender has now given him a cool signature version with significantly extended control options - the Fender Blender on Steroids! There are 2 channels available, the Sub Octave sound has been added to the Octave Up sound of the historical model - switchable by foot and, like the direct sound, can be mixed continuously. Also on board is an adjustable "Dying Battery" - SAG effect. The Shields Blender's métier is dark doom fuzz, crumbling sounds chopped up beyond recognition and aggressive, broken octave up saw sounds - marvellous!!!
An American manufacturer from the 90s had the following fitting slogan at the ready:
"This pedal is not broken, it is supposed to sound like this"
- Battery Type: 9 V Block
- Battery powered: Battery Powered
- Bypass Mode: True bypass
- Controls: Fuzz, Octave, Trigger, Sag, Volume, Blend, Tone, Sustain,
- Country of Origin: China
- Dimensions (WxHxD): 114 x 54 x 206 mm
- Effect Type: Fuzz
- Genre: Noise
- Housing size: Big Size
- Modes: 2 channels
- Mono / Stereo: Mono In, Mono Out
- Power Consumption: 80 mA
- Power supply: 9 VDC, Center negative
- Special Features: Kevin Shields Signature Pedal
- Switches: Octave, Sag, Expand
- Technology: analog
- Weight: 0,8 kg
- 2 channel Octave Fuzz
To make a Fender instrument available to everyone, they are offered in different price ranges. The subsidiary Squier sells affordable, Far East-made models built to original specifications with Fender know-how in the background. An affordable, "real" Fender can be found in the series made in Mexico. The classic original Fender instruments, such as the American Pro series, are made in the USA. For lovers of hand-built instruments and guitars with vintage flair there is the Fender Custom Shop, where you can even have a guitar built completely to your own specifications.
But Fender is not only known and appreciated for its instruments, it is also famous for various amplifiers such as the Deluxe Reverb, the Princeton, the Champion, the Blues Junior and the Fender Rumble bass amp range. Fender now also offers a wide range of guitar accessories like strings, picks, cables, straps, cases, tuners and care products, as well as spare parts and pickups, plus accessories and merchandising. You can of course find all of this at the music shop you trust – session in Frankfurt and Walldorf!
