Marsy Posted February 3, 2014 Posted February 3, 2014 (edited) £130 posted Frantone Lo-Tone Classic Fuzz Just for bass players! At last... a classic fuzztone for bass! This transistorized beauty uses germanium diodes for soft knee clipping and actually boosts the bottom to give you awesome sustain with rich creamy fuzztone. Wonderful overtones and plenty of thump to boot. Comes in '72 refrigerator beige with fire engine red custom bakelite knobs and red status LED. All new Frantone effects come with full signal bypass and status light! Each Lo-Tone Classic Fuzz is hand-made in the USA by Frantone and features: Tough cast aluminum case Beige epoxy finish True bypass switching Red indicator LED Steel LED bezel Switchcraft jacks Red bakelite knobs Hard mounted PCB External power jack All teflon hook-up wire Really cute Edited June 2, 2014 by Marsy
1976fenderhead Posted February 3, 2014 Posted February 3, 2014 Tried this at Vintage & Rare once and loved it. Don't really need it now though. Good luck with the sale.
Marsy Posted February 3, 2014 Author Posted February 3, 2014 It is lovely! Fran pedals are.. I dunno what rig you tried through but regardless I'm sure you'll agree, that like the name suggests this is super low super thick/fat tone.. 'Lo Tone!'
Marsy Posted February 4, 2014 Author Posted February 4, 2014 [quote name='1976fenderhead' timestamp='1391451631' post='2357321'] I tried it with a vintage Flip Top [/quote] So it sounded prettty good? = )
Marsy Posted February 4, 2014 Author Posted February 4, 2014 Added a stock picture, and an actual pic of it sitting pride of place on my current board. Can take more if anyone would like any..
Marsy Posted February 6, 2014 Author Posted February 6, 2014 For the people who'd like clips.. Gonna set up the rig at the weekend and see how my tascam recorder fairs.. Ha ha fingers crossed! = )
thisnameistaken Posted February 6, 2014 Posted February 6, 2014 Frantone pedals are so pretty. I'm obsessed with the Sandwich even though I have no use for one, it's just beautiful. Those red bakelite knobs are delish!
Marsy Posted February 7, 2014 Author Posted February 7, 2014 I agree, I love frans aesthetics too. That sandwich definitely has a charm = ) Oh, I forgot to mention, the lo tone has MASSIVE bottom, possibly too much! If you can imagine such a thing.. ¿
Marsy Posted February 16, 2014 Author Posted February 16, 2014 Yeah sorry guys, I'll try and get something done this afternoon.
Marsy Posted February 16, 2014 Author Posted February 16, 2014 Just trawlin' through google I've dug up some samples from the depth of some gear forum for 2006 or something.. They're not great but seem to display the bass output of the lo-tone! http://www.grygrx.net/music/pedal_demos/fuzzdemo1/Three.mp3 http://www.grygrx.net/music/pedal_demos/fuzzdemo2/Three.mp3 I'll still try and record my own ASAP. Cheers
Marsy Posted February 16, 2014 Author Posted February 16, 2014 www.grygrx.net/music/pedal_demos/fuzzdemo2/Three.mp3 www.grygrx.net/music/pedal_demos/fuzzdemo1/Three.mp3
Marsy Posted April 12, 2014 Author Posted April 12, 2014 Upwards! This is a super thick fuzz with HUGE low end and cost nearly double this when they were in production! Also one of the rarer frantone pedals..
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