Red Witch launches Zeus Bass Fuzz and Suboctave pedal

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New stompbox is "so good, your guitar player will already be plotting to steal it"

Building on the success of Red Witch's Factotum comes the Zeus Bass Fuzz and Suboctave, an all-analogue silicon fuzz with lower octave.

The fuzz side of the Zeus serves up features culled from the Fuzz God II, including gain doubling and treble boost switches, while the suboctave utilises gnarly analogue tracking.

Octave and fuzz mix knobs adjust the impact of the individually switchable effects, while sputter and fuzz adjust the tone - there are also internal controls for fuzz and octave master volume.

The Zeus is available now for £249 - head over to Red Witch for more.

Michael Astley-Brown
Michael Astley-Brown

Mike is Editor-in-Chief of GuitarWorld.com, in addition to being an offset fiend and recovering pedal addict. He has a master's degree in journalism, and has spent the past decade writing and editing for guitar publications including MusicRadar, Total Guitar and Guitarist, as well as a decade-and-a-half performing in bands of variable genre (and quality). In his free time, you'll find him making progressive instrumental rock under the nom de plume Maebe.

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