Fulltone Queen Bee

Fulltone Queen Bee is powered by 3 x New Old Stock Military “Flying Saucer” germanium transistors in an original design that behaves in an amp-like manner, meaning it responds dynamically to the input from your hands and guitar. Great clean-up by lowering the guitar’s volume knob, sweet mids, clarity, sustain, harmonics…it’s all in there.

The #1 and #2 transistors are configured to achieve maximum gain in order to hit transistor #3 extremely hard, creating more sustain and distortion than is possible with the 2-transistor Fuzzes while making the pedal rather low-noise for such a high-gained design. Another thing the Bee has, something no other fuzzes have, is ample MIDRANGE! Fender amp owners will appreciate the Passive Hi-Cut Tone control for taming the treble, and further sonic sculpting is accomplished via a smart, loss-less 3-position Bass switch (placed before transistor #3) tailoring the low frequencies and keeping the bottom-end tight.

Inside the pedal is a trimmer for adjusting the bias of transistor #3 by a range between 2 and 6 volts DC. The trimmer should be adjusted by ear as there are no wrong settings, a slight turn results in a drastic change in sound, in volume, and in compression characteristics. Suddenly firm becomes soft, bright becomes warm, grainy becomes smooth…it’s astonishing what this little trimmer does.

As with most Fulltone pedals, the Queen Bee has True-Bypass switching via the Fulltone 3PDT footswitch for maximum signal integrity while the pedal is bypassed. Because the Bee utilizes Germanium transistors it should only be powered with the (included) battery or a “Center Positive,” well-regulated power supply. Do not “daisy-chain” multiple pedals on a single wall wart adapter as this may damage the pedal. Instead the Queen Bee should be connected to its own outlet on a professional-grade power supply that has regulated, isolated/discrete outputs, in addition a reversed power cable must be used. Fulltone Queen Bees are 100% Hand-Built in the USA.

Fulltone Queen Bee demo video

SKU: 676891000957 Category:

Description

  • Effect: Germanium fuzz
  • Design: Analog
  • Mono/Stereo: Mono In, Mono Out
  • Knobss: Level, Buzz, Treble
  • Switches: Bass switch
  • Bypass Mode: True Bypass
  • Power Supply: 9V DC, center positive(!)
  • Power Consumption: 5 mA
  • Works on batteries: Yes
  • Type of Battery: 9V
  • Format: Standard
  • Made in: USA

Additional information

Weight 0,5 kg
Dimensions 12 × 7,4 × 6,1 cm
Category

Stock

Brand

Fulltone

Sort

Guitar

Type

Fuzz

Routing

Mono In / Mono Out

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