Review

With guitarists like Jake E. Lee adding Cats Eye pedals to their rig its great to be able to give the Hybrid Fuzz a good workout. The Hybrid fuzz utilizes the best of both worlds using Germanium transistors for their tone and silicon for its stability. Dean at Cats Eye really seems to take his time in finding what suits you best and is a great guy to deal with.

First thing out of the box I noticed its striking good looks and included power supply. That is something you don't see often and is a handy item to include. The pedal is HEAVY. Built like mini tone tank the Hybrid Fuzz is one of the cleanest built pedals we have ever seen. A durable powdercoat finish tops of the solidly built box for years of good looks to come. Striking good looks and the ability to withstand a nuclear explosion are just the beginning of the Hybrids positive attributes. True Bypass switching is standard and insures a strong bypass signal with zero tone loss. A bright Green LED sets it off nicely and there is never a doubt if its on or off. A mini plug for power is standard. While that is not a hugely common power source the included power supply eliminates any concern. If you use a dedicated power supply of your own you just need to get a plug adapter.

Plugging it into a clean Hotrod Deville its time to fire it up. Holy vintage fuzz tones! This pedal sustains for miles! Fat, harmonically rich fuzz is the name of the game. Plenty of volume is available. This fuzz sounds great. The thing I like about a good fuzz pedal is the ability to control it at the volume control on the guitar and the Hybrid Fuzz does not disappoint. Lots of shades of tone can be had once your tone is set at the pedal and amp simply by adjusting your guitars volume control. Fuzz tones reminding me of Eric Johnson lead line fuzz tones are to be had at lower gain settings. Bumping up that gain knob yields Santana like fat fuzz that never seems to stop sustaining. The Hybrid fuzz is equally inspiring running into the amp already breaking up gain wise. The mix of the amps gain and a fuzz push from the Hybrid yielded great results and still even more shades of great sound were had adjusting the guitars volume control. Using a single coil guitar lent itself to finding those famous vintage tones that are so sought after these days. Running a humbucker equipped guitar into this setup gave me big stack tone and a modern sound that can be used in any situation calling for BIG tone.

The Hybrid is a truly inspiring pedal that is fun to experiment with. This pedals sounds amazing and is perfect for anyone looking for something to cover both vintage and modern fuzz tones. If big fat harmonically rich tone on the fuzz tip is something you might dig the Hybrid delivers it bigtime.

If you are looking for a pedal to fill your fuzz needs and are checking out your options definitely give the Cats Eye pedals a look. Built to last, tone for days, great to looks and your power source included in the box make the Hybrid fuzz a great choice.