Bad Motorscooter

The Bad Motorscooter is a cousin of Gary Hurst’s very first iteration of the Tone Bender, but with fewer parts and cues taken from the Maestro FZ-1A as much as the FZ-1. The classic Level and Attack controls deliver the sound of crumbling tower blocks and fuse-blowing power surges: loud!

Good Fuzzy Sounds Bad Motorscooter fuzz pedal, wedge-shaped metal enclosure with two knobs, a foot switch, extremely basic righteous-looking
Good Fuzzy Sounds Bad Motorscooter

The first few Bad Motorscooters will contain two holy grail Texas Instruments transistors (2G381 and/or big can 2G381T) and a Newmarket OC75N. Later ones will have unbranded NOS 2G381s. Other parts will vary with each build.

The first run are in hand-painted and stamped Fuzzcases enclosures, built in point-to-point style on vintage matrix board.

£290

How to buy

Buy directly from me by simply getting in touch.

If you prefer, you can also buy Good Fuzzy Sounds through my Reverb shop.

Every pedal comes with a hand-printed card with the serial number, model name and transistor line-up.

My pedals are supported by a five year guarantee.

Back view of Good Fuzzy Sounds Bad Motorscooter fuzz pedal, wedge-shaped metal enclosure with two knobs, a foot switch and inputs
Good Fuzzy Sounds Bad Motorscooter
Good Fuzzy Sounds Bad Motorscooter fuzz pedal, baseplate view of wedge-shaped metal enclosure with stamped logos
Good Fuzzy Sounds Bad Motorscooter baseplate
Good Fuzzy Sounds Bad Motorscooter guts, showing enclosure and circuitboard with components
Good Fuzzy Sounds Bad Motorscooter guts
Good Fuzzy Sounds Bad Motorscooter guts detail of circuitboard and components
Good Fuzzy Sounds Bad Motorscooter guts detail

Prototype and experiments

Good Fuzzy Sounds Bad Motorscooter, a prototype fuzz pedal, wedge-shaped metal with two knobs, a foot switch, extremely basic and malevolent-looking
Good Fuzzy Sounds Bad Motorscooter prototype