BEETRONICS VEZZPA OCTAVE STINGER

We’ve long been fans of Filipe Pampuri’s powerful effects that combine arresting fuzz and drive tones with a playful aesthetic. His latest, the Vezzpa, brings together a wonderfully scuzzy fuzz with a ‘stinger’ mode (toggled with a double-tap of the footswitch) that delivers electrifying Jimi-style, up-octave lead tones. Though the Vezzpa mounts only two controls, Sustain and Volume, there’s plenty of scope to sculpt sound. Turning down the Sustain yields a classic op-amp fuzz, while winding up Sustain yields a gated, high-gain fuzz with ripped-Velcro fuzztones that slam on and off with abruptness. The digital footswitch also permits momentary engagement of the whole effect for performance options.