Zander Circuitry Sono Bass Fuzz and Preamp

Bassists, we’ve got your back. The Sono is your all-in-one powerhouse for low-end dirt sounds – packing a powerful preamp and a ferocious fuzz into a single pedal. Use the two sides separately or together, to unlock everything from smooth overdrive to ripping ‘Velcro’ tones, plus a whole heap of chaotic combinations to spice up your basslines and cut through the mix.

Let’s start with the tamer of the Sono’s two sides. The preamp circuit is simple but incredibly versatile, giving you enough gain to go all the way from subtle break-up through to vintage medium-gain overdrive sounds. The Blend control lets you mix in your clean signal, to make sure there’s no sacrifice of clean clarity or low-frequency thunder.

The fuzz circuit is the more elaborate member of the team, with an extensive set of controls and enough ground-shaking gain on tap to shatter windows. There’s a Tone control for dialling in specific frequencies and a Rip control that compresses and gates the output, producing raw synth-like sounds that are perfect for lead lines. And just like the preamp side, you can blend your clean signal back in, for a full, anchored tone.

Plus, both sides of the circuit feature independent level controls, making the pedal even more flexible when switching between the two effects or combining them for something new and nasty.