It’s hard to imagine a world without pedals. Here’s a brief history of the Maestro Fuzz Tone.

[colinbanning]

I love how you're just like hey. Here it is. On my wall. Absorbing the elements.

[joshuamorganmusic]

If you listen on satisfaction. You can hear the click of the pedal when it comes on. Also he’s a bit late cuz his hand moved to click it on. Now can’t unhear this just like me!

[supafrogg]

After a dormant period following it's introduction, the fluke happenstance sequence of Rolling Stones' Keith Richards trying that first Maestro Fuzz tone pedal on what was intended to be only a recording demo of "Satisfaction", the Stones' manager then surreptitiously arranging for that demo to be released as the Stones' next single, & the single becoming a big hit, led to guitarist fans everywhere wanting to know how they too could get their own electric guitar to sound like that! The world of fuzz boxes & guitar pedal effects had commercially finally taken off!

[dcwwwcp]

I feel like he did define it as "first pedal that sat on the floor with a foot switch" However in my mind the de armond trem trol had a cord to a footswitch. "In 1948 the first commercially produced standalone guitar effects unit was made, called the Trem Trol 800 Tremolo. Built by DeArmond in Toledo, Ohio. It passed the guitar signal through a water-based electrolytic fluid to augment the original tone."
...and discuss! Lol

[RoanAudioWorks]

My dad still had his from his childhood when I was learning guitar in high school. I didn't think much of it then, in fact, I thought it sounded like hot garbage. We still have it hidden away somewhere, so I need to find that, sucker and give it another go!

[mikekloepfer]

That was my first pedal back in 1972 😮 🙂

[manjay]

When I was a kid this thing was The Holy Grail. I can stll visualize the first one I saw in person when my guitar player brought one to band practice early 1966. Awesome.

[Herfinnur]

You don't know what good tone is. The Maestro Fuzz sounds incredible for metal guitar

[odomis]

It did and still does, sound awesome.

[brandlessheadphones]

My man looking like Sith Lord Palpatine

[stevends]

I have one of those but it's the later version the FZ-1A. I bought it at a flea market about 40yrs ago. I bought it as broken and supposedly it's the better version. Someday I'll send it out to be fixed.
I also bought at the same time an original vox wah pedal also bought as broken. They're in my collection of broken fx pedals.

[tradbowseven]

Love the sound of it, can you plug it in and play thru it again plz?

[pqsk]

I can't imagine a world without pedals

[gixxerjo]

Josh is such a Gump nerd. And My true hero.

[loseabago]

Wow I've had dreams that look like that room

[blakjack]

Fuzz. Awesome! But what was the 2nd pedal ever invented?

[dennisapplegate]

I had one back in the day there was a guy who modded them back then. They were great after the mod. He charged 15 bucks and made them usable.

[AdFunk]

It doesn’t sound that awsome, but it was used on one of the most iconic guitar riffs ever. That makes sense.

[martinparnell]

I got the maestro phase shifter with the foot switch. But so does Josh. I seen it in one of his vids.

[martijn_yt]

'Josh, what is the rarest pedal on earth at this moment ?'
I think at the moment it must be those pedals in that case in the corner.
😂