Never a brand to rest on its laurels, Electro-Harmonix equipped the Satisfaction Plus with the vintage-inspired snarl of the original Satisfaction Fuzz and supercharged it with a dramatically expanded control section. All of the original’s fizzy fuzz is present on the Norm setting, but a quick flip over to Fat unlocks a thick, bass-heavy fury that would make any ’60s-era guitarist thoroughly unsatisfied with their primitive pedal setup. Once you’ve chosen your preferred setting, the active til-shift EQ Tone control and voltage-sag-inspired Bias knob give you the power to sculpt your sound. One foot in the past and one foot in the future: the Satisfaction Plus Fuzz Pedal takes a classic Electro-Harmonix creation, then cranks it up to the next level!

Electro-Harmonix Satisfaction Plus at a Glance:

• Fuzz circuit inspired by early ‘60s fuzz pedals
• FAT mode adds bigger, warmer tones
• BIAS adjusts from sweet spot smooth to voltage-sag snarl
• TONE is a tilt-shift EQ adjusts treble and bass
• ATTACK and VOLUME control gain and output
• True Bypass
• 9V battery included (9V adapter optional)

Vastly enhanced tone-shaping control

While the original Satisfaction’s 2-knob control scheme was truer to the ’60s-era pedals that inspired it, we’ll gladly defy the vintage-correct formula for the Satisfaction Plus’s drastically upgraded control scheme! Bog-standard Volume and Attack controls dictate your level and gain, but the Bias and Tone knobs have quite a bit more going on under the hood. Bias functions almost like a battery starve feature, taking your tone from smooth, full-range fuzz to a spitting bite on its lower levels. Moreover, the Tone knob’s tilt-shift EQ design inversely controls your signal’s treble and bass frequencies for a near-limitless font of tones to tap into.

Dual-voice Fat/Norm switch

The Satisfaction Plus fuzz’s Fat/Norm control allows for a deep level of tonal versatility, essentially transforming the Satisfaction Plus into two distinctly different fuzzboxes. If you’re after treble-y, vintage-style fuzz that mid-’60s Keith Richards would surely approve of, the Norm setting will be your go-to. Hunting for a fatter fuzz sound? Music Experience guitarists find that the Fat setting’s beefed-up low end is perfect for low-string riffage and full-bodied leads.

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Expanding on our first homage to the tone that launched a thousand riffs, the EHX Satisfaction Plus delivers a wide palette of tones from classic ‘60s snarl to creamy lead tone to thick, earth-shaking sludge! Where the original Satisfaction Fuzz circuit was a focused tribute, the Satisfaction Plus Fuzz treats the classic tone to a modern control set that includes a FAT/NORM mode switch, Bias control, and Tone knob. The added FAT mode features a tone that is bigger and warmer than the NORM mode for woolly leads and giant wall-of-thunder riffs. The Tone control is an active tilt-shift EQ that inversely controls both the treble and bass of the fuzz for broad tonal shifting. Set the Bias control to dial in the fuzz character from balanced and open to gated and snarly.