Seeker Electric Effects Face (Lineage Series)
Seeker Electric Effects makes its channel debut with the Face — a Fuzz Face that delivers everything you want from the circuit and then some. Welcome back to Edge of Breakup.
In this episode the Seeker Electric Effects Lineage Series Face Fuzz takes center stage — featuring the Wide Sky Guitars Tawa with Curtis Novak Humbuckers and Emerson Custom Treble Bleeds, into the Benson Amps Monarch 2x12" via the Boss Waza Tube Amp Expander.
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Seeker Electric Effects is Mike's small-batch boutique operation building the Lineage Series — a lineup of NOS-loaded fuzz pedals in custom folded metal enclosures, each named after the circuit it's based on. The Face is the Fuzz Face, built faithfully on the classic schematic with two matched NOS Germanium or Silicon transistors on a custom PCB.
The Fuzz Face circuit has two well-known limitations that make it frustrating to dial in on a modern pedalboard: the fixed bias gives you whatever character that particular transistor pair produces at that temperature, and the standard input impedance often produces a woolly, undefined low end that doesn't control well with higher-output pickups. Seeker's Face addresses both with internal trimpots — accessible inside the enclosure but out of reach of accidental adjustment mid-set.
Input trimpot: controls how much signal hits the fuzz transistors. All the way down is stock Fuzz Face behavior. Turned up, it tightens low strings, cleans up the overall fuzz character, and at extreme settings approaches overdrive territory. Essential for humbuckers — the Curtis Novak HBs in the Wide Sky Tawa are explored across this range from 06:00 onward, and the control makes the difference between a bloated low end and a full-range, musically useful fuzz.
Bias trimpot: sweeps from blown-out, nasty, spitting fuzz through the optimal bias point to thick and gated. Ships pre-set to the optimal bias for the specific transistors installed — you can leave it there and it'll be the best the pedal can be, or you can explore the extremes.
External controls: Fuzz and Volume. Volume output is higher than stock — able to push well above unity for slamming the amp input hard, explored at 10:25 and 12:15 in this demo.
Lineage Series custom folded metal enclosures. NOS capacitors throughout. NOS transistors — specific components subject to availability by batch, but Mike builds a ripping fuzz regardless.
🎛️ Seeker Electric Effects: https://www.seekerelectriceffects.com 🎸 Wide Sky Guitars: https://www.wideskyguitars.com 🎸 Curtis Novak Pickups: https://www.curtisnovak.com 🔊 Benson Amps: https://www.bensonamps.com/guitar-amplifiers
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🎸 Wide Sky Guitars Tawa | Curtis Novak Humbuckers | Emerson Custom Treble Bleeds 🎛️ Seeker Electric Effects Lineage Series Face | NOS Ge/Si | Fuzz Face | Internal Input + Bias Trimpots | Above Unity Output 🔊 Benson Amps Monarch 2x12" | Boss Waza TAE
Recording: Universal Audio Apollo x4 | Lauten Audio LS-208 | Royer R10 & R121 | Sennheiser E906 | Ableton Live 11
