Deep Trip Custom Shop Sucuri Fuzz Pedal
Sucuri is another Brazilian native name for the anaconda, a huge semiaquatic constrictor snake found in a few South American habitats, including the Amazon forest, Pantanal and Brazilian cerrado. It can travel on water and on trees as fast as on land, and it’s able to swallow big animals like alligators, goats and even jaguars! This pedal is an all-original fuzz circuit designed to deliver unique distortion textures, full of personality, and a particular attack bite that cannot be achieved by modern silicon semiconductors due to transistor biasing limitations. It can be used on a clean amp, or it can be paired with other distortion devices, adding gain, sustain and amazing new tones.
The unique fuzzy bite in the attack is provided by a purposely misbiased Darlington pair at the input, which provides clipping but also amplifies the tiny guitar signal to hit the final stage and generate tons of gain and sustain. That second stage is exactly where you’ll find the “Textura” control, which messes with both bias and gain to achieve a huge variety of different fuzz tones and textures, begining at low gain gated squeezed notes, sliding through a full bodied and balanced sustained sound, and end in a very compressed octave-like tone, with surprisingly strange harmonics and a very peculiar note decay. The “Volume” control is generous enough to allow a huge boost to hit hard anything that dares to be in front of the Sucuri, tubes or solid state.One thing that’s really amazing about this pedal is how even with the strange harmonics it never sounds dissonant, ever! Those added harmonics add a certain grit that sometimes even sound like an old gramophone (We may be a little crazy, but that’s exactly what we hear).
The Sucuri sound is delivered by a couple of NOS MP26A germanium transistors (made in former USSR between 1979 and 1986, that was bought in factory sealed boxes) and a single NOS ASY27 transistor made by Siemens in West Germany in the 1970’s (mostly bought in factory sealed boxes as well). These pedals also contain Mallory 150 capacitors, Switchcraft connectors and G0rva Mechano footswitches (more reliable, but with softer click); and are offered with the choice of vintage-syle carbon comp resistors or modern, more reliable metal film resistors. Even the wires are special, they’re importing pre-bonded spools, more rigid, for a cleaner assembly. Fancy stuff!The idea for this project was born in the peak of the pandemic, when they weren’t able to offer their traditional line of pedals. That’s why it is soldered exclusively by Du Menegozzo (Deep Trip founder and developer of all circuits): He solders all the boards, and assembles the wiring with much care and planning, no margin for errors. It’s Deep Trip custom shop.
This pedal only works with a 9V battery, no power supply input. They can't include a battery in the exported pedals due to international regulations, but we recommend non-alkaline, zinc-carbon batteries. They cost pennies and will last for months, because this circuit draws tiny currents! Don't forget to remove the plug from the input jack whenever you're not using the pedal, so you save the battery's charge.
Besides that, the Sucuri circuit has low input impedance, which is essential to this magical tone. That means it works best when connected directly to a passive instrument, with no other circuit between them. So we recommend you to put it first in your pedal chain for the intended tone. However, nothing impedes (pun intended) you from trying and even preferring its tone after other pedals or buffers, feel free to experiment!
Like any germanium-equipped pedal, Sucuri's behavior and tone are temperature dependent. So, its tone may change in different environments, but we have tested and modified this circuit for pretty extreme temperature changes, so we can assure it will behave properly in any of those real life situations (although it may sound slightly different).
For more consistency, keep your pedal away from heat sources, like warm tubes or heaters, for example. Also avoid storing pedals with carbon com resistors under high humidity, those components may absorb humidity and drift in value (although they use the newer, tougher ones).
Bananas At Large Inc
We accept major credit and debit cards - Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express. We also accept Paypal. Please contact us for Western Union. Orders must be approved by our authorization process. This includes validation of the shipping address with the issuing bank.
About Shipping and Delivery We utilize legitimate bonded and licensed shipping carriers only (UPS, Fed Ex, USPS etc). We are not the shipping company and therefore cannot be held responsible for faults that lay with the shipping company. By placing orders with us you agree to be present to receive packages sent to you. Bananas cannot be held responsible for lost packages once they are logged as delivered by the shipping company. Once a package is logged as delivered by the shipping company the customer is responsible for any issues related to the delivery of the package at that point. Packaging and Shipping Information Due to conditions beyond our control (weather, shipper's handling etc.) some boxes that products originally come in cannot be re-used to ship out to customers. In those rare cases we will remove and inspect all items and repackage them in acceptable boxing to make it safe to you. All items are still considered brand new, under full warranty and fall under our same guarantees. Note: Bananas recycles unused boxes when possible.
Online Returns: In order to return a product, Request a Return Authorization Number (RA Number). To request a Return Authorization Number (RA Number), please email info@bananas.com with your full name, order number, item that you are returning, and what type of return you would like us to process - either exchange for the same item, exchange for another item, or return for refund. In addition, if you can include the reason for your return, and any other comments, that would be appreciated. Once we process your RA request, we will send you a Return Authorization Number, and instructions on how to return the item. Return and Customer Satisfaction Policy: Any item (other than as noted below) purchased from Bananas at Large online store may be returned, within 45 days of the shipment date, for a full refund of the purchase price minus shipping costs, or for exchange or credit. Rather than make you click elsewhere for the 'small print', here it is in not-so-small print: The following items may not be returned: Consumable items such as (but not limited to) strings, picks, drum sticks, drum heads, phono cartridges and replacement speakers. Any item that is worn on the body or is blown into, such as (but not limited to) earplugs, wind controllers or harmonicas Computer software, items that can be copied and copyrighted material such as (but not limited to) books, videos and CD's Installed items such as (but not limited to) guitar pickups, drum heads, headphone parts and other installed parts If you agree to back order or special order a product, you agree that order may not be canceled unless approved by Bananas. Special orders already in transit either from manufacturer or Bananas cannot be canceled. Special order items may be returned if defective for exchange. You will be notified what items qualify as special order status. *In-store sales, please see posted Return Policies Other Things You Need to Know about Online Returns Shipping and/or handling charges are not refundable. It is your responsibility to pay return shipping and to fully insure the unit(s) you are returning. Also, it is your responsibility to cover shipping charges for sending the item to you. If you are quoted free shipping and return the item, you will be required to cover the actual shipping costs incurred by your order. Items that are returned must be in the original packaging, with all accessories and paperwork included in the original shipment, such as owner's manual(s) and warranty card. Items must be free from signs of use or wear, and both warranty card and manual(s) must not have any writing in them. If your order was shipped to you in outer packaging it must be returned in that packaging as well as the inner box or boxes. Returned items that do not arrive in the condition described above are subject to a $25 repackaging charge, plus the cost of replacing missing, soiled, worn or marked-on items. Obvious signs of use that reduce the value of a returned unit will be subject to additional charges based on how much we need to mark down the unit to make it sellable.