Behringer SF300 Super Fuzz vs Fairfield Circuitry ~900 About Nine Hundred Fuzz
The Behringer SF300 Super Fuzz and the Fairfield Circuitry ~900 About Nine Hundred Fuzz are both pedals sharing full. The Behringer SF300 Super Fuzz leans octave and smooth. The Fairfield Circuitry ~900 About Nine Hundred Fuzz leans sustaining and warm.
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Blended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.48% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Rock
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- full
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$232.07via Reverb
The Behringer SF300 is a fuzz pedal based on the Boss FZ-2 Hyper Fuzz circuit, a JFET-based fuzz design from the mid-1990s known for producing thick, octave-influenced fuzz with three switchable character modes. Mode one delivers a standard smooth fuzz, mode two adds harmonic octave content for a richer and more complex fuzz texture, and mode three produces a high-gain wall-of-fuzz that borders on distortion. The FZ-2 circuit has a stronger bass response than many vintage silicon fuzz designs and remains a cult favourite among shoegaze, grunge, and heavy psych guitarists. The SF300 reproduces the core FZ-2 circuit at budget pricing.
The Fairfield Circuitry 900 About Nine Hundred is a JFET-based fuzz pedal from the Canadian boutique builder Fairfield, tracing its lineage to the discontinued Four Eyes Fuzz. Two cascading JFET gain stages provide a very wide gain range from gritty, warm saturation to full fuzz with controlled harmonic density. Controls include Input, Fuzz, Bias, and Volume, with the Bias control introducing gated and sputtering textures by adjusting the second stage operating point. It suits blues, psych, indie, and experimental rock contexts.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Grunge
- Shoegaze
- Blues
- Indie
- Alternative Rock
- Experimental
- octave
- smooth
- mid-forward
- sustaining
- warm
- saturated
- dynamic