Mozztronics MD-1 Mew Drive JFET Mu Amp Pedal

Mozztronics MD-1 Mew Drive JFET Mu Amp Pedal
Cascaded JFET mu amps. Level-dependent nastiness at higher gain. 3-band EQ. Smooth to bite. Hand made in Australia.
 
The Mew Drive uses cascaded JFET mu amps to give a totally different sound to the screamer pedals and all the variants (there are many).
 
Background: While making a valve mic preamp, Mozztronics used two valves in the main gain stage and a fixed 18dB gain SRPP (mu amp) in the second gain stage. The captive audio engineer alerted them to how nice the mu amp sounds when pushed very hard. It is impractical to build a two-valve pedal, so they thought, a JFET operates in a similar way to a valve, so they used those in the mu amp configuration.
 
There is more than enough gain from the two mu amp stages. While being very smooth and creamy, they wanted a little more bite as you wound the gain up, to make this an even more versatile pedal. Several approaches were tried, but they ended up with a level-dependent circuit to add some nastiness at higher gain settings.
 
Hand made in Melbourne, Australia by Mozztronics.
In stock at Guitar Garage Sydney. Ships Australia-wide.
 
Controls
PURR – gain in the first stage
BASS – low frequency shaping
MID – midrange presence
TREBLE – high frequency shaping
VOLUME – overall output level
 
Key Features
Cascaded JFET mu amps (valve-like operation)
Two mu amp stages with high gain
Smooth and creamy base tone
Level-dependent circuit adds nastiness at higher gain settings
Classic 3-band EQ (Bass, Mid, Treble)
Different sound from screamer-style pedals
Inspired by valve mic preamp mu amp stage
Hand made in Australia