It was simply re-branded and re-boxed for Guild. That version of the Foxey Lady was actually the same fuzz pedal as Mosrite's own FUZZ-rite pedal, with a Germanium transistor circuit designed by Ed Sanner. Mosrite, another guitar company, had previously been making the Foxey Lady pedals for Guild. It was Guild founder Al Drunge's idea to name their fuzz pedal the Foxey Lady, capitalizing on the popularity of Jimi Hendrix's fuzz tone, which had become hugely popular since the release of Are You Experienced in 1967. Guild, based in Rhode Island at the time, was primarily a large guitar maker but they also had other related products made under their brand name. His big break came when he was given a contract to take over production of the Guild two-transistor fuzz pedal called the Foxey Lady. Utilizing his electrical engineering skills, Mike Matthews worked on several unique but unsuccessful inventions on the side during this time at IBM.
Other popular fuzz users were Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Pete Townshend, and Jimmy Page (See the fuzz pedal timeline here for a detailed list of all the fuzz pedals on the market at this time). Jimi Hendrix was the poster boy for this pedal, making it hugely popular. copied a Tone Bender circuit for their Fuzz Face pedal. Also in 1966, Vox made their own version of the Tone Bender in Italy and Arbiter Electronics Ltd. Mosrite also repackaged the same pedal for Guild around 1967, called the Foxey Lady fuzz. In America the guitar company Mosrite brought the Ed Sanner designed FUZZ-rite pedal to the market in 1966. Sola later made a Mark II version for Vox, and yet another version for Marshall called the Supa Fuzz. The Tone Bender was being produced by Sola Sound in London, and sparked the UK's entry into the fuzz pedal market. In 1965 Gary Hurst reworked the Maestro Fuzz-Tone into the Tone Bender fuzz pedal (Mark I), and it was featured on the Beatles' Rubber Soul album the same year. It wasn't until the 1964 that Dave Davies of the Kinks popularized fuzz tone in the United Kingdom with You Really Got Me. Manufacturer: Mosrite(for Guild), Aul Instruments (for Mike Matthews/Guild), Electro-Harmonix (for Guild)įuzz tone guitar was a hot commodity at this time, and the market for fuzz pedals was growing rapidly! The first Rock and Roll fuzz tones came out of America in 1962 on the Ventures song 2000 Pound Bee, using a hand made Red Rhodes fuzz pedal, and Gibson was the first to the market with a production fuzz pedal shortly after that in 1962, the Maestro Fuzz-Tone (FZ-1). RE-BRANDING FUZZRITES, the GUILD FOXEY LADY and the ELECTRO-HARMONIX AXIS Permission required to repost any information from this site in any ebay listing. They are my categorizations, for identification purposes only. Version, Edition, and Revision numbers listed here are not actual Electro-Harmonix identifiers. NOTE: This website is constantly updated as new information becomes available. OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) BIG MUFFS
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