AXIS FUZZ는 1967년 초에 지미핸드릭스의 톤 바리에이션을 증대시킬 목적으로 제작된 제품이다. AXIS FUZZ라는 이름은 당시 이것을 이용해서 녹음된 앨범 `AXIS BOLD AS LOVE`에서 유래 되었다. 이 앨범 이후에도 `BAND OF GYPSYS`등 1980년대 이후에 녹음된 앨범에서도 많이 사용되었다. 이후에 RICH 한 분위기의 FUZZ SOUND를 찾는 많은 기타리스트 들에게 사용되었으며 특히 `MODERN CLASSIC`이라 불리게된 이펙터 이다. 전기적 으로는 PNP, NPN 실리콘 트랜지스터를 사용한 당시회로 그대로이다. CLASSIC FUZZ FACE에 비해서도 GAIN, SUSTAIN, LEVELE등이 높은 것이 특징이며 입력임피던스가 높게 설계되어있어 기타의 음색을 손상시키지 않고 깨끗한 SUSTAIN을 만들어 낸다. The Axis Fuzz was developed in early 1967 to give an additional series of tone colours for Jimi. This effect is named after it's most famous use on the title track of the album "Axis Bold as Love". It can also be heard extensively on the "Band of Gypsies" and various other post 1968 recordings by Jimi. Since it's reissue it has become a firm favourite by guitarists who demand rich fill range quality fuzz tones with plenty of bottom end but that can also be used on chords and riffs. It cleans us very well from the guitar volume control and retains its large range of tone colours. The guitar does not loose identity and is truly a modern classic used by many leading performers today. Electronically the Axis uses a discrete circuit configuration that is completely unlike the simple and crude Fuzz Face configuration. Both PNP and NPN silicon low noise transistors are used in an unique configuration that is temperature stable, free from radio interference and producing more output level and sustain than the Classic Fuzz. It produces a distinctive rich-biting sound that makes solos extremely noticeable but not thin sounding and weedy like so many popular mass marketed effects. The unit has a high input impedance to keep the guitars character and quality of tone whist providing great sustain. It is definitely best described as fuzz rather than distortion but has the ability to be used on chords as well as solos