Jugendtief

The Jugendtief adapts the Jugendstil circuit for bass guitar with parallel overdrive and fuzz sections plus HM-2 style EQ with bass-friendly frequency curves.

Four controls: Overdrive and Fuzz run parallel dirt paths that can be blended, Loud controls the HM-2 EQ blend amount, and Sweep adjusts the mid frequency center. An internal presence trimpot fine-tunes the upper frequency response.

Bass-specific EQ curves preserve low-end clarity while the dual dirt paths provide everything from subtle grit to full destruction. Kurt Ballou's understanding of bass in heavy mixes applied to the HM-2 fuzz/EQ concept.