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Designed by legendary stompbox maestro Howard Davis, the Beetronics FX Fatbee overdrive perfectly captures the honeyed break-up tones of a hot tube amp, then pushes them to their limits! This pedal’s JFET construction certainly lives up to the “Fat” in Fatbee, augmenting even the driest of tones with powerful, bottom-heavy punch. Complete with a vintage-style, top-knob slanted enclosure and a no-nonsense 3-control design, the Fatbee’s Weight, Flavor, and Honey controls take you anywhere from light dirt to pummeling fuzzy rumble. What’s more, Sweetwater guitarists find that the Fatbee is incredibly pickup sensitive, rewarding musicians who switch up the guitars in their setup with a vast range of diverse dirt tones. Finally, you’ll appreciate how the Fatbee’s compact construction makes it exceptionally pedalboard friendly ? and we can’t help but love old-school style of the slanted enclosure and top-mount knobs!





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Sleek style and a custom PC-Bee





As much as we appreciate Beetronics FX's dedication to sonic innovation, we can’t help but be equally blown away by how each of their pedals knocks it out of the park when it comes to the visual department! The Fatbee’s slim, pedalboard-friendly box boasts an old-school slanted enclosure and top-mount knobs that simply ooze vintage style. Coupled with the attention-grabbing Fatbee badge and dual activation lights, the Fatbee is truly one of the coolest-looking overdrive pedals around. Not content to simply wow us with external cosmetics, cracking open the Fatbee reveals a custom PCB that features custom bee-inspired art!





Beetronics FX Fatbee Overdrive Pedal Features:


Built in collaboration with legendary pedal designer Howard Davis


Exceptionally diverse range of gain tones ? from the bite of a modest breakup to all-out fuzz


Highly responsive to different pickup configurations, fattening out even the lowest output of single-coils and supercharging your humbuckers


Simple, intuitive 3-knob setup


Old-school slanted enclosure and top-mount knobs


Custom bee-shaped PCB and bee-inspired art