Any way to emulate the Friedman Fuzz Fiend?

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I recently stumbled upon this pedal and has some cool features. Is there any way to emulate the rage feature inside the Axe FX? Maybe use an amp in front of an amp with a controller in drive or something similiar?



Here's what it does:
"Unlike many pedals that strive to emulate the tone and signal path of a tube using solid-state or digital circuitry, the Friedman Fuzz Fiend has an actual high voltage (220 volt) driven 12AX7A preamp tube. The tube delivers a natural feel, which compresses, clips and has more harmonics than any solid-state signal path pedal in production.

The Fuzz Fiend takes you on journey from light fuzz to all-out mayhem via Dave's unique RAGE switch. The FUZZ knob, as turned clock-wise, makes the signal more square waved and saturated. Where the FUZZ controls ends - the RAGE switch begins.

The RAGE switch when pressed down, causes the Fuzz Fiend’s circuit to become unstable, resulting in endless sustain and mayhem. Rolling down the volume of your guitar transforms sustain into oscillation. While the momentary push button switch is pressed down and the fuzz control is turned, you will hear the oscillation dramatically change pitch."
 
I built an emulation. of the Fuzz Factory where I used a synth block in front of two drive blocks to create a nasty oscillating squeal. I used two voices slightly out of tune and shifted their frequencies at different rates with a pedal.
 
I built an emulation. of the Fuzz Factory where I used a synth block in front of two drive blocks to create a nasty oscillating squeal. I used two voices slightly out of tune and shifted their frequencies at different rates with a pedal.
Does this mean it's impossible to tweak an amp or a drive pedal to make the oscillation sounds?
 
Does this mean it's impossible to tweak an amp or a drive pedal to make the oscillation sounds?
Pretty much, yes. There's no tweakable feedback path in the models you can alter. You need to either stack it with a block that has controllable feedback or try and build a feedback path in the grid that's got some useful meta-stability to it (and that's hard to do IMHO).
 
I built an emulation. of the Fuzz Factory where I used a synth block in front of two drive blocks to create a nasty oscillating squeal. I used two voices slightly out of tune and shifted their frequencies at different rates with a pedal.

Sorry for the derail - any chance you'd be willing to share that?
 
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