[Tim Bowen]

I tried the "sag" function on the PPII with a McFuzz hybrid germanium/silicon fuzz. All kidding aside, I thought it did a better job of emulating tonesuck than dying battery magic... As I turned the sag dial CCW, what I noticed was less output, bass, & sustain - generally things I like to keep intact. I've read that the ADL Juice Box power supply does a better job with voltage sag emulation than the Voodoo, but can't confirm it. My rule for fuzzes is this: Live gets a reverse polarity cable to the power supply. Recorded tracks get a carbon zinc battery. I don't think IC based units would benefit much from this sort of thing, personally. With stuff like OD's, it seems to be desirable to run them at higher voltage if anything(provided they can handle the juice, such as Fulldrive II at 18V), which can make the unit sound more open & less compressed.