The Funky Puppy MKII

The Funky Puppy MKII is currently in the prototyping stage. If you're interested in getting updates click the "Notify Me" button above. There will be a discounted preorder offer available as we get closer to release. 

The original Funky Puppy was designed to be faithful to the effects circuits of the long discontinued Australian made Chunk Systems Brown Dog and Agent 00Funk bass pedals with the added convenience of the link footswitch to enable the unique feature between the two that originally required an extra jumper cable. 

The MKII has many new features born from customer feedback and my own experience of repairing originals, building and using these circuits over the last few years. It's designed to give players the maximum potential of the original circuits, be easier to dial in, more consistent and more reliable.

New features:

Completely redesigned power section

One often missed thing in the instructions for dialing in the 00Funk was that it worked best with a power supply that was outputting exactly 9 volts. Most decent (and crap) 9v power supplies and fresh batteries will actually measure around 9.6 volts. Even this small difference is enough to significantly change the range of some of the controls.

This new design ensures the effects circuits always receive exactly 9V from any supply putting out 9.2V or more. This covers virtually every pedal power supply on the market. If yours sags below that under load, or you're running a long daisy chain, a 12V supply will also work.

Input and Level controls on Envelope Filter side

The 00Funk envelope filter is quite sensitive to input level and doesn't work well with extra hot signals. The new Input control allows you to cut the input gain when inputting extra loud signals into the filter. It also works as a sensitivity control making it easier to dial in any instrument. 

The Level control acts as a master volume control, it boosts signal after around 2 o'clock to allow you to make up for any lost volume if you had to use the input cut. 

Envelope Filter Effects Loop

This effects loop allows you to place other pedals in between the filter and the envelope follower so they won't affect tracking. This is essentially allowing you to do what the Link footswitch does with the Fuzz side with any other pedal of your choice. Add pitch, modulation and delays for infinite unique synth tones. 

Relay based True Bypass Switching

The switching for both effects circuits has been updated to a soft-touch switch relay based setup for higher durability and dead silent switching.