IF YOU LOOK closely at the tiny screen-printed text on the face of the Dophix Medici More Fuzz stompbox, you’ll see an inscription in Italian. It’s a quote by Lorenzo de' Medici that roughly translates to, “How beautiful is youth, that is always slipping away! Whoever wants to be happy, let him be so: of tomorrow there's no knowing.” As a Paisan, that quote takes on a whole new profound meaning when I consider how ironic that — centuries later — here I am reviewing a pedal named after the most prominent ruler of the Medici family who my ancestors (look at my surname) tried to assassinate (look up the Pazzi Conspiracy) during the Renaissance. The good news is that all is well (sorry about that, Lorenzo), and we can move forward and talk about this royally good Medici More Fuzz from Dophix, an Italian boutique pedal company based in Florence, Italy.
When soloing, simply engaging the “Even More Fuzz” footswitch brings on the heat