the text below is the original maestro owner manual. You will find the instructions to use and tune the maestro. It is the manual as printed in 1965 and i made no modification.



NOTE:
The FuzzTone is designed to create unusual sounds with a guitar and amplifier. Do not be alarmed if it sounds Fuzzy or it seems to sounds like a speaker is cracking. This is normal and by proper use of volume and the player's musicianship, these odd sounds can be used to create the sound of illusion of brase instruments, woodwind and other sounds never before heard. FUZZ-TONE is for fun, it is not designed for purity of tone. It is designed to make possible for the guitarist to use its odd sounds to create effects.

DESCRIPTION
Built into a convenient font pedal form is a complete three seage transitor circuit with combined "OFF-ON" power switch and "VOLUME" control, an "ATTACK" control and a push-push switch to either play the instrument straight or through the FUZZ TONE circuit. BE SURE VOLUME "OFF-ON" SWITCH IS IN THE "OFF" POSITION WHEN FUZZ-TONE IS NOT IN USE. Battery power for the transistorized circuit is supplied by two type "Z" penlight cells which should have a normal life of six months to a year. These are installed in the FUZZ-TONE unit at the factory.

TO REPLACE THE BATTERIES
Unscrew, do not remove, the four screws holding the cover to the bottom, the two slocted holes in the cover will allow the button to swing open for an access to the battery holder. CAUTION, when replacing batteries be sure to observe proper polarity. (See Figure 1.) The red wire connects to the positive, center terminal, of one cell and the white wire to the negative terminal of the other cell.

INSTALLATION
1. The jack attached to the FUZZ-TONE unit has a eight angle plug for the insertion into the Jack of standart intruments. (See figure 2.) For Stereo wired instruments refer to Figure 3. Connect the instrument cord as shown in Figure 2. or Figure 3. between the amplifier and the FUZZ-TONE unit.

2. With the amplifier turned on and it's volume and tone controls in the normal stteings the instrument should be set to be played in the standart manner, if not, press the FUZZ-TONE foot switch once and this will connect the instrument direct to the amplifier.

3. On the front of the FUZZ-TONE unit there are two controls, one marked "VOLUME" and the other marked "ATTACK". Turning the "VOLUME" control clockwise from the "OFF" position acreates the power switch in the first fifteen degrees of rotation. Continue turning this control up to about 3.

4. New sounds can be created. To do so, just push the FUZZ-TONE foot switch once, pick a single note - not two, not three, not a chord - just a single note at a time, then adjust the instrument volume up and then down and listen to the changes in timbre. Try low notes, high notes and notes in the middle register of the instrument, varying the instrument volume control and tone control settings and note how certain effects are obtained. The FUZZ_TONE works best on the three lower wound strings of the guitar and all the strings of the solid body bass.

5. The "ATTACK" control should be adjust to help accentuate the character of tone of the particular sound being synthetized. Aszero the "ATTACK" is slowest, at ten it is fastest.

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