Barber Electronics forum.

I'm new to this forum, but have been lurking around and reading posts here for a while.
I just picked up the Barber Trifecta V2. I like the sounds I'm getting with it, particularly when using it to drive my Dual UnLimiTeD.
Used that way it has more mid content and really sings and has good sustain.
Although the Trifecta doesn't really respond to changes in the guitar's volume knob, when I stack it the UnLimiTeD does react.

But I'm a bit surprised by the sweep of the "Fuzz" knob. I don't have a Big Muff (or Suppa Tonebender or Jumbo Tonebender) to compare it to,
but when the Fuzz knob is all the way down it doesn't have less fuzz, just a different kind of fuzz.
From the wording in the manual this appears to be the intention of the design ("Fuzz adjusts the overall sustain and fuzz content of the Trifecta,
low settings are more dynamic and punchy, high settings have thick sustain and are powerfully chunky.")

Since my amp (Lab Series L7) has two separate channels, I played around with a setup to "blend" the Trifecta and my clean guitar.
The signal from my guitar went into my digital delay, with the DRY output going into the 2nd (louder) channel, and the WET output
going into the Trifecta and then into the 1st (quieter) channel. I was able to get great note separation this way.
But stacking the Dual UnLimiTed into the Trifecta (without using the dual outputs from my delay) is simpler, less cluttered,
and yields some great tones.
Maybe it's counterproductive to "clean up" the Trifecta, and I should just unleash the sludge?


So how are people using the Trifecta to get clarity when playing more complex chords?
Or do you use it primarily for lead lines?

Mainly lead lines for me.

I've always liked the middle toggle on the Trifecta with fuzz below noon and the tone knob pulled to be a nice setup. "Cleaner" than the Muff setting but not remotely clean! I've never had the Sludge higher than noon but it's a guitar-specific thing for me.

I've also found running my Gain Changer in low-gain mode into the Trifecta with the fuzz knob all the way down produced some good note separation but again, not close to clean, just not a wall of fuzz.

Thanks for the reply, bigal!

I also really like the Trifecta in the middle toggle position with the tone knob pulled up. And it sounds like you're using the Gain Changer in a similar way to how I'm using the Dual UnLimiTeD: to get a bit more clarity. As you said, it isn't "clean", but used together some of the outlines and cracks start to show through the "wall of fuzz".