The Buzzard starts off as an overdrive with a moderately different texture from conventional overdrives. It's useful for chunky, back-up, rock rhythm without the saturation and compression that confuses the effect and prevents penetration within a band. Clarity and dynamics are achieved without the need to mix the driven signal with the clean signal. The above description applies when the "Grit" control is set to zero (7:00). As the grit control is rotated clockwise, a ripping or tearing fuzz effect will become noticeable until it reaches a point at the maximum setting where the signal is randomly gated on and off. The ripping or tearing effect converts the conventional overdrive signal to an aggressive and intrusive fuzz-type tone that adds vitality to both rhythm and lead parts. The grit control will span the range of "tear-up" from subtle to acute for adapting the effect to different styles of music. Advancing the gain control will accentuate the grit effect.