Lovetone Big Cheese

The Lovetone Big Cheese is a discontinued true bypass fuzz pedal which was made by the Lovetone company in England from 1995 to 2001.

Sound and Controls

The Big Cheese is famous for having peculiar names for its controls, which are:

• "Curds" (Gain)
• "Whey" (Volume)
• "Hog/Bee" (Tone)

It also has a tone selector switch, with four different settings:

• Off (tone bypass)
• 1 (mid-scoop)
• 2 (mid-boost)
• "Swiss" (gated)

Big Cheese Users

Notable musicians who have used the Big Cheese include:

• The Edge of U2 (can be heard on "Discothèque")
• Colin Greenwood of Radiohead (can be heard on "The National Anthem" and "Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box", only when played live)
• J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr.
• Jeff Tweedy of Wilco (can be heard on the live version "At Least That's What You Said". Contrary to popular opinion, the studio version was recorded using a small 1x12 Supro amp)
• Jimmy Page
• Brian Molko of Placebo
• Bob Rock
• Gary Moore
• Stephen Malkmus of Pavement
• Bootsy Collins
• Tim Bran of Dreadzone
• Billy Duffy of The Cult
• Nick Fyffe
• Larry Graham
• Steve Hackett
• Ernie Isley Rape
• Danny Kortchmar
• Johnny Marr
• Nick McCabe
• Will Sergeant
• Nikki Sixx
• Matthew Sweet
• Jeff Trisoliere
• Doug Wimbish
• Jeff Tweedy
• Justin Chancellor of Tool

External links

• Lovetone's page on the Big Cheese
• Harmony Central's page on the Big Cheese