The British jazz/rap artist Soweto Kinch has used a variety of adaptions to his sound with pedals very successfully and memorably. If my memory serves me right I've heard him use a fuzzed up alto sound in a gig a few years back, although the fuzz wasn't quite as tight sounding as usually heard from electric guitar. More @Wikipedia
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