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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Mr. Air on November 05, 2010, 08:22:32 AM

Title: Recommend me a fuzz
Post by: Mr. Air on November 05, 2010, 08:22:32 AM
I've never been too fond of fuzz pedals, but lately the sound is beginning to grow on me. I'm without any knowledge about fuzz pedals so what would you recommend me?

I'm not looking for an overly extreme fuzz sound, but if there's a pedal that can do mild to extreme fuzz it will definitely catch my interest. Right now I'm just scouting the marked so any recommendation is greatly appriciated no matter pricetag.
Title: Re: Recommend me a fuzz
Post by: gwEm on November 05, 2010, 08:48:14 AM
http://www.youtube.com/user/TeleCustom72#p/u/8/LVmwOfBghJA

from our very own Heavier Than Hell :)
Title: Re: Recommend me a fuzz
Post by: shobet on November 05, 2010, 09:20:04 AM
Anything my Skreddy pedals! The pigmine is probably the one that fits your requirements the best from his range at the moment. http://skreddypedals.com/skreddy_pedals_pig_mine.htm

You'll have a bit of a wait for it, but it will be worth it and you'll not lose much money - if any - should you come to sell it.
Title: Re: Recommend me a fuzz
Post by: juansolo on November 05, 2010, 10:00:44 AM
Depends what kind of fuzz you're after. As pedals go, there are more fuzzes than anything else. Most are either muff or fuzz face based, but the sheer variety of them is bonkers. If you can give me some examples of what you're after, I can probably steer you in something like the right direction as I've got loads of the things.

Also if you look in seconds out, there's a tonebender clone for sale made by someone who obviously oozes awesomness onto  the pedals he makes... ;)
Title: Re: Recommend me a fuzz
Post by: MrBump on November 06, 2010, 05:06:19 PM
You could check out Devi Evers site:

http://fx.deviever.com/ (http://fx.deviever.com/)

She does pretty much nothing but fuzz...

Mark.
Title: Re: Recommend me a fuzz
Post by: Telerocker on November 08, 2010, 12:19:34 AM
Big John Hairy Balls, Death by Audio makes a lot of fuzzpedals, Dunlop Fuzz Face, Electro Harmonix Big Muff, Fulltone, Homebrew, Malekko, MI Audio, MJM, MXR, Throbak, Voodoolab, Zvex (Fuzzfactory/Fuzzprobe). They all make several fuzzpedals. First think about whether you're more into germanium or silicon transistors.
Title: Re: Recommend me a fuzz
Post by: tekbow on November 08, 2010, 07:31:21 AM
Depends what kind of fuzz you're after. As pedals go, there are more fuzzes than anything else. Most are either muff or fuzz face based, but the sheer variety of them is bonkers. If you can give me some examples of what you're after, I can probably steer you in something like the right direction as I've got loads of the things.

Also if you look in seconds out, there's a tonebender clone for sale made by someone who obviously oozes awesomness onto  the pedals he makes... ;)

this basically, decide whether you want ah fuzzface, muff or tonebender variant then whehter you want a straight clone or tweaked and modernised one. if you want something more modern, telerockers posts lists a lot of the mnufacturers making fuzz pedals with their own vocie, but you have to try them and listen to them with clips, because they can be radically different from what you expect
Title: Re: Recommend me a fuzz
Post by: Telerocker on November 08, 2010, 04:19:03 PM
Depends what kind of fuzz you're after. As pedals go, there are more fuzzes than anything else. Most are either muff or fuzz face based, but the sheer variety of them is bonkers. If you can give me some examples of what you're after, I can probably steer you in something like the right direction as I've got loads of the things.

Also if you look in seconds out, there's a tonebender clone for sale made by someone who obviously oozes awesomness onto  the pedals he makes... ;)

this basically, decide whether you want ah fuzzface, muff or tonebender variant then whehter you want a straight clone or tweaked and modernised one. if you want something more modern, telerockers posts lists a lot of the mnufacturers making fuzz pedals with their own vocie, but you have to try them and listen to them with clips, because they can be radically different from what you expect




Right! Not every fuzzpedal works nice with other pedals or your amp. Try them in a shop.
Title: Re: Recommend me a fuzz
Post by: juansolo on November 08, 2010, 05:40:47 PM
Generally speaking, if you put them before buffered pedals in the chain you're ok. But yup, they can be a bit finicky at times.