fuzz that's most metal, fuzz with best cleanup

[PVFan]

and a fuzz that does both well

light blue Dunlop Hendrix Fuzz Face is my current choice, but I'm sure the word "muff" should be making an appearance herein

[Andrew Lamprecht]

Re: fuzz that's most metal, fuzz with best cleanup

A good Fuzz Face will never be good for metal.

A Fuzz Face with the best cleanup... I know Christian said the Hendrix one and that would probably be my first choice in terms of production fuzzes...

[Andrew Lamprecht]

Re: fuzz that's most metal, fuzz with best cleanup

My bad, I thought you were talking specifically fuzz face.

The Jimi Hendrix pedal won't get you any good metal tones IMHO.

I'd be looking at Big Muffs.

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: fuzz that's most metal, fuzz with best cleanup

I wouldn't look at a fuzz for metal tones at all...when I think metal tone I think tight, aggressive and saturated...fuzzes are none of those things...they loose, wooly and...well..fuzzy...

Not at all a metal tone.

The best clean up of ANY fuzz I've ever used period is a white dot NKT275 Sunface, they run just under 3 bills new but IMHO are worth it however you are not going to get anything like a metal tone.

If you want to hear a Sunface doing about the nastiest thing it's gonna do I posted a video clip some weeks ago that is me using a Sunface on a recording...it's a lot of things...nasty and dirty and fuzz but it ain't metal...

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: fuzz that's most metal, fuzz with best cleanup

If you're curious, here is a link to that thread I mentioned...

https://forum.seymourduncan.com/showthread.php?t=197132

[saladin]

Re: fuzz that's most metal, fuzz with best cleanup

This is what you want!

[Low_fidelity2100]

Re: fuzz that's most metal, fuzz with best cleanup

I wouldn't look at a fuzz for metal tones at all...when I think metal tone I think tight, aggressive and saturated...fuzzes are none of those things...they loose, wooly and...well..fuzzy...

Not at all a metal tone.

+1

If you want to play metal, fuzz is not the way to go....A Big Muff (or modded muff style pedal) with a Tubescreamer infront will get you really really close...but its still not what most people think of when they think "Metal" ya know?

Heres a clip of my band, where I'm using a Way Huge Swollen Pickle (basically a modded big muff circuit), and a BBE green screamer (TS-9 clone with less of a mid spike)...Semi-metalish tone around 1:50......but still not really a typical metal tone....

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=671442&songID=9410147

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: fuzz that's most metal, fuzz with best cleanup

This is what you want!

Metal...maybe...

Fuzz...no way.

[Rich_T]

Re: fuzz that's most metal, fuzz with best cleanup

A metal pedal and a fuzz pedal are going to be two different things. You can get heavy with a fuzz pedal, but you can't really get metal.

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: fuzz that's most metal, fuzz with best cleanup

Mirror, mirror on the wall
Which fuzz is the metalist of them all?

F U Z Z W A R !!!!

I mean, far be it for me to argue with gwif et al, but I think Iommi's early tone is as metal as it can get, and is also a fuzz.

And then, of course, is your own personal definition of 'metal'. I don't know what it means to 'be metal' these days (thank God).

[Andrew Lamprecht]

Re: fuzz that's most metal, fuzz with best cleanup

I mean, far be it for me to argue with gwif et al, but I think Iommi's early tone is as metal as it can get, and is also a fuzz..

No, Iommi used a P90 SG with a treble booster into his laney stacks. He never used a fuzz...

[Andrew Lamprecht]

Re: fuzz that's most metal, fuzz with best cleanup

His tone just got really dity and nasty because...

1. P90s
2. Treble Booster
3. Old Laneys are crunch machines...

[Kam]

Re: fuzz that's most metal, fuzz with best cleanup

+1

If you want to play metal, fuzz is not the way to go....A Big Muff (or modded muff style pedal) with a Tubescreamer infront will get you really really close...but its still not what most people think of when they think "Metal" ya know?

Heres a clip of my band, where I'm using a Way Huge Swollen Pickle (basically a modded big muff circuit), and a BBE green screamer (TS-9 clone with less of a mid spike)...Semi-metalish tone around 1:50......but still not really a typical metal tone....

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page...songID=9410147

I'm still in love with your band.

I ain't even joking.

For some reason I'm particularly fond of your drummers snare sound in that song. I don't even know why, honestly. I have this cranked to **** and it's kicking my head off.

[korovamilkdud]

Re: fuzz that's most metal, fuzz with best cleanup

Well the T-Rex Mudhoney sounds great clean.

[Low_fidelity2100]

Re: fuzz that's most metal, fuzz with best cleanup

I'm still in love with your band.

I ain't even joking.

For some reason I'm particularly fond of your drummers snare sound in that song. I don't even know why, honestly. I have this cranked to **** and it's kicking my head off.

Sweet, Thank you!