Which pedal (FuzzFace or BigMuff) is better for a Gilmour tone?

[PFDarkside]

Re: Which pedal (FuzzFace or BigMuff) is better for a Gilmour tone?

As long as were on the subject of Gilmour tones, does anyone know what kind of compressor he used (or one that would work especially well) for that dry solo in Money? I've always loved that sound.

Any compression was probably a combination of his boost, amp and studio compressor.

One thing that really shocked my was when I realized how much the Colorsound Treble & Bass Booster was used on DSOTM/WYWH. Check out some Gilmour inspired demos of the Throbak Overdrive Boost, you'll hear that tone pop up a lot from him.

[NotCardio]

Re: Which pedal (FuzzFace or BigMuff) is better for a Gilmour tone?

As long as were on the subject of Gilmour tones, does anyone know what kind of compressor he used (or one that would work especially well) for that dry solo in Money? I've always loved that sound.

[arath060]

Re: Which pedal (FuzzFace or BigMuff) is better for a Gilmour tone?

I've always found a silicon Fuzz Face to be way more versatile than a Big Muff--if only for the fact that you can clean up a Fuzz Face somewhat by rolling back the volume knob. You can't really do that with a Muff.

If you want Floyd tones up to and including WYWH, you'd be better off with a Fuzz Face.

This is pretty spot on. I have both pedals and neither are good at matching the eras outside of the respective periods they were used in. The muff can do animals, the wall, everything then on. A fuzz face with BC108/109 Silicon transistors will work fine with anything from Meddle to Wish You Were Here. If you're going earlier floyd do a germanium fuzz. Note that a lot of the Reissue EHX muff pedals are not as close to the originals. Better off buying a clone like a Vick Audio Ram's Head or an Electric Orange Pig-Hoof.

[Boppy]

Re: Which pedal (FuzzFace or BigMuff) is better for a Gilmour tone?

I've always found a silicon Fuzz Face to be way more versatile than a Big Muff--if only for the fact that you can clean up a Fuzz Face somewhat by rolling back the volume knob. You can't really do that with a Muff.

If you want Floyd tones up to and including WYWH, you'd be better off with a Fuzz Face.

[Chickenwings]

Re: Which pedal (FuzzFace or BigMuff) is better for a Gilmour tone?

Who cares about copping Gilmour tones? You need both and experiment with your own tones and see which you prefer.

[NotCardio]

Re: Which pedal (FuzzFace or BigMuff) is better for a Gilmour tone?

Velvet Fuzz.

Thanks.

[PFDarkside]

Re: Which pedal (FuzzFace or BigMuff) is better for a Gilmour tone?

Velvet Fuzz.

[NotCardio]

Re: Which pedal (FuzzFace or BigMuff) is better for a Gilmour tone?

Thankfully everyone loves the tones of Gilmour and many people have released fuzzes inspired by him. Skreddy, Wampler Velvet, Buffalo, Keeley, etc. They make it easier to plug and play and get good results.

What Wampler would be the Gilmour-inspired fuzz?

[The JEM Ghost]

Re: Which pedal (FuzzFace or BigMuff) is better for a Gilmour tone?

As a paperweight on top of the set list?

That and to have something at hand he didn't bother about to throw at Roger Waters when things heated up between the two of them.

For me personally, if you're after Gilmour's tone (and who isn't, he sounds the deal!) I would use the Big Muff instead of the Fuzz face, to me that's the one that pops up in my mind when you mention Gilmour's tone.

[devastone]

Re: Which pedal (FuzzFace or BigMuff) is better for a Gilmour tone?

Fun fact. Gilmour used a metal zone on his board

He used a HM-2 and I saw a Digital Metalizer on some of his later boards, not sure about a 'Zone though.

http://www.kitrae.net/music/David_Gilmour_Tone_Building.html

[jayylmao]

Re: Which pedal (FuzzFace or BigMuff) is better for a Gilmour tone?

I'm not sure I'd get a Fuzz Face or a true Big Muff to be honest. The Fuzz Face can be finicky (but the Hendrix does a good job) and he has a tendency to boost the Big Muff with overdrives and shape them with EQ pedals. Thankfully everyone loves the tones of Gilmour and many people have released fuzzes inspired by him. Skreddy, Wampler Velvet, Buffalo, Keeley, etc. They make it easier to plug and play and get good results.

Regarding the Phase 95, it'll do decently close for a lot of the Uni-Vibe tones, but Any Colour is really a unique sound. I think you've got rotating speaker and Vibe going on there. A Phase 90 set to stun will give a tone that you can use, but it depends how close you want to get.



No.... not sure if this is a joke, so in case if not, it was a HM-2 pedal.

Haha you're right sorry. Still tho


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[PFDarkside]

Re: Which pedal (FuzzFace or BigMuff) is better for a Gilmour tone?

I'm not sure I'd get a Fuzz Face or a true Big Muff to be honest. The Fuzz Face can be finicky (but the Hendrix does a good job) and he has a tendency to boost the Big Muff with overdrives and shape them with EQ pedals. Thankfully everyone loves the tones of Gilmour and many people have released fuzzes inspired by him. Skreddy, Wampler Velvet, Buffalo, Keeley, etc. They make it easier to plug and play and get good results.

Regarding the Phase 95, it'll do decently close for a lot of the Uni-Vibe tones, but Any Colour is really a unique sound. I think you've got rotating speaker and Vibe going on there. A Phase 90 set to stun will give a tone that you can use, but it depends how close you want to get.

Fun fact. Gilmour used a metal zone on his board


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No.... not sure if this is a joke, so in case if not, it was a HM-2 pedal.

[Blille]

Re: Which pedal (FuzzFace or BigMuff) is better for a Gilmour tone?

Fun fact. Gilmour used a metal zone on his board


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You can't just say that and not explain more [emoji23]

As a paperweight on top of the set list?


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[Blille]

Re: Which pedal (FuzzFace or BigMuff) is better for a Gilmour tone?

Big muff followed by a tube driver.

Check gilmourish.com and this http://www.kitrae.net/music/David_Gi...uilding_2.html

Phase 95 should work.


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[jayylmao]

Re: Which pedal (FuzzFace or BigMuff) is better for a Gilmour tone?

Fun fact. Gilmour used a metal zone on his board


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