What fuzzes do you guys like with Strats, single coils, and old Fender amps? I have a little Big Muff, is like something that responds to the guitar a little more. I’m aware fuzz isn’t a subtle thing, but I see a lot that respond to the volume knob better.
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The best Fuzz I ever heard out of a DR was a "Spires Fuzz" from EarthQuaker, it also has an excellent Russian Fuzz side too. Silent on/off, easy button, true bypass. Best pedal money I ever spent. Check out the Mathews effects "The Whaler" also. The Spires sounds good out of my Tele and LP with coil splits through a TwinR in my current stuff.
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fuzzface. analogman germanium sunface is what i use. they have a few different transistor options, i had the red dot but any of the germaniums that ive tried have been great sounding and clean up well. they are temperature sensitive though. a silicon fuzzface is more stable but i dont like the tone as much usually
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Originally posted by jeremy View Postfuzzface. analogman germanium sunface is what i use. they have a few different transistor options, i had the red dot but any of the germaniums that ive tried have been great sounding and clean up well. they are temperature sensitive though. a silicon fuzzface is more stable but i dont like the tone as much usually
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Originally posted by jeremy View Postfuzzface. analogman germanium sunface is what i use. they have a few different transistor options, i had the red dot but any of the germaniums that ive tried have been great sounding and clean up well. they are temperature sensitive though. a silicon fuzzface is more stable but i dont like the tone as much usually“I can play the hell out of a riff. The rest of it’s all bulls**t anyway,” Gary Holt
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Originally posted by JB_From_Hell View PostThe Sunface is one I’ve been looking at. What do you get from the Red Dot transistors?
I’ve been liking the Bearfoot Arctic White Fuzz, it’s like a silicon Fuzz Face with a tone control, allowing you to roll off some of the upper frequencies that can be harsh with a Fender.
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Originally posted by JB_From_Hell View PostWhat fuzzes do you guys like with Strats, single coils, and old Fender amps? I have a little Big Muff, is like something that responds to the guitar a little more. I’m aware fuzz isn’t a subtle thing, but I see a lot that respond to the volume knob better.
-One that comes to mind is the MXR OD Badass series -like a Super or Custom, -they are just more modern versatile Tube Screamer circuits are their core -but drop the tone to 3 oclockish, take the Gain to 11, Volume up, unlatch the mid range Bump Switch, an kick the 100hz boost to 6 or 7 ocklock -and your right back in the Big Muff Territory -with a big more life and response but not quite as much creamy fuzz as the original.
There are probably 20 good pedals that do what I describe above.“For me, when everything goes wrong – that’s when adventure starts.” Yvonne Chouinard
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Originally posted by NegativeEase View PostI suggest going with a true Overdrive pedal which will have much greater response and versatility -but you can push a good one back into the Big Muff fuzz neighborhood.
The Wampler Fuzztration sounds interesting.“I can play the hell out of a riff. The rest of it’s all bulls**t anyway,” Gary Holt
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Originally posted by JB_From_Hell View PostI have a lot of dirt pedals, with the OD range covered well. I also have a Big Muff. I want to get into Gary Clark Jr, Ariel Posen, Dan Patlansky territory. I know the little Big Muff is definitely not what I'm after.
The Wampler Fuzztration sounds interesting.
Another approach is using a clean/or mildly clean boost to drive your Pre Amp Stage into saturation much further -Depends on the AMP if this effective because some amps dont break up early enough (tubes and bias are in this equation too) or have enough tolerance for pedal gains -but something like a VOX AC or a Marshal JMP or JCM gets broken up beautifully with just pushing a great tone shaped boost level into it. Fenders depend on which amp (A TWIN will never do it lol) -with this method -you are doing essentially what a Fuzz/OD Pedal does externally in the amp -feeding a boost stage into a clipping stage.
on the cleaner side to drive a bigger clipping circuit, I really love that JHS Morning Glory, Archer Ikon, all the Xotics, and on the dirty side love the MXRs, Big Muff, Rats, -typical stuff etc.“For me, when everything goes wrong – that’s when adventure starts.” Yvonne Chouinard
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For the record, the rig is one of a few Strats with singles into a Crybaby, Way Huge Green Rhino, EHX Soul Food, Lumberjack, and Little Big Muff, Radial Plexitube, Danelectro Fab Distortion, into an early Silverface non-MV Super Reverb.
Like I said, there's already a fair amount of dirt, but nothing that does this:
Last edited by JB_From_Hell; 11-23-2018, 09:19 PM.“I can play the hell out of a riff. The rest of it’s all bulls**t anyway,” Gary Holt
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Originally posted by JB_From_Hell View Post“For me, when everything goes wrong – that’s when adventure starts.” Yvonne Chouinard
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Originally posted by NegativeEase View PostThat's his chain? wow -I thought I had a lot of boost and overdrive options.“I can play the hell out of a riff. The rest of it’s all bulls**t anyway,” Gary Holt
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I didn’t really hear much fuzz in that video. Lotta tube screamer and wah. Got a time to listen to? Sounded like a guy doing a srv thing.
the eqd spires is two fuzz in one, red is a silicon fuzzface, green is some rare old fuzz. cool pedal.
i have a ton of different dirt boxes but there is nothing quite like a fuzzface but you need to spend time with one to get the most out of it. i first got a ff years ago and i thought it sucked. took me hearing some great players using a ff to make me revisit it and now i love em.
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