Crunch Box Question

[fretburner]

I've never tried a crunch box but I got to try a supposedly crunch box clone. This clone has a "fizzy" top end. Is that a characteristic of the real deal crunch box? I can get good sounds, especially lead sounds, from it, but I wish the "fizziness" would go away.

 

[dano8180]

Re: Crunch Box Question

I've had a CB for 2 years and it is not at all fizzy. I will say that it is very harmonically rich that "may" be perceived as fizzy.

 

[saladin]

Re: Crunch Box Question

I couldn't stand the Crunchbox I had. Sounded like it wanted to be part distortion pedal and part Big Muff.
There was a fuzziness to it I didn't care for. I dislike Big Muffs.

 

[lpmarshall]

Re: Crunch Box Question

I really liked running it at 18v. Pedals sounded a million times better.

 

[Lazarus1140]

Re: Crunch Box Question

I have a Crunch Box that sounds great. It is never fizzy, but then I ran it more like an OD than a distortion - that is, with gain around 9:30 - 10:00 and volume much higher.

 

[fretburner]

Re: Crunch Box Question

Maybe it's a clone thing. Perhaps the real crunch box doesn't have this "fizziness". I gotta play one. Or perhaps that solid-state amp in the store could be the culprit?

 

[dominus]

Re: Crunch Box Question

I have a Crunch Box that sounds great. It is never fizzy, but then I ran it more like an OD than a distortion - that is, with gain around 9:30 - 10:00 and volume much higher.

I couldn't stand the Crunchbox I had. Sounded like it wanted to be part distortion pedal and part Big Muff.
There was a fuzziness to it I didn't care for. I dislike Big Muffs.

I've got a Crunch Box clone and it is about halfway between an OD and a Distortion. Not enough gain as a distortion pedal and starts sounding weird, but turn it down a bit and it's a great OD.

 

[LoFiBrian]

Re: Crunch Box Question

Maybe it's a clone thing. Perhaps the real crunch box doesn't have this "fizziness". I gotta play one. Or perhaps that solid-state amp in the store could be the culprit?

I suppose if the internal presence control was dimed you could see it as fizz. Mine was lots of low mid grind.

 

[STRATDELUXER97]

Re: Crunch Box Question

I built my own Crunchbox and I Put the presence control pot on the outside...I use this pedal on my board the most...I don't use the stock chip in mine and prefer the Burr Brown chip instead..

 

[mremic01]

Re: Crunch Box Question

I've built quite a few Crunch Box clones and I have a stock v2. I don't think any of them are any fizzier than any other amp or pedal distortion, but you have to watch your tone and (internal) presence controls. I prefer to have the presence trimpot set flat, or with a bit of the presence cut. I almost never need the tone pot at noon. 10-11 o'clock seems to be about right.