Fuzz pedals

[timorousme]

I'm working on an experimental indie-rockish band which will contain a lot of somewhat noisey (but not nonsensical rubbish) jams and whatnot, and a lot of stuff I have in my head at the moment would require a fuzz pedal. I was looking at Z.Vex's line of fuzz pedals (Fuzz Factory, Fuzz Probe, and even the Mammoth) and think they seems cool, but I was wondering what everybody else thought when it comes to fuzz. Anything anybody has that they really enjoy and would be fun to mess with?

Also, something that would sound cool with my Arion SAD-1 mixed in would be awesome.

 

[PFDarkside]

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The Fuzz Factory and Fuzz Probe are great for that genre. The great thing about the probe is you can set it up to oscillate, then use the probe portion to alter the pitch and bring it back into recognizable fuzz territory.

Other cool fuzzes are the Red Witch Fuzz God, Tonefactor Ultra-Lord and Subdecay Noisebox

 

[JB_From_Hell]

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Check out a Duncan Tweak Fuzz. I don't mean to sound like some fan boy, but it really is a sweet pedal, and that Tweak knob is great.

 

[WhoFan]

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Danoelectroc Fab Tone is The Fuzz i like..... I use them quite often and i pick them up for like $40-$60 Canadian used... these are the full sized Danos not the minis....

 

[timorousme]

Re: Fuzz pedals

The Fuzz Factory and Fuzz Probe are great for that genre. The great thing about the probe is you can set it up to oscillate, then use the probe portion to alter the pitch and bring it back into recognizable fuzz territory.

Other cool fuzzes are the Red Witch Fuzz God, Tonefactor Ultra-Lord and Subdecay Noisebox

The Red Witch seems really awesome. I had never heard of it before. Thanks.

 

[Empty Pockets]

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Three words for the gnarliest fattest fuzz tone:

BIG MUFF PI

but you already knew that.

 

[timorousme]

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The Big Muff is more traditional though. I want something with more room for experimentation, which is why the Fuzz Probe caught my attention me so much. I also like the "Wrath" option on the Red Witch.

Any others?

 

[Rich_T]

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Mixing phaser and wah after a fuzz drenched tone can get some great nasty and noisy sounds. It's not strictly a fuzz, but I have been using a Rat II for a while, and that gets really nasty whenyou want it to, or all thick and gooey when you don't. Also check out some of the D*A*M fuzzes, some great retro inspired wierdness there. But for sheer wacky versatility, its though to beat the Fuzz Factory.

 

[Rich_T]

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Or the EHX graphic fuzz. Loads of knobs on that.

 

[PFDarkside]

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Also check out Effector 13, they have some crazy fuzzes, and do a search for the B:Assmaster, it's pretty instense. The Fender Blender can do some interesting things too. I've been doing some searching and the Shin-ei FY-2 seems to get some response about insane sounding fuzzes. Maybe a Zoom Ultra Fuzz too.

Good luck.

 

[Rich_T]

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Oh yeah good call on the fender blender. Like that one a lot.

 

[timorousme]

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Thanks for the suggestions. That Graphic Fuzz is rather intimidating, but looks amazing. However, I don't have a power supply, so I would prefer something that can be battery operational.

 

[Rushfan2112]

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Tonefactor UltraLord is super heavy. Great for stoner/doom metal stuff.

 

[timorousme]

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I hate metal. I have no idea what the different types are. What is stoner/doom metal?

 

[Smilemon]

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http://www.demeteramps.com/products/accessories/fuz1.html

 

[Rushfan2112]

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I hate metal. I have no idea what the different types are. What is stoner/doom metal?

Loud, slow and fuzzy. That's about it. The point I'm trying to make is that it's super heavy and loud and fuzzy.

 

[JohnnyGuitar]

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Subdecay noise box - check out the clips:
http://www.subdecay.com/nb.htm

And this one might be interesting too:
http://rashgash.co.il/en/catalog/product/pg-matf