Fuzz??
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Gunny47
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I cant get no satisfaction is a great example of a fuzz pedal. The big into sound is a Gibson Maestro, a pedal that really helped kick off the psychadelic type sound. Jimi Hendrix used a Dalas Arbiter Fuzz Face in just about all of his hits, but its hard to hear what it is because he uses distorted Marshalls which take away from the fuzz. But even when he uses a clean sound (like on Little Wing), he uses a fuzz, but it is very very subtle.
Go to the ZVEX website and watch the fuzz factory video demo. Also, a lot of Smashing Pumpkins (I dont know any of their music, but I just know this fact) uses a Fender Blender pedal which basically is a very heavy fuzz with a ring-modulator when certain pitches are played (like down low is where the ring mod kicks in I think) and of course an octave effect (an upper octave) that is activated around the 12th fret. All of this stuff (octave and ring-mod)can be heard best with the rhythm pickup with the tone at 0. Fuzzes are a real distinct sound and some people dislike it when they have a distortion pedal that fuzzes when you crank the gain level to 10 (like a MXR Distortion +) but I like that sort of thing, gives a pedal more versitility. So check them out dude, you might be hooked.
I cant get no satisfaction is a great example of a fuzz pedal. The big into sound is a Gibson Maestro, a pedal that really helped kick off the psychadelic type sound. Jimi Hendrix used a Dalas Arbiter Fuzz Face in just about all of his hits, but its hard to hear what it is because he uses distorted Marshalls which take away from the fuzz. But even when he uses a clean sound (like on Little Wing), he uses a fuzz, but it is very very subtle.
Go to the ZVEX website and watch the fuzz factory video demo. Also, a lot of Smashing Pumpkins (I dont know any of their music, but I just know this fact) uses a Fender Blender pedal which basically is a very heavy fuzz with a ring-modulator when certain pitches are played (like down low is where the ring mod kicks in I think) and of course an octave effect (an upper octave) that is activated around the 12th fret. All of this stuff (octave and ring-mod)can be heard best with the rhythm pickup with the tone at 0. Fuzzes are a real distinct sound and some people dislike it when they have a distortion pedal that fuzzes when you crank the gain level to 10 (like a MXR Distortion +) but I like that sort of thing, gives a pedal more versitility. So check them out dude, you might be hooked.
SpeedDemon
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Fuzz is a beautiful thing. I much prefer it to distortion. Listen to Mudhoney, a lot of hendrix. Mudhoney uses a big muff(probably my favorite fuzz box for all out fuzz)
Fuzz is a beautiful thing. I much prefer it to distortion. Listen to Mudhoney, a lot of hendrix. Mudhoney uses a big muff(probably my favorite fuzz box for all out fuzz)
ericmeyer4
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Revolution by the beatles. I heard George ran a fuzz face straight to board.
Revolution by the beatles. I heard George ran a fuzz face straight to board.
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aaronl
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I am new to fuzz myself but have been learning a lot about them...
I guess it depends on what kind of fuzz you want
Purple haze was fuzz with octave but it is a bitchin sound
Blue on Black by KWS his solo is fuzz and octave
David Gilmour uses a fuzz a lot, almost all the time
Cream was a fuzz face with the tone rolled back on the guitar
Siamese Dream by the pumpkins
also I don't know for sure but I think taxman on revolver had to be fuzz
I think of fuzz as a "looser" distortion if that makes sense, not as tight as distortion
hope that helps
I am new to fuzz myself but have been learning a lot about them...
I guess it depends on what kind of fuzz you want
Purple haze was fuzz with octave but it is a bitchin sound
Blue on Black by KWS his solo is fuzz and octave
David Gilmour uses a fuzz a lot, almost all the time
Cream was a fuzz face with the tone rolled back on the guitar
Siamese Dream by the pumpkins
also I don't know for sure but I think taxman on revolver had to be fuzz
I think of fuzz as a "looser" distortion if that makes sense, not as tight as distortion
hope that helps
Corbic
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Only the solo in Purple Haze has the octave effect, the rest is just cranked Marshall with a Fuzz Face in front. I didn't know Clapton used a Fuzz Face in Cream? What songs did he use it on?
aaronl said:I am new to fuzz myself but have been learning a lot about them...
I guess it depends on what kind of fuzz you want
Purple haze was fuzz with octave but it is a bitchin sound
Blue on Black by KWS his solo is fuzz and octave
David Gilmour uses a fuzz a lot, almost all the time
Cream was a fuzz face with the tone rolled back on the guitar
Siamese Dream by the pumpkins
also I don't know for sure but I think taxman on revolver had to be fuzz
I think of fuzz as a "looser" distortion if that makes sense, not as tight as distortion
hope that helps
Only the solo in Purple Haze has the octave effect, the rest is just cranked Marshall with a Fuzz Face in front. I didn't know Clapton used a Fuzz Face in Cream? What songs did he use it on?
ericmeyer4
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I think he just used various fuzz's throught his cream days.
Corbic said:
I think he just used various fuzz's throught his cream days.
aaronl
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Good point yes, I was not saying you were wrong I was simply saying he did use an octive also.
Another fuzz song would be Voodoo Child
I think just about every song they did... ????
http://guitargeek.com/rigview/427/
That lists:
Various Fuzz Pedals
Vox Wah
Two Marshall JTM45 100 watt heads etc
Corbic said:
Good point yes, I was not saying you were wrong I was simply saying he did use an octive also.
Another fuzz song would be Voodoo Child
Corbic said:
I think just about every song they did... ????
http://guitargeek.com/rigview/427/
That lists:
Various Fuzz Pedals
Vox Wah
Two Marshall JTM45 100 watt heads etc
wickedmartini
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Or check out the clips here on the SD site for the Tweak Fuzz. I just picked one up and dig it...
http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/effectsdescr.shtml#tweak_fuzz
Or check out the clips here on the SD site for the Tweak Fuzz. I just picked one up and dig it...
http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/effectsdescr.shtml#tweak_fuzz
aaronl
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Treble Booster was with John Mayall and the bluesbreakers.
The guitargeek site which is usually pretty dead on has him using a fuzzface.
More Clapton Setup Info Here
Mentioned above...
I think that Gish has even more (the one before Siamese Dream)
As well as as Mudhoney a compilation album of theirs is called: Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus
Mogwai (sp?) Uses a few of them.
Dinosaur Jr also
Brow said:
Treble Booster was with John Mayall and the bluesbreakers.
The guitargeek site which is usually pretty dead on has him using a fuzzface.
More Clapton Setup Info Here
Brow said:
Mentioned above...
I think that Gish has even more (the one before Siamese Dream)
As well as as Mudhoney a compilation album of theirs is called: Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus
Mogwai (sp?) Uses a few of them.
Dinosaur Jr also
cheezemaster
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A good example (albeit an annoying example) of fuzz is the lead guitar line on "American Woman" by The Guess Who.
"dwooo-dwooo-dwwooooo
dwoooo-dwooooo-dweeeeeee
dwooo-dwoooo-dwoooooo
dweeeedledeedeeeeeee"
A good example (albeit an annoying example) of fuzz is the lead guitar line on "American Woman" by The Guess Who.
"dwooo-dwooo-dwwooooo
dwoooo-dwooooo-dweeeeeee
dwooo-dwoooo-dwoooooo
dweeeedledeedeeeeeee"
