What is the best fuzz for a Marshall
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the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
Re: What is the best fuzz for a Marshall
There are several pedals out there today made to sound like a blown/broken speaker but I wound't start with a fuzz of any kind to get those tones...
That said I'm sure most people think thats the easiest way to get those sound so something spitty/gritty without a lot of sustain and as ragged as possible...
Maybe a lowish gain setting on the AM Peppermint Fuzz...one of the million sounds in a Fuzz Factory or go old school...just trash your speakers.
There are several pedals out there today made to sound like a blown/broken speaker but I wound't start with a fuzz of any kind to get those tones...
That said I'm sure most people think thats the easiest way to get those sound so something spitty/gritty without a lot of sustain and as ragged as possible...
Maybe a lowish gain setting on the AM Peppermint Fuzz...one of the million sounds in a Fuzz Factory or go old school...just trash your speakers.
Re: What is the best fuzz for a Marshall
thats the thing about germanium ff. they are the most cantankerous pedals ive ever used but when they are doing what i want them to they are awesome and tweeds are pretty thick sounding already
thats the thing about germanium ff. they are the most cantankerous pedals ive ever used but when they are doing what i want them to they are awesome and tweeds are pretty thick sounding already
Maggot
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Re: What is the best fuzz for a Marshall
So many that are really good. I'd echo the Devi Ever TP, or the Bit, or the Aenima or...... Here's a demo I did with a Devi Ever Bit on a Marshallish Crate Amp and a Strat. A ZVex Fuzzolo has lots of awesome, gated splatty fuzzes. An EH Satistfaction will get old school buzzz. And then there are all the Fuzz Faces. Fuzz is incredibly personal. You need to listen to a bunch of demos. My one suggestion is not to get too caught up in conventional notions of beauty and utility.
So many that are really good. I'd echo the Devi Ever TP, or the Bit, or the Aenima or...... Here's a demo I did with a Devi Ever Bit on a Marshallish Crate Amp and a Strat. A ZVex Fuzzolo has lots of awesome, gated splatty fuzzes. An EH Satistfaction will get old school buzzz. And then there are all the Fuzz Faces. Fuzz is incredibly personal. You need to listen to a bunch of demos. My one suggestion is not to get too caught up in conventional notions of beauty and utility.
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Agileguy_101
Master of his Domain
Re: What is the best fuzz for a Marshall
A tonebender with a bias control can probably get you what you want. I'm getting one of these - reasonable price ($180), classic tone, fat/thin switch so you can get thin and cutting or nice and chunky, and just straight up awesome sounding.
A tonebender with a bias control can probably get you what you want. I'm getting one of these - reasonable price ($180), classic tone, fat/thin switch so you can get thin and cutting or nice and chunky, and just straight up awesome sounding.
frankfalbo
In Fluence Y'all
Re: What is the best fuzz for a Marshall
I recently did a Tone Bender MkII circuit and a FF circuit for 65 Amps, with a few mods and stellar components, called the Colour Bender and the Colour Face. Both superb examples. But as others have mentioned, because they are very good sounding examples they're musical sounding, not necessarily making broken speaker/failing component sounds.
I recently did a Tone Bender MkII circuit and a FF circuit for 65 Amps, with a few mods and stellar components, called the Colour Bender and the Colour Face. Both superb examples. But as others have mentioned, because they are very good sounding examples they're musical sounding, not necessarily making broken speaker/failing component sounds.
Rockstar216
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Re: What is the best fuzz for a Marshall
It was between that and a Wampler Velvet Fuzz but decided to go with the velvet as it's easier to deal with in a rig. But I still love the sound of the Twin Bender.
It was between that and a Wampler Velvet Fuzz but decided to go with the velvet as it's easier to deal with in a rig. But I still love the sound of the Twin Bender.
Edgecrusher
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Re: What is the best fuzz for a Marshall
Ive always found this odd... The original pedals that everyone is trying to cop the tone of were made of whatever junk components they could find. Now people talk about all these high end voodoo grade components all to improve a lo fi made in the shed with dime store parts sound.
Ive always found this odd... The original pedals that everyone is trying to cop the tone of were made of whatever junk components they could find. Now people talk about all these high end voodoo grade components all to improve a lo fi made in the shed with dime store parts sound.
dr.barlo
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Re: What is the best fuzz for a Marshall
This thread's got me thinking and I opened up mine. Played with its buffer and bias "interactively", I mean adjusting both at the same time. And I think I found a good spot, indeed a great spot, to go with my strat and Blues Jr. Here is the sound with the neck
https://soundcloud.com/barlojammer03/gpjt-42
and with the bridge (my bridge is a tele lead pickup - Hamel's Broadcaster)
https://soundcloud.com/barlojammer03/gpjt-48t2
So I was kinda happy and all...
But yesterday I took it to our rehearsal and did not bother to carry my amp. The amp in the rehearsal room was a JCM2000 DSL 601. And in the clean channel, the pedal sounded like an ass! Seriously! Mechanic and all...
I don't like them amps, don't get me wrong... Very stiff and all. But it was not useable at all... I gotta try it with my plexi.
B :beerchug:
This thread's got me thinking and I opened up mine. Played with its buffer and bias "interactively", I mean adjusting both at the same time. And I think I found a good spot, indeed a great spot, to go with my strat and Blues Jr. Here is the sound with the neck
https://soundcloud.com/barlojammer03/gpjt-42
and with the bridge (my bridge is a tele lead pickup - Hamel's Broadcaster)
https://soundcloud.com/barlojammer03/gpjt-48t2
So I was kinda happy and all...
But yesterday I took it to our rehearsal and did not bother to carry my amp. The amp in the rehearsal room was a JCM2000 DSL 601. And in the clean channel, the pedal sounded like an ass! Seriously! Mechanic and all...
I don't like them amps, don't get me wrong... Very stiff and all. But it was not useable at all... I gotta try it with my plexi.
B :beerchug:
PFDarkside
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Re: What is the best fuzz for a Marshall
Fuzz prices remind me of the story of the Engineer that visited Edison's generator and fixed it. You're not paying for the components, you're paying for the knowledge on how to use the components and the time it took to acquire and sort transistors for gain values in the correct range.
Fuzzes are notoriously sensitive to transistor types, gain and biasing. Hendrix went through aFuzz Faces by the box to pick the good ones. They are ultra simple circuits, so the only difference between an awesome one and a crappy one is component type and values. Frank's probably used hand picked transistors (vintage NOS germanium transistors are what we are used to hearing, but even with Silicon there is a wide range of tones available) with matched Hfe values and appropriately selected bias resistors for his specific transistors.
Fuzz prices remind me of the story of the Engineer that visited Edison's generator and fixed it. You're not paying for the components, you're paying for the knowledge on how to use the components and the time it took to acquire and sort transistors for gain values in the correct range.
Edgecrusher
New member
Re: What is the best fuzz for a Marshall
Yeah yeah i know all about fuzz's and how they came about. Ive even suffered the up and downs of my own white dot sunface that essentially is so finicky that I have a rig built around it.
Even with the hand picked nos transistors they are still picking through what were off the shelf no nothing components. Now they might be rare and valuable and difficult to find in the particular range they want... But they are still cheesy lo fi components.
Yeah yeah i know all about fuzz's and how they came about. Ive even suffered the up and downs of my own white dot sunface that essentially is so finicky that I have a rig built around it.
Even with the hand picked nos transistors they are still picking through what were off the shelf no nothing components. Now they might be rare and valuable and difficult to find in the particular range they want... But they are still cheesy lo fi components.
PFDarkside
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Re: What is the best fuzz for a Marshall
Ok, we're on the same page. Those definitely weren't military grade transistors and capacitors.
Ok, we're on the same page. Those definitely weren't military grade transistors and capacitors.
