Yep, I Hate Fuzz Pedals

[Empty Pockets]

Re: Yep, I Hate Fuzz Pedals

Fuzz pedals are a lot of fun but they're colors in a pallette and not every painting needs every color.

My pictures are psychedelic kaleidoscopic walls of sound so I use every color I can get my hands on.

 

[B2D]

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Fuzz is a tricky devil. You have to play with the controls, match it to the amp channel you're using with it, and then on top of that you have to play a certain way to get it to sound just right. Most fuzz pedals are pretty unforgiving.

I like the fuzz on my Ultimate Octave but lately I've been feeling that it's too bright. Maybe I need to go shopping again.

How Eric Johnson gets his Fuzz Face to sound the way it does, I'll never know. I think it's the entire rig and the fuzz is just a small part of the equation.

 

[rashayritto]

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Fuzz is its own world of study

I can get lost in finding the right fuzz for the right amp for the right riff

 

[DankStar]

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To like fuzz you need to have a stoner side to yourself. Nancy and Ron, not so much.

 

[ratherdashing]

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Fuzz is a tricky devil. You have to play with the controls, match it to the amp channel you're using with it, and then on top of that you have to play a certain way to get it to sound just right. Most fuzz pedals are pretty unforgiving.

I like the fuzz on my Ultimate Octave but lately I've been feeling that it's too bright. Maybe I need to go shopping again.

How Eric Johnson gets his Fuzz Face to sound the way it does, I'll never know. I think it's the entire rig and the fuzz is just a small part of the equation.

A really nice FF variant is magical. They basically turn your guitar volume into a gain control, and they interact with your pick in a beautiful way. Problem is, they live or die by the pickups and the amp. Some amps don't tolerate them at all (including most Mesa's IME ... the only Mesa I've made sound good with a FF is the Mark V's channel 2 with very specific settings).

To complicate things even more, not all FF's are created equal. A particular model that sounds smooth and creamy on your amp might sound like a hornet's nest on mine. Even different units within the same line can sound subtly different, especially with germanium FF's.

They're a pain to deal with at the best of times, but when you get the right one, nothing can beat it.

 

[GuitarStv]

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^ fortunately there are like 12 components on them and they're ridiculously easy to build . . . for under 60$ you can try out ten or twenty circuits and fine tune a fuzz face to exactly what you like.

 

[Agileguy_101]

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I prefer to pay someone who knows what they're doing instead of letting a hack like myself take a stab at it. Plus, I don't have the resources to measure and test a huge batch of Ge transistors.

 

[chewpac]

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i love a good fuzz, but it's a mood thing for me. i tried a bunch of fuzz faces before settling on a jetter indigo, which addresses a lot of the consistency issues that they tend to have.

i'm tempted by the earthquaker hoof reaper, too. that looks like an awesome pedal...

 

[SongsForTheDeaf]

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Yeah I have actually met quite a few people who dislike fuzz pedals.. to each their own. I personally love a sputtery bassy fuzzy sound.

I can see how some folks can not like them though.. they aren't the easiest pedals to get amazing sounds out of.. they take a lot of tweaking on both the pedal and amp and trial and error with different kinds of fuzz.

 

[Demanic]

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I'd like a fuzz if I paired it with a 7 or 10 band (or 31 band) eq.

 

[LatsMcGee]

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I'm not a huge fan of a syrupy fuzz lead tone, I tend to prefer a big nasty untamed high output for big nasty chords and feedback purposes......

I do feel though to get a really good fuzz tone you're amp needs to be cooking a little bit and than you blast it with the fuzz....

When I used to use fuzzes with my bassman I would let the amp warm up a little, gradually bump my volume, than hit it with fuzz, and hit the fuzz with an overdrive to actually clean it up here and there as needed...

I kind of feel like if you're using a modern amp that's meant to sound the same at low volumes as well as high volumes you're wasting your time with a fuzz....

 

[Gearjoneser]

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To like fuzz you need to have a stoner side to yourself. Nancy and Ron, not so much.

I have the Hendrix, Bonamassa, and Eric Johnson Fuzzfaces, also the T Rex Mudhoney, and I've been completely stoned at the Ronald Reagan Library. (the Reagan Library is right in between Dankstar and me) :smokin:

 

[Snake Aces]

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I've been completely stoned at the Ronald Reagan Library. (the Reagan Library is right in between Dankstar and me) :smokin:

Nice! You go up 10 notches in my book for this one.

 

[Falloffthebonetone]

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I think very few people like fuzz PEDALS, but usually they all love a fuzz pedal of some sort.

People are extrordinarily picky when it comes to fuzz, I've noticed, more so than even overdrive. They'll hate every other fuzz on the market except their own holy grail and like maybe a couple other similar ones.

Maybe it's the abrasive nature of the fuzz that makes people so critical, while smoother sounding distortions offend the ears less if not meeting the ideal tone to the ears of the beholder.

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

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Dunno...I like alot of fuzzy sounds....
And really an Übermentaldood thread zombie thread???!!!