That Pedal Show - Classic Fuzz Tones: Where To Begin?
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In this episode Daniel and Mick run through the main families of vintage-inspired fuzz pedals, albeit re-imagined through modern brands’ offerings. The (Gary Hurst/Sola Sound) Tone Bender, (Dallas-Arbiter) Fuzz Face and (Electro-Harmonix) Big Muff are the cornerstones of classic fuzz, so we take a whistle-stop tour through their basic characteristics, via some more modern pedals.
Please consider this as the beginning of a journey, because there are so many variants within these classics, let alone the myriad other vintage and modern fuzzes. But we have to start somewhere, so let's start here…
Pedals In This Episode…
• Jim Dunlop JBF3 Joe Bonamassa Signature Fuzz Face Distortion
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• Analog Man Sun Face BC183
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• Pro Analog MkII Fuzz
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• Fulltone Octafuzz
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• Thorpy FX Fallout Cloud
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• Kingsley Page
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• Strymon TimeLine
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Interesting bits and go-to sections…
• Brief history of fuzz and the Maestro Fuzz-Tone: 3:10
• Today’s pedals introduction: 6:35
• Two amps today…: 8:40
• All pedals with Dan’s Les Paul: 9:42
• All pedals with Mick’s Strat: 13:08
• Sun Face and the Strat guitar volume pot: 15:20 (Les Paul at 19:21)
• Bonamassa Fuzz Face and the guitar volume pot: 18:14
• Thoughts on Strats/single coils and Les Pauls/humbuckers and fuzz: 20:25
• Dan’s ’61 Les Paul (SG) Junior and the Sun Face: 22:05…
• …and compared with the other fuzzes: 22:40
• Octafuzz into Fuzz Face into Delay: 23:50
• Fuzz Face and Sun Face before Octafuzz: 26:15 (Strat then SG)
Amps in this episode
• Two-Rock Studio Pro 35 through custom Zilla 1x12 with Celestion G12-75 Creamback
• Victory V44 The Sheriff though Victory V212VH 2x12 cab
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Guitars in this episode
• Fender American Vintage ’62 Stratocaster - watch Mick’s video at bit.ly/2cQv3yT
• Gibson Custom 1958 Les Paul Standard - watch Dan’s video at bit.ly/2dbwbvS
• 1961 Gibson Les Paul (SG) Junior
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I hated fuzz for the 1st 20 years of playing, but in the last couple of years I really grown to like them. Weird!
@DarrenSMusic
7 жыл бұрын
CaptAnderton What is your current fuzz of choice, Cap?
@Webgkil
7 жыл бұрын
Nothing weird about it Capt. its called "aging"!!! Some are fortunate enought to add "gracefully" after that :D Not me though
@owntone5
7 жыл бұрын
Webgkil
@specialsnowfake6744
7 жыл бұрын
CaptAnderton wow the captain. my favorite is the acapulco gold fuzz.
@OnzeManInKazakhstan
7 жыл бұрын
CaptAnderton That's your ears going bad with age.
Paused the video at 5:05 to listen to "Satisfaction" and I HEARD THE CLICK. Awesome!
@mrc2662
6 жыл бұрын
Yes!! Just did exactly the same!
@alexmurphy5289
4 жыл бұрын
It's around 00:35 in the song, you can hear it 😊
@Ratimus_
4 жыл бұрын
You can never unhear it.
@paulabrey7133
4 жыл бұрын
THAT is a FUN FACT INDEED!
@eouroshopper4423
4 жыл бұрын
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Great vid as always guys. As to Mick's question, "Who would use a fuzz for their clean sound?," to my ears Jimi Hendrix used it all the time. I chased some of his clean rhythm sounds for years and never got it until I rolled the guitar volume off on a Fuzz Face.
@robholiday5370
7 жыл бұрын
guitarmoderne First thing I thought when he said it, too. Brings that extra magic sparkle playing Little Wing/Wind Cries Mary etc.
@saint-cetacean
7 жыл бұрын
J Mascis has a pretty fuzzy clean tone too
@Jack-ke5qt
7 жыл бұрын
Den the Whale He says that he just keeps an overdrive on all the time.
I've always used a fuzz face into a trebble booster for my clean sound just rolling off the volume on a fender. Can't play without them. love it sooo much!
Nice touch with the red poppy- Lest We Forget. Thanks for that guys.
@ThatPedalShow
7 жыл бұрын
+petejt Absolutely Pete. Never forget.
@danman9510
7 жыл бұрын
That Pedal Show I suggest , for the next run of fuzzes, the WTF from JRAD.. My first and only fuzz in 35y... Really impressive ;) thanks for the excellent shows
Definitely top 3 pre-show riffing! Nice job Mick... that volume fade to push that fuzz over the top was beautiful!
@ThatPedalShow
7 жыл бұрын
+Tony Peterson Thanks Tony, very kind of you to say. Such an inspiring sound!
@baseboardmatt
7 жыл бұрын
Tony Peterson must be the new headstock flower..! I agree, great intro!!
@pd4165
7 жыл бұрын
It's the UK vets charity fundraiser flower for armistice day, it represents the poppies that grew on Flanders fields.
@brandongarland2061
7 жыл бұрын
Do you guys never use way huge? Havilina and swollen pickle deserve love
@eternity9099
7 жыл бұрын
Yeah the intro was great!
I have always loved FUZZ pedals. I have built several, I have 3 Fuzz Faces, a the Fulltone Octafuzz, Lovepedal Karl, Euthymia ICBM, JHS Muffuletta, and numerous others, but my FAVORITE is the Lovepedal BoneTender... It is wonderfully musical and usable, and not subject to temperature issues.
Bought after 15 years, my Fulltone Octafuzz v1 still alive n fu... Kickin. It dont die...
One of the best intros ever. I can't stress how big my smile was while listening. Two very big thumbs up!
You must do a video on Octafuzz/Octavia pedals now! If you do. PLease compare the octafuzz pedal to a fuzz with an octave pedal. It would be interesting to see
@Fritz-the-Brat
5 жыл бұрын
If you mean something like the EQD tentacle or a green ringer by octave pedal then yes. The octavia tone can't be achieved with something like a POG or whammy.
I never understood the passion for fuzzes. 35 years ago, when I started to play the guitar, someone named Erik demonstrated his EHX Big Muff and I thought it sounded like a swarm of wasps in a jelly jar. I hated it. I bought an overdrive pedal and since then I was fully into overdrives. Just since a year or so I fell in love with the sound of a good distortion pedal. The dirtier the better. After watching the shoegaze episode of your show I still didn't understand the attraction of that whole fuzz rage. That was yesterday. I literally mean yesterday. Now I just finished watching this episode of That (wonderful) Pedal Show and I'm shocked. I LOVED every pedal on the board. And I'm specifically drawn towards the haunting nastiness of the Octafuzz (I don't even know what that means, sorry). I guess this means I need to build a bigger board to welcome that blue monster. I just wish the people at Fulltone would have used a smaller enclosure for this pedal. Anyway, thanks again for opening my eyes (and ears) and for introducing me to new sonic territories in which to wander around for another 35 years of playing guitar. Damn, what if Erik wouldn't have combined his Big Muff with a cheap ass Maya SG into a Peavey Bandit? :-)
@mariodriessen9740
6 жыл бұрын
O, well appearently Fulltone actually DO produce these things in smaller enclosures. Good idea! :-D
Making this video put smiles on both of your faces. That’s how my fuzz pedal makes me feel too. Happy sounds. Mine is a original Fulltone 69 pedal and it’s a keeper people have offered me stupid amounts of money for it, because it’s in excellent condition but I can’t seem to part with it.
I discovered I wasn't really a fuzz guy UNTIL I used the smaller box version of the Fulltone Octafuzz( own OCD and Deluxe Wah by them) and after trying ALOT of them it won me over! Smoothest one for me!
That intro tone was mint. the bendy bit after the clean playing is the tone I'm currently after.
@benfrancoeur1913
4 жыл бұрын
Absurdity which fuzz was he using?
@cowieson
4 жыл бұрын
@@benfrancoeur1913 He was using the Sunface at that point
You guys do a kick ass job! Straight to the point and you both play tastefully, none of that sarcastic parodying lame humour stuff lol thank you!
@ThatPedalShow
7 жыл бұрын
+Mike Machado Music cheers Mike :)
when Dan hit the Thorpy at roughly 13:00 in, those first 2 chords were PURE DOOM PERSONIFIED!! (that's a GOOD thing!)
My favorite and current fuzz of choice is the Solidgold Rosie. I strongly recommend it for anyone looking for a MKII-style fuzz. It can go anywhere in the chain and works with wahs and compressors. It has a basscut switch that adds a lot of flexibility. With basscut on, drive rolled back, and volume cranked it's wonderful to push an amp.
Love that you have the Poppy on your guitar Mick!
That Sheriff 44 though. Maaaaan. Was anyone else listening to this with headphones and nearly DIED when the Octafuzz was kicked on?
The mind blown look on your faces when you started stacking the Octavia was AWESOME! Thanks guys. Large fan. Love the show!
Fast forward two years and Mick said he had no idea what to do with the Tru-Fi Zoso Fuzz. Which I had to buy after hearing. 🎸✊🏻
Another superb video, chaps. Two observations: 1) The Thorpy consistently blows the others out of the water; 2) The Strat consistently sounds better through fuzz than the Les Paul.
Nice work with the Remembrance Day poppy, Mick.
SG wins best bit of kit award on today's show. Awesome guitar
@pd4165
7 жыл бұрын
Les Paul.
People saying "I used to hate fuzz but........." I couldn't imagine having ever disliked fuzz.
Fuzz was the very first pedal I ever heard. Went out and bought a fuzz face mini and been in love since
That Fallout Cloud is perfection!!!
Mic, the bend you did at 27:20 was the coolest guitar sound I have ever heard
@ThatPedalShow
7 жыл бұрын
+Kelly Bouchillon Thank you Kelly! Listen to Michael Landau, Andy Timmons and Albert King. All infinitely cooler
Earthquaker Devices don't get enough love! Try the Terminal Fuzz, based on the Companion/Shin-ei circuit but with extra versatility and LOADS of volume on tap. Will take your head off! Another great show. Thanks chaps.
@reisskcev1334
7 жыл бұрын
I love my Terminal Fuzz... With a slap back delay before ... sounds
@VJLasorsa
7 жыл бұрын
I didn't bond with the Terminal Fuzz, SOLD
@songsfromtheclassroom9638
7 жыл бұрын
my whole board is starting to become EQD. So good!
@specialsnowfake6744
7 жыл бұрын
terminal- i can't imagine a really musical use for it for me, but each to their own. I have the park, the acapulco and the speaker canker from eqd. The speaker Cranmer is perfect for slightly breakup, keeps the tone, sensitive. for fuzz the acapulco is amazing. park/colby is good but the sustain splatters as it fades so it's not always usable for me.
@jackk9366
7 жыл бұрын
Bellows is my favourite.
Damn, Mick. That was some ferocious playing in the opening. I love that vibrato.
@ThatPedalShow
7 жыл бұрын
+Chord TheSeeker he's a bit good
Chaps, I have both a bc183l and an nkt275 fuzz face from 1968. You're welcome to borrow them for a show if you ever so desire
That Maestro Fuzz came from, oddly enough, a Country Music star who heard an old friend of mine (RIP) from church, who was an “A”-list engineer trying to repair a “broken circuit” in the recording console. The “star” was a guitarist and wanted “that sound” on his next album. Acting as though he was not surprised, my friend, Mr Glenn Snoddy (NOT “Snotty”!), immediately set about building a circuit in a pedal-friendly size for the upcoming recording. If I recall correctly, it was not used by the Country star, but the 1960s saw instant room for the device in Rock - without taking a razor to the amp speakers, a la “Rumble” (SO expensive!!!) - and the Maestro was quickly “purchased and packaged” and History was made! I met Mr Snoddy at church having just graduated university and beginning a singer-songwriter career in the early’80s - a certified Pop/Rock snob - the folks at church saying “you should get to know Glenn…he is ‘somebody’ big in the music business - An engineer in one of the studios here.“ That went right over my head because I thought, “oh, he would know Tons about rock music - Right !“ Yes. I was ignorant. Because of that attitude, he is more of an “acquaintance” I once had who probably could have helped me - and I know he would have. He was that kind of man; that is why I tell the story the way it was: Glenn Snoddy , a mild mannered gentleman from the South, who was humble to a fault, invented one of the most raucous pieces of kit in rock music history! There, Mr Snoddy. Would love to have heard more of your stories.
13:50 "YEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAA"
Love that one of you tweaks the knobs so we can see them while the other plays and we can hear the changes - an excellent move!
AM car radios in 1965 sounded very woofy and had to compete against road noise which is why Keith Richard's Satisfaction tone was so ground breaking because it jumped out of the radio and cut through the sound of the wind and the car motor noise. Today I don't use fuzz much except on the rhythm pickup single notes high up the neck for the hummingbird tone. Works good with a looper pedal with reverse for instant Jimified psychedelia.
When there are no guests it is so much better :)
Question: ''who on earth would use a Fuzzface for a clean sound?'' Answer: SRV and Philip Sayce did/does that ;-)
@ThatPedalShow
7 жыл бұрын
+AspiringGuitarist Exactly!
@tomaburque
4 жыл бұрын
And Eric Johnson for his cello-like tone.
@zerohourdrift
4 жыл бұрын
Tom A yes but that’s not clean at all😂
i'm using a fuzz face for my clean sounds ! always have actually ! it's why i struggle to change my setup because this setup is so practical and so addictive you find everything else sounding not natural and thin
@luisangelEXALTA
4 жыл бұрын
Which fuzzface do u recommend?
MICK! That tone right at the start is the tone I've been looking for all my life. That was god damn epic. The hammer ons / pull offs and that massive bend. Pure tone.
@aristotilus5188
6 жыл бұрын
Was that in the Victory of the Two Rock?
@ThatPedalShow
6 жыл бұрын
+Aristotilus It was both running together. Thank you!
@aristotilus5188
6 жыл бұрын
Righteous noise. Analogman can thank you guys, too. I'm getting myself a Sunface. It sounds like an amazing pedal and the perfect fuzz.
As always, great show, gents. I just ordered the Thorpy Veteran Ltd Fuzz (Rangemaster + Fuzz Face) - due in February - it's a great time for fuzz!
You guys ALWAYS make me so nervous, moving your priceless vintage guitars around so close together
I want All of those pedals! But, since I can only choose one right now, then I am going for the Sun Face!
Tonebender mk.2's always grab my attention - must add one to my arsenal one day ;-)
My favorite fuzz pedal is the Buzzz by Smallsound/Bigsound. If you haven't heard of Smallsound/Bigsound go check the knobs demo of the Buzzz and Mini
Jees Looeez, when the fuzz face kicks in with the LP, outstanding!
I was not convinced that I wanted a fuzz pedal but you chaps have gone and done it. You both play well but Mick, you were cooking.
Bert here... Ernie here ..This show is an amazing guitar player's Sesame street.
@Airel17
6 жыл бұрын
Daniel Martínez Giraldo lol only thing missing is the trash can grouch
Just yesterday, I bought a Germanium Fuzz Face Mini to put on my board for the second time. I've learned much about using the volume pot, impedance matching, and using overdrive in conjunction since my first rodeo with a fuzz face. Great video, as always. Lovely Jr. you got there, Dan!
Some fuzz suggestions Catalinbread: Antichthon (Fuzz/Trem with cool guitar interactions) Fairfield Circuitry: Four Eyes (crossover distortion), and Unpleasant Surprise (wat) Bearfoot FX: Candiru 5 knob fuzz (gated fuzz) Death By Audio: Supersonic Fuzz gun, Micro Harmonic Transformer, Waveform Destroyer Blackarts Toneworks: Fnord, and Destroyer Dwarfcraft: Necromancer, Earthquaker Devices: Acapulco Gold (One knob Sunn Model T power amp style fuzztortion)
@andrewbrehaut
7 жыл бұрын
A few more i forgot: Red Witch: Fuzz God II (biting silicon fuzz with oscilation and gating) DOD: Carcosa ZVex Fuzz Probe (fuzz factory with the theremin pad) Rainger FX: Dr Freakenstein Fuzz (oscilation, weirdness, modulation, big ass knife switch) Basic Audio: Fuzz Mutant
I just picked up a p90 SG and into a Big Muff wicker into a (billm modded) blues junior sounds incredible! It's always great to see p90s used in demos. They still seem like a massively underrated pickup. Top video
I love my fuzzez, and fuzz in generell. It was really fun o see the really old and real vintage fuzzez. Can't wait to see the comparison of todays fuzzez. I personally would love to see mad professor red fire fuzz, Zvex wolly mumote, and Swollen pickle by way huge!
I love that your strat is sporting a poppy on Remembrance day 11-11. 👍 As always great video guys.
Weirdest fuzz Dr. Scientist bit quest. I love that fallout cloud!
The guy with the les Paul... I had absolutely no problem at all on an impulse buy a few minutes later after hearing your ten seconds (-/+) of that fallout cloud.. it just nailed it for fuzz tone for me - there was a whole load of thin washed out fizzy, and then a beautiful depth when you got that fallout going.. instant...
@ThatPedalShow
6 жыл бұрын
+matt dillon Yeah baby! Nice one Matt!
A nod to JHS, I have the pollinator (germanium fuzz face), muffaletta (six classic versions of the big muff in one pedal plus JHS version) and the spitfire (tone bender). All my fuzz needs covered, cheers!
I went back to listen to Satisfaction to listen for the pedal click. I can't unhear it now
I'd super love a show on the more modern crazy self-oscillating fuzzes and/or other noise maker type pedals, I feel like you two would have a great time with that! Thanks for all the amazing content! :)
i gotta say it. man u guys have the freshest kicks and tone to die 4 man. thru good speakers listening to u guys makes me make that scrunch face when u hear that tone that hits ur soul
@ThatPedalShow
6 жыл бұрын
+Tone Fingerz ah, that’s awesome, thanks Fingerz :)
perfect timing guys! i was just checking out some fuzz circuits a few hours ago for my next build :-)
0:52 nice ascending Eric Johnson riff there..stealing it!😊well done!
"There's nothing with a joystick on there!"... yes! Do some comparisons with the likes of the Devi Ever crazy stuff and Fuzz Factory 7/Fuzz Probe and some of the EQD things or Dr Scientist. I love fuzzes, and much as I love the vintage stuff, I'd love a TPS comparison between some good classics and modern takes and the "goat-screamer" favourites. 😀
@Piplodocus
7 жыл бұрын
Wrote this part way through the episode, so YES PLEASE! Mental fuzzes: Z Vex Fuzz factory 7, and/or Fuzz Probe. Something Devi Ever? Truly Beautiful Disaster maybe? Subdecay Harmonic Antagonizer (or maybe noise box although that's discontinued and replaced by the HA). Dr Freakenstein something or other. Thanks guys! :)
@ludlow555
7 жыл бұрын
Piplodocus love Devi's stuff. I have a Fuzz Goddess Fathom that sounds like Neil Young doing "Hey Hey My My" just before his amp dies.
I'm a bit of a fuzz nut! Top 5 suggestions for another Fuzz show 1. ThropyFX Veteran - I already have one on pre order! 2. Earthquaker devices Spires (would be lovely to have some dual use pedals in the next show) 3. Amptweaker tight fuzz pro - does it really do it all? 4. Death By Audi Fuzz War - if it's good enough for Slipknot its got to be crazy 5. Dr Freakenstein Fuzz - just looks outta sight!
strat neck pup into 70's EHx big muff pi with sustain 0'd, tone dimed, and unity volume into a princeton 65 blackface with enough reverb to give you some space and chorus intensity at 6 and speed 0'd. favorite tone right now.
What a beatifull 61 sg Dan and amazing playing! You know your sh*t bro! Simply amazing
@ThatPedalShow
7 жыл бұрын
+stipeur ah, cheers bro ;)
You guys have turned me back on to fuzz tones. I'd turned my back on them literally decades ago. A couple of my drive boxes have a fuzzy edge them but I actually went out and bought one. Fire Cream from Tomsline. I think I lucked in with this one as it has plenty of fuzz but not over-harsh, creamy if you will. I read that it has Muff like characteristics... ooh errr Mr Martin !!!
I was just able to put my hands on a big germanium fuzz face its going to be really interesting to try it out🤘
My first pedal was a fuzz...not technically a pedal though, it was a small box that plugged directly into the output jack and the guitar lead plugged into the box. It didn't have a button switch, but rather an on-off slider. It was probably 1965 or early 1966...after, of course, Satisfaction.
Fuzz and p90s, man. There's just something about the way they react that's a different kind of magic. Love the "new" jr, btw
My favorite fuzz pedal? Starlight by Crazy Tube Circuit!!! Absolutely amazing fuzz pedal for soloing... Love it.
The content in this video is great. Really good examples with different pickups. To my ear the strat wins by a nose because the cleans are good thru the fuzz with the volume down and then as you turn it up it just becomes this gloriously thick tone that sounds just right. The SG with the dogear P-90 thru the Sunface with volume up on the guitar is like a fuzz tidal wave with a little bit of feedback. That is pure rock n' roll right there chaps! When you guys react to the tone with huge smiles and a bit of laughter you know the tone is killer in the room. Fabuloso!!
I only use a post-Austria-Hungary-ruled Czechoslovakian Little Nano Big Muff with the now-illegal Iranian TS-808 chip. It was made by albino children in the winter of 1982, and you can really hear that when playing with single coils.
hey Dan and Mick! My suggestion for the Far-out-Fuzz episode would be the Catalinbread Antichthon, it's a self-oscillating fuzz capable of doing whale and dolphin sounds, and responds in infinite ways to your guitar's knobs. It's as far out as it gets! I love mine.
My 69 Fulltone fuzz just stop working in a hot summer outside gig!! Something to consider if you want to use fuzz only. But a great fuzz face clone...
I'm thinking that the fuzz circuits have not undergone any real changes over the years except that the ones being built now days are often more carefully made and tweaked than the ones of antiquity. And that attention to detail has allowed transistor choices that would never have worked on an assembly line to produce real fuzz tones of the goodness we should expect. Hendrix sent techs to filter through hundreds of new fuzzes to find the magic single beast that graced his tone. And he had a guy tweak them any way! You can still buy a fuzz pedal and be disappointed if a transistor nerd did not customize the circuit for the transistors just right. So if you figure it's a magic fuzz pedal, , it is. And, I guess the reason fuzz is so freaking popular now is because of transistor nerds. I am one of those. Your welcome, Rock on.
Got a fallout yesterday, my fuzz quest is now complete! Awesome pedal!
I would love an episode on Treble Boosters! Great Job as always gents!!!
I'm glad you guys stayed with fuzz you know now what type of amp set up should be used
gents...this was a great comparison. the riffage at the end was killer. i'll be stealing some of those as soon as i log off here. well done!
Great video! I had a Fuzzbox in the mid sixties (unfortunately lost along the journey) that looked at from the side had triangular wooden side plates wrapped in tin - the footswitch was also made of wood (and it didn’t latch, natch). Two controls Volume and Sustain and overall painted royal blue. Strangest thing (with hindsight) that I’ve ever seen... I have a Sunface (with Sunface knob) handed to me by Mike himself, suits me very well (and you can turn the thing off via one of the knobs in case like me you are forgetful). Thank you, Pete.
You guys need to stop posting interesting videos, i NEED to study, I have 4 tests in a row next week
@daolchang
7 жыл бұрын
yeah, and I am watching these at work...man if I get fired how the hell am I going to raise money to buy pedals??!!
@daolchang
7 жыл бұрын
but mr bossman...these are so awesome... :´(
@mgscheue
7 жыл бұрын
Grading homework, here. Slows me down a bit but having this cheers me up.
@CammojoDragon97
7 жыл бұрын
as I write this it's 4am and I have not one, but FOUR unfinished essays due this week and an exam to study for :)
@WatchesnguitarsDK
7 жыл бұрын
Michael Masin Did you pass?
A strat into a dunlop fuzz will always be the best thing an electric guitar can do
Please! More fuzzy goodness as soon as possible. After three sleepless nights brought on by current events, I need more of the joy you give off when making awesome sounds. As for what fuzzes to look at, try almost anything by my favorite fuzz builder, Basic Audio. I guess the Scarab Deluxe is already a modern classic, but his Gnarly, Zippy, Foxey Lady, Pale Rider, Shorebird, etc. are all amazing. And please don't leave out Skreddy, whose fuzzes are tuned to perfection.
+1 for the poppy, improves the tone too :)
I play guitar; I follow the show always. Just because we all have curious souls: maybe an episode dedicated to bass pedals? A guest bass player and yourselves?
Another Fuzz episode! What a great Friday morning, thank you so much for doing this! I use a Devi-Ever Hyperion as my fuzz, sort of a Big Muff on steroids. Crank the volume, leave control around 9-10 o'clock, and let it rip into a semi-driven amp, and man is it screaming.
The best Fuzz I've ever heard that wasn't absolutely CUH-razy was the Fender Blender. What a pedal that one is. As far as an absolutely out there fuzz is the WMD Geiger Counter Distortion it has an adjustable 8-bit chip in it that you can like, attenuate the wave form that the 8 bit chip generates. Runner up is the Caroline Guitar Wave Cannon with it's havoc switch, such a cool company that caroline guitar.
I had an awesome Gary hurst design doubler. A fuzz and a switchable octave up. It was in a big plastic white case. They were being sold off quite cheap. Advertised in best instrumental I think. Oh How I wish I didn't give it away when I sold my 74 stat to help with the £2k deposit on my first house. I cry about it now and again. It was soooo good. 😭 great video btw!!
@hafstrat
7 жыл бұрын
Ps. When I knocked the guitar volume down it sounded sooooo good. Like a synth.
That intro gave me chills. Cottdamn.
For me, it begins and ends with a Analogman Sunface NKT 275 white dot and Tychobrae Octavia!
My first fuzz pedal was a Boss FZ-2. So my entire life I believed that fuzz was supposed to sound THAT shitty, and I stayed away from it for 20 years. But meanwhile I discovered nice tones from Fuzz Faces and Tone Benders!!
Nice touch to have the Poppy guys. I respect that.
@ThatPedalShow
7 жыл бұрын
+All for Tone Channel It means a lot to me, thanks.
This is too cool. At 18:50 Mick went totally Dire Straights Sultans. Great sound man!!!!
I know you guys have already done the follow up video with all the more modern style fuzz pedals, but if you ever re-visit the whole fuzz situation I'd love to hear your take on the Caroline Guitar Co. Shigeharu!
Satisfaction was not the first time people heard the fuzz sound. The fuzz for bass was "the sound" starting a couple of years before that came out. The bass solo for Don't Worry by Marty Robbins. That faulty circuit that caused that sound was reengineered for the FZ-1.
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+orlock20 didn't say it was the first time people heard it, I said it was the first hit record with fuzz
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That Pedal Show Don't Worry (1961) charted at #3 and used a preamp which the FZ-1 circuit is based on. The bass player also recorded The Fuzz (1961) with the same pre amp (mentioning that, because that's probably why the effect is called fuzz), 2,000 Pound Bee by the Ventures may have used the first FZ-1 and charted at #91 in the U.S. in 1962 when the FZ-1 was released. I Can't Get No Satisfaction hit number 3 on the U.S. pop chart and used a FZ-1.
Holy shit! Absolutely KILLER tones. I have to run and try this for myself. I've never ran a fuzz into a fuzz before. But I do have the Fulltone Octafuzz pedal and a Zvex Fuzz Factory. Promises to be a fuzz party! Thanks for another great episode!
strat > sunface > page > amp ... beautiful!
You should definitely do a video showing us both of your pedal collections, would love to see them :D
Was using a Fuzz Face pedal (Throbak Fuzz Haze) with a Les Paul last night at a jam for an upcoming show (Tragically Hip cover show Canada) and I have to say it was an amazing sound! It goes amazing with the Octafuzz and I have even managed to combine fuzz face and muff tones (JHS muffuletta). Love the Fuzz!
White Atom from Magnetic Effects is my fave fuzz. Also wanting their Solar Bender.
That opening jam was spectacular, Mick! Wow.