I’m not really into fuzz, so I’ve only got 3 on my board.

@chefmcd7788

Жыл бұрын

Me too, band of gypsies FF, hizumitas, & Billy Gibbons signature octave fuzz.

@davedavem

Жыл бұрын

Me too, although I make sure they're all first in the chain.

@NintenDub

Жыл бұрын

I hate fuzz and I've got 4. Actually not true I only own 3 pedals and that's after 20 plus years of playing

@jamesonnewhouse1298

Жыл бұрын

Yea so I hate fuzz so I don't have any but I only one 2 'effect pedals' and another which is a good old boss tuner

@donaldjessop690

Жыл бұрын

Damn bro, must really not like it

What an honour 🤯😄 So much Fu💤 Thanks so much guys 🎸

It just works. You can do a classic fuzz sound with it but the Fuzz Face is also a great “always on” pedal to build off of

MXR wow! Love what pedal pawn is doing by the way, great sounding pedals

The JHS 3 series Fuzz has everything I want. The Fuzz Face’s fuzz setting dimed, the ability to control the input volume from the pedal not just from the guitar, the bias control, the output volume not being way too quite. The only thing that would be nice to have is a high pass filter but that is a very small thing

@zachary963

Жыл бұрын

I love my 3. It never leaves my board.

Great you guys. Fuzz of any variety is an acquired taste like wine and you can easily get addicted. Yesterday's EON sounded fantastic. anyway, I've been through loads of fuzz faces and have a couple of newish Germanium pedals (bought) that are killer and do the whole strat/volume knob thing. Germanium transistors are very sensitive to heat (think sun and outdoor gigs - the ff doesn't work): It's easier to get good silicon transistors so I've made a few Si versions myself. Think Time, Dark Side of the Moon. BC109s. There are some great youtube videos on how to play around with experimental breadboards and differrent component values.

I have had several of these pedals. When you play in a band the mini MXR Classic 108 is perfect ..Yes and with the buffer on to cut thru the mix. Cheap too at $100.00 USD

I have the MXR. The buffer switch is so you can place the pedal after a wah.

@GordonPavilion

Жыл бұрын

Nice!

For the TS, you should Track down a Seafoam Trident from a small builder in the US. Its a TS with 3 band EQ & drive knobs for each band of EQ. It has a sort of "Q" switch to control the EQ giving you a semi-parametric EQ on a Tube Screamer.

This has been one of my favorite videos so far. I didn't like fuzz for a long time. Then I started noticing more subtle ways to use it like Hendrix of course but also players like Paul Leary of the Butthole Surfers. I started using fuzzface types more like a tube screamer into an already overdriven amp or pedal. Set the fuzz relatively low and it becomes more of an ingredient, like a spice if you will instead of the main flavor. Using it this way into a cranked Marshall was Hendrix's secret sauce when it comes to overdrive tones. In the future, when doing fuzz demos I would like to see you guys run these fuzz pedals thru one or more of your British style amps when driven. Many players use fuzz like that. Thanks to Anderton's for having the best demos and videos on KZread.

@djaybeetoo

Жыл бұрын

i use my germanium fuzz face in a similar way, minimal fuzz and vol all the way up, you can get some nice harmonic effects from it

@davidforsythe8231

Ай бұрын

Lightly dialed in fuzz face with a AC30 is glorious! I am a yank but I love the brit amps 😂.

This young man has done a brilliant job, creating that Pedal Pawn fuzz. The best of the whole lot to my ears.

All this video tells us is how gorgeous the SV20H sounds. Killer amp!

@Strotophonic

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I think is destined to be a modern classic.........EASY!!

After listening/playing all kinds of fuzz pedals, I only use two of them. A Diaz Texas Square Face and a ZVEX Fuzz Factory. I love 'em for different sounds.

I love how Chris is able to instantly play to each fuzz pedal's strengths as if he's used them all for years.

@bingobongo1615

Жыл бұрын

Wasn’t a fun of his fuzz face playing but otherwise amazing. A fuzionato

That disappointment on the Cap's face when he turned on the JHS Smiley... Haven't tried that one, but the JHS Bender is freaking amazing, probably the best fuzz I've ever toyed with.

@joeydurant6267

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I wondered if I was the only one who spotted it... How he tried to be generous when asked what he thought of it... I preferred the 3 series personally. Which is good for me cuz it's def more in my budget. I aspire to eventually get a jhs pedal but am going to have to save for a bit and even then it counts as a major decision for me. They got me interested in pedals through these past couple years and some fairly insane circumstances in general so it's a whole thing to me... Sorry for the rant... Point was I saw it too... Also a bit later on when lee throws the jhs a bone about 'not sounding like the FF but more likely what he would buy personally' ... Stand up guy. Wanted to give Josh kudos.

@richardtownsend2150

Жыл бұрын

Love my Smiley, not sure they had the settings right but mine cleans up well

@dimsonvenus684

Жыл бұрын

The jhs 3 series fuzz is a fuzz face with variac controls.just turn the variac to min to have a pure fuzz face tone.the gain control is an extension of the guitar vol ..just like how you control the regular/ vintage fuzz face.thats why when you put the gain knob to min..you have no sound same as you dial the gtr vol to 0

@joeydurant6267

Жыл бұрын

@@dimsonvenus684 at this point my next investment is going to be some equipment for modding circuits and what not. I've never even really dabbled beyond wiring some pickups but I do understand more than I expected to when jhs talks specs etc. I feel like it's another thing I can learn the basics of with relative ease but then spend the rest of my life just toying with those very basic concepts and that is right up my alley.

@YaYa-ke1zr

Жыл бұрын

The 3 series fuzz is awesome… when it’s not transmitting radio stations.

The last bit of playing comparing the 3 fuzzes was fantastic! I find it really hard to chose between those 3 pedals as they all had amazing unique tonal qualities.

The EQD Dream Crusher V2 is a fantastic germanium fuzz face, the clean up is so wide ranging and for just having 2 knobs there's a lot of tone/drive/fuzz options.

Great episode Captain!

Fuzz is the pedal I have the most of and I still don't have all the fuzz pedals I want I have two Dunlop fuzzfaces a germanium and a silicon and probably another couple fuzzes based on the fuzzfaces i love how it cleans up

I suppose tone is subjective but that opening was not pleasant.

I've always dismissed fuzz pedals, as so many are just too square wave sounding. Never realized how much the fuzz face figured into some of the sounds I've loved for years. I checked out a lot of fuzz pedals. Came real close to getting a Dunlop mini germanium, or the MXR. Decided to get the Chase Tone Red Velvet with the BC183. Killer fuzz, and I was never a fuzz person!

Chris is a killer player. I do dig guitar into fuzz into wah as well, gets more filter sweep like to my ears.

The Pedal Pawn one does sound really nice. Along with the Square Face and the Red Dunlop.

One of my favorite Fuzz Face is the Pedal Pawn Fuzz. Just killer!

I have the Dunlop BOG Hendrix red mini and it is very controllable, All my fuzz pedaols are different, the BOG, Keeley Dark Side, Keeley Fuzz Head. They all go pretty well with my Tube Screamer

@Iggytommy

10 ай бұрын

The BOG isn't a Fuzz Face although Dunlop try to make it appear that way with the enclosure.

It is easy to be a "fuzzoholic" can´t get enough of fuzz =)💚🎸 Love cheers

Oh my, that Eric Johnson fuzz. Ok, now i have to buy a fuzz face!

that ending just says it all.... chris knows his stuff and his pedals prove it more than anything. That pedal pawn fuzz sounded almost identical to the vintage

Love my Analog Man Sunface NKT275 white dot from 15 years ago!

@mikejefferis2748

Жыл бұрын

I would to if I could get one. There's a waiting list longer than the Chinese phone book for them in Australia.

I can't be the only one looking at this dudes picking technique going WTF, I mean fair play he makes it work, but watching it makes my hand hurt and scatters my picks on the ground. 😂

@bballgod237

Жыл бұрын

lol legit the very first thing I noticed immediately as the video started

@randa4382

Жыл бұрын

Kimd of wish ya hadnt pointed it out. I have a weird technique as well so i tend to not even look at the picking hamd most the time... unless someone draws attention to the fact this guy plays like hes part dolphin... got a friggin flipper with a pick strapped on the end of it. I kid of course but lord it does look awkward and uncomfortable.

@gregmize01

Жыл бұрын

Dont watch Marty Friedman

@stratosexual1329

Жыл бұрын

He definitely doesn’t have a soft touch

Outstanding!

Fuzz face germanium has a reactive input. Low ohm makes big wild fuzz. Higher DCR tend to make them sound more driven. Evidence is having a parallel wired humbucker or pair of pickups is most fuzz.. I play with my humbucker junior quite a bunch with fuzz. Basically.. You find the lowest DCR combination your guitar has.. Set the fuzz so it doesn't oscillate there and use the volume pot and load switching to clean it up. I use the blue Panasonic carbon Zinc batteries for fuzz. I read it was an internal load resistance for the battery itself makes a more reactive circuit. Seems legit. Alkaline and plugged in to a power supply does different things. 21:20 Lee knows whats up and is just doing the thing. 23:38 PNP NPN on the same power supply... Without charge pump.. Like a simple Germanium fuzz.. Gonna burn some things.. Usually the modulation effects. I just use the Battery with GErmanium FUZZ The mini fuzz in red was by far the best

Love that Fuzz. I play a lot of music from the 60's and 70's. Got to have that Fuzz.

I’ve got one of the last dennis cornell fuzzfaces. Such a lovely pedal. Ballache that the input and outputs are the wrong way round 🤣

Great stuff but wished you did the clean up tone(roll off volume) on each pedal ... for me that's a massive plus if it cleans up nice 👍

DOD Carcosa is a very adjustable, useable fuzz. My favorite I've tried after quite a few.

@TheKaptainKernow

Жыл бұрын

This is the correct answer, and the correct fuzz

Nice pedals i ❤ Fuzz! 😊

I’m a fuzz fan and out of the 7 or 8 pedals that I own, my favourite is the Pedal Pawn. The Earthquaker Devices Black Ash is my second favourite but it’s not very well built and keeps failing on me.

The first one really sounds like early Hendrix! Those transistors make a difference.

How in the world did you guys know I needed this exact video!?!?!

Did they mention what transistors are in the red one? I think I missed it if they did.

Geeat video about my one of my favourite subjects

Wow, from where I'm sitting the red mini took it all. You could hear the beautiful breakup on the sustain at 53:57 for just a second- not fizzy at all, perfection! 53:18 on that lead line...

Best channel ever.

The buffer on the MXR - buffer on if you use a buffered signal, like from anather pedal or active pickups?

i biught blue baby fuzz face ..not sure difference from red. but its amazing..i can hear a phaser effect and creamy . controlling the punch from the guitars volume is absolute

Im hearing Josh’s and the red Dunlop sounding very similar. I think Josh built his off a Fuzz Face he actually has? So it could be different from the grey reissue they’re comparing to. But like they said, fuzz’s are inherently all different even if built same factory in the same week or day lol

Also the best i can tell is mitchells music is now heros sports bar... they seem to have a music venue though... and maybe not the best neighborhood cuz most of what i found was about patrons getting shot.

If you want a creamy best feeling fuzz ever then go for Dunlop fmm4 Joe Bos or even better the catlinbread 5f6 red light, it will blow ur mind and can be sculptured in tone anyway you feel

The pedal pawn was probably the best really I've got the Dunlop germanium fuzzface mini and a full size Dunlop silicon Jimi Hendrix fuzzface and neither of them sound the same all the time it's weird like they decide if there gonna sound great or suck that day and amplifiers make a huge difference between them

@seanjessie9921

Жыл бұрын

Exactly my experience with mine. I have the Hendrix mini and the Band of Gypsy’s mini as well. I also have the Jhs Bender, Wampler velvet fuzz and the jhs muffuletta. I have an addiction lol. The Bender is by far the most consistent of them all. When they’re on they’re on, but when they’re off, I want to sell them!! Haha. Kinda like golf. You hit that one good shot and it makes you go back. That’s my experience with my fuzz faces. I love ‘em though!

Somehow, I got stuck on Norman Greenbaum’s “Spirit in the Sky” tone today. Ended up ordering a Keeley Fuzz Bender because of it.

@realdmc

Жыл бұрын

@@theAxehound You’re right. It was a custom-built fuzz built into the Telecaster. However, hearing the Keeley, and with it having the ability to change the bias and shape the tone, it sounded pretty close. Andy over at Reverb did a demo a few years ago and that was the first song he played using it.

Listen to the solo on "Tightrope" if you want to hear SRV's Fuzz Face sound.

For me, fuzz is not about the sound, but about the feel. None of the fuzz pedals I've heard on KZread do any justice for how it feels to play them in your rig.

This episode was pure Fuzz Face -esque : bloated, chaotic, funny and yet inspiring. Well done!

I don’t adore Strats, but those banana yellow cream ones are just gorgeous.

You need to demo the JHS Muffaletta !

Try using the normal input on the Fender next time. It has no bright cap and can work better with overly bright fuzzes.

I have a silicone fuzz face mini. Obsessed with it. But the red mini and the PP Fuzz just sounded mega. Is it ok to build a board purely with Fuzz Pedals?

I once had a conversation with my best mate in the middle of English where I was talking about how I had recently had to replace a broken nut on my 1991 Mexican strat (a seriously underrated guitar) with a cheap one due to time restrictions before a gig, leading to the guitar just not sounding as creamy as before. I’m sure you can see where this is going. Because my mate already knew the context for this situation, I was not very careful with my wording and got some very dirty looks from my teacher after I blurted out “I just don’t feel as creamy since my nut got busted” in the middle of a GCSE revision session.

The pedal pawn fuzz is absolutely great, i' ll never sell mine !

The buffer is for the input, not the output, so some wah pedals placed in front of the fuzz - when turned on with the fuzz - don't result in an oscillation effect... buffers in the wah help this too...

@mikejefferis2748

Жыл бұрын

Yeah. I thought they should have known that.

Got an original from the 60’s, when it works it’s the greatest Fuzz pedal ever!

@TheRickJames09

Жыл бұрын

I'd be more than happy to take it off your hands if you ever wanna sell it, working or not ;)

@BruceHamiltonmusic

Жыл бұрын

@@TheRickJames09 Thanks, but it’s staying with me till I’m in the ground!

Does anyone know where captain got his pickguard for that fender? It's concave.and it looks really cool.and I've searched high and wide on the internet for a concave pickguard and never found it.ive thought that it's happened naturally, but I just don't believe that.it has to be the pickguard, and it had to have come that way.its reminds of the edges of a Les Paul, when they call it "cupped" or "teacupped" edges on the body.if anyone knows,that'd be great

@andertons

Жыл бұрын

It is an old pick guard - maybe 25 years, from an Italian brand. It is cupping & has just done it over the years

I bought a red mini Fuzzface. Incredible pedal but I had to contact Dunlop...... Me: I have recently bought mini Fuzzface and I'm really disappointed with the adhesive that hold the plastic bottom to the unit. It's useless and the unit slips around on it, the glue gets on the velcro on my board and my fingers and if I move the pedal on the board the plastic comes off and pulls off the battery cover. Any suggestions? Dunlop: Sorry to hear about the troubles with your pedal. Velcro adhesive does not adhere well to the rubber on the bottom of our pedals. We typically suggest removing the bottom plate of the Fuzzface and flipping it over so that the exposed pedal side is now on the bottom for a better surface for adhering Velcro to. Me: Many thanks for getting back to me. I’ve done what you suggest but have had to take off the rubber bottom completely as the supplied screws are not long enough if I simply flip the base over. Now to ensure the battery cover does not fall into the unit it stands slightly proud on the metal plate so I’m going to have to see if my velcro is thick enough to hold to the pedal board. Surely it would be much better to supply the rubber bottom as an optional extra like other manufacturers do with their stick-on button feet? I’m covered in glue again

Guys for me the only one fuzz pedal is from black arts toneworks pharaoh.😃

Hey guys, are there any rumors on a replacement of the American original series?

Lol his face when Captain plays… he can’t control his excitement.. he can try to stop smiling but it won’t work he can try to keep his eyes in one spot but he doesn’t know where to look lol

I’m stuck between the big muff violet rams head, Hendrix fuzz face, or red fuzz face!

I'm not sure if anyone's mentioned it but I believe a group of pedals like you referenced should be called a Board of Pedals, right? 🙃

Nice job! Though I don't think you spent quite enough time tweaking each. but as presented, here's my cork sniffing results: The grey 66 had a thick yet articulate sound . The Red FF sounded like the grey, submerged in oatmeal. The Dunlop and MXR were surprisingly good. Disappointed that the JHS pedals sounded like a swarm of angry bees. I was also surprisingly disappointed in the Boss FZ1. The Pedal Pawn had a nice articulation, though perhaps not quite the same thickness as the grey. But overall a very useful musical tone. Well done. In every case the Marshall sounded better than the Fender

I love the MXR if met it at a party I'd ask it for a dance

A pity you didn’t set up a loop switcher.

Actually, the very first Fuzz pedal was the Maestro FZ-1 Fuzztone, it's the pedal that started it all off in the first place.

@Iggytommy

10 ай бұрын

I'm sure Lee said that

@6:15 Wait.. when Chris says "em kay 1.5 tonebender," isn't "MK 1.5" short for "Mark 1.5"? They're not initials that stand for something, right? Am I taking crazy pills?

@ttswan

Жыл бұрын

You're right, it's MK (for Mark) 1.5.

I don't think the buffer would matter as much with a silicon fuzz....just doesn't behave the same as Ge

I want the JAFOD shirt!

@andertons

Жыл бұрын

(we sell them... in 3 different colours too)

what about swollen pickle or iron fist ?

Seemed like he kept adjusting guitar volume which didn't help for some of the comparisons. Basically confirms you can only discover fuzz by testing yourself, with your gear. As good as these sound in videos, there's just too much variance with how these interact with amps, guitars, other pedals, etc.

A preponderance of pedals

For anybody looking to get their feet wet with a fuzz pedal, Behringer makes a lovely sounding fuzz for 29.00.

@gregmize01

Жыл бұрын

Super Fuzz! Literally a classic pedal!!!!#

@angrycumbrian395

Жыл бұрын

It’s the Behringer one I thought twice about giving to my son, but a big muff on ebay solves that.

3-Series Fuzz, Smiley & FZ-1W we're specifically designed with extra gain & volume, and for the treble to retain texture over the entire volume spectra. Matching an old fuzz face circuit requires turning everything down to match the tonal properties. They spent a lot of years & money studying the circuits to make this happen. Pushing everything at high gain & volume on the pedals, the amplifier will need adjusting to match that high output.

Why is Chris only using the neck pickup? That only makes things more bassy and boomy

@elwolf8536

Жыл бұрын

He's over rated

mxr buffer is designed so the fuzz behaves with a wah pedal ..cheers

I have a Jimi Hendrix model Fuzz Face and it sounds so much better than any of the pedals in this demo except the Boss Waza. The others all sound way too compressed. I don't know if they were mic'd up or direct into a mixer but they sound terrible. I guess you had to be there.

@CorbCorbin

Жыл бұрын

I have the JHF1 from 2008, when they first were released, and I think they all sound like crap, compared with it. The MXR 108 does not sound like the 108 in the JHF1 when I’ve A/B’d them. The Boss sounds bad to me. I’d rather use a Boss FZ-3, from the late 90’s. Much better unit.

Why you never talk about KR fuzz and Gypsy Fuzz? The are amazing. I have both, i have even AnalogMan bc108, RM axis fuzz. The are all incredible.

Anyone have the SM Fuzz? Overpriced? Good?

33:11 - The little red one isn’t smiling. 😯 But I am.

When im on my death bed,I'll be thinking of these 54 minutes I wasted waiting for you to discuss the Marshall feckin Supafuzz! Aaarrrgghh!

Fuzz in isolation is a completely different animal to one in a mix. Hendrix for example placed the fuzz tone in a tone pocket and the another 2 instruments are either out of the way or reinforcement. Gilmore almost kinda doesn't sound like a fuzz. I keep putting one back on the board and then find it hard to use in reality. Definitely a love hate thing for me.

@CorbCorbin

Жыл бұрын

Jimi ran a Wah>Fuzz Face>Octavia>Uni Vibe(eventually)>Amp

@roscius6204

Жыл бұрын

@@CorbCorbin and your point is? I think you totally missed mine.. also I'm pretty confident that he used combinations in different ways.

Hi, I heard that if you use carbon zinc batteries instead of alkaline it sounds better, is this true?

This demo would have been better if Chris played the similar licks and volume levels on the guitar for all the pedals

The buffer on the BC108 is there so it will work with a wah pedal better. Fuzz likes to be first in line, but if you want to use a wah pedal running the fuzz into it instead of the other way around creates untamable chaos. So- you put a buffer on the fuzz so it sees the same strength signal as would come from your guitar- you fooled the fuzz into thinking it's first in line and it works much better. Didn't they make a version of the 108 with a germanium option on it? I thought they did- but now I can't find that version anywhere- they all just have the buffer option. Which kind of makes sense, if you're going to call it the BC108 it should have a bc108 silicon trans. in it, but I swore I saw someone demo a version that had a germanium option on it.

@Iggytommy

10 ай бұрын

There's never been an MXR 108 germanium version. Originally the MXR Classic108 Fuzz was in a larger sized enclosure only - same color enclosure as the mini one. They have the same circuit as the Dunlop JH-F1 silicon Fuzz Face but with a buffer added. 108 alludes to the BC108 silicon transistors. Dunlop do several different types of Fuzz Faces: the red one is the germanium one.

FWIW, my 1970 Fuzz Face (silicon BC108s) would absolutely not work below 60 degrees F.

Fuzz is a way of life

The Boss sounded great.

The Captain on form 😂

Describing good driven tones is hilariously ineffectual... theres a dethklok song called "gut punch balls explode" i believe.... thatll do it. (Tone batteries was uttered as i typed that)

Collective noun for a group of pedals? How about a STOMP?

A "Stomp" of pedals!

No tc electronic Rusty Fuzz??