let's talk about some motherfuzzin fuzz pedals!!!!

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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    edited May 2017
    I found one of these babys in a little music store that used to be in Diamond Springs, CA for a very reasonable price (I think I paid like $20 or $25).  Not long after, the old tube went out and I replaced it and it's worked like a bull dog ever since.  Kind of sounds like an old bull dog, come to think of it.  Dirty, funky, get down in the grunge kind of pedal.  Lotta fun, this one.

    Edit: The Chandler Industries Tube Driver isn't a true "fuzz pedal" but I thought it worth mentioning here.  The fuzz pedal I really want is one of the home-made jobs that a guy I knew way back in high school used to make.  He even made his only little tin boxes (that doubled as a stash box) to house them in.  Loads of fuzz and peculiar in odor.  Sure wish I had one or knew where the guy is these days.


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  • dudeman
    dudeman Posts: 3,160
    I've been revisiting, or maybe rediscovering my guitar pedalboard lately. After much experimentation, I found that the Fulltone O.C.D. into the Homebrew Electronics Ultimate Fuzz Octave into the Dunlop 535Q wah gives me the best range of useful tones. The overdrive tightens up the fuzz a little and the wah sounds great by itself or with any combination of OD and fuzz.

    Btw, how's the Scarab working out, OP?


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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,082
    dudeman said:
    I've been revisiting, or maybe rediscovering my guitar pedalboard lately. After much experimentation, I found that the Fulltone O.C.D. into the Homebrew Electronics Ultimate Fuzz Octave into the Dunlop 535Q wah gives me the best range of useful tones. The overdrive tightens up the fuzz a little and the wah sounds great by itself or with any combination of OD and fuzz.

    Btw, how's the Scarab working out, OP?


    man, it is killer. i recently joined an original band and that pedal is my entire guitar tone in that project. I have switched from my 74 marshall jmp to my 1994 matchless clubman with the scarab deluxe, wah, trembletank reverb, and dr no driveomatic. I had to switch from the marshall to the matchless because my marshall was getting lost in the mix with the other guitarists playing a vintage marshall and an old hiwatt. i needed something to cut through the mix. basically my setup in that band is the matchless and the scarab deluxe on all the time, and i use the reverb and driveomatic to get a little different sound on some songs. the scarab is my favorite pedal. if someone told me a year ago that a fuzz pedal would be my favorite pedal i would not have believed it.
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  • earthquakes making waves
    earthquakes making waves Posts: 296
    SPACEMAN

    All of their fuzz pedals are amazing!
  • dudeman
    dudeman Posts: 3,160
    While not technically a fuzz, the T-Rex Mudhoney is a distortion pedal that gets well into Muff territory. This thing sounds absolutely massive with the gain and tone cranked. There is a little boost switch that gives nice, creamy OD when off. Turning it on unleashes loads of gain that crushes the input stage on my amp.

    I'm running mine with my bass rig with a hot rodded P-Bass or one of my custom ESPs. Driving the Mudhoney into a modified SansAmp BDDI is the best bass distortion I have ever heard.

    Worth a test drive if you find one in the wild.
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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,082

    forgot to add a pic of mine. he custom made it for me by taking a dremel to the case. I did not want powdercoated so he made the swirls into the aluminum casing.
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  • dudeman
    dudeman Posts: 3,160
    That looks awesome! I used to have a Martin ABG that had an aluminum top. They did something to it that gave it a similar pattern. I got a lot of questions, comments and compliments on that bass when I played out with it. 
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  • H.Chinaski
    H.Chinaski Brooklyn, NY Posts: 1,600
    Big muff all day
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  • Go Beavers
    Go Beavers Posts: 9,555
    H.Chinaski said:
    Big muff all day
    Until you hit two or more simultaneous notes, then after that Satan has taken over your guitar.
  • dudeman
    dudeman Posts: 3,160
    I love the idea of the Big Muff but I have sold or traded every version I ever bought. 

    IME, it doesn't play well with other pedals, completely squashes dynamics and gets really muddy very early in the gain range. 

    It's probably my technique, since I like what some others can do with it. I've heard them sound glorious. In my control, it is a wall of noise one trick pony. 
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