Hi, I have had this issue for while now and my solution is usually just to skip the fuzz all and all, but I really want to use my fuzz pedals. So here is the situation:
At home at a moderate level both my fuzzes [Big Muff an Woollyphant (POP mammoth clone)] sound awesome to the point where I can never decide witch one to use. Through both my Marshall AVT50 and Class5 they both rock. Then I get to band practice crank the amp and it sound thin and lifeless. Even when tweaking the controls on the pedals and the EQ on the amp, the life just never returns. When I switch on the fuzz, there goes my tone.
Do you guys think it is a head room issue? Of coarse the more the amp is cranked the more it drives, does this mean I should get a bigger clean amp? there goes my sweet clean-on-the-edge-of-break-up clean sound.
I think I have tried more volume less gain on the amp, but again there goes my general sound. (I might have to revisit this as I can't remember what the result was)
Does anyone have any good tips or is either the fuzzes I use crap (but they sound so good in the bedroom) and should my entire rig be re-evaluated to support a good fuzz tone?
At home at a moderate level both my fuzzes [Big Muff an Woollyphant (POP mammoth clone)] sound awesome to the point where I can never decide witch one to use. Through both my Marshall AVT50 and Class5 they both rock. Then I get to band practice crank the amp and it sound thin and lifeless. Even when tweaking the controls on the pedals and the EQ on the amp, the life just never returns. When I switch on the fuzz, there goes my tone.
Do you guys think it is a head room issue? Of coarse the more the amp is cranked the more it drives, does this mean I should get a bigger clean amp? there goes my sweet clean-on-the-edge-of-break-up clean sound.
I think I have tried more volume less gain on the amp, but again there goes my general sound. (I might have to revisit this as I can't remember what the result was)
Does anyone have any good tips or is either the fuzzes I use crap (but they sound so good in the bedroom) and should my entire rig be re-evaluated to support a good fuzz tone?