The ultimate fuzz thread

MIKA-the-better-one · 2010-08-13T12:28:20+00:00

This thread hopefully should just be added to..... it can be where people can check out all types of fuzz's........ post videos of there favourite etc etc...... Fuzz faces, tone benders, Fuzz factories........ you name it I have also found there are so many fuzz's out there built by so many each sounds so great...... firstly what is the difference between a fuzz face, tone bender, suppa bender etc etc??? I have the basic concept down but perhaps someone can explain it further. To kick off this hopefully enjoyable thread here is a kinda rundown of some different fuzz's Thats a fuzz I like.... quite a bit

Stoner-Riff

Mr T wrote So I take it you love fuzz then? ? I do too! ?

I think you missed two types of fuzz:
Octave Up Fuzz - Roger Mayer Octavia
Octave Down Fuzz - MXR Blue Box

I do - i really do love the fuzz . . . on a guitar tone, not my GF ?

I do not care for the Octave Up thing - makes you sound like Zakk Wylde - Dr Octavia from the Mafia album.

I do however have a modded Blue Box.
I honestly can not remember what the mod is called, but it is the most popular mod among the pedal builders out there.
I bought it 2nd hand in the US (+/- 2008), and all i can remember is that it is some sort of clarity modd.
I never A/B'ed it with a stock one.
I also never use the octave down part, just the fuzz.

Same with my old Dunlop Jimi Hendrix Fuzz wah - i only use the fuzz part of the pedal, not the wah.

Mr-M

Stoner Riff wrote I do not care for the Octave Up thing - makes you sound like Zakk Wylde - Dr Octavia from the Mafia album.

I do however have a modded Blue Box.
I honestly can not remember what the mod is called, but it is the most popular mod among the pedal builders out there.
I bought it 2nd hand in the US (+/- 2008), and all i can remember is that it is some sort of clarity modd.
I never A/B'ed it with a stock one.
I also never use the octave down part, just the fuzz.

Same with my old Dunlop Jimi Hendrix Fuzz wah - i only use the fuzz part of the pedal, not the wah.

I tend to think of Octave up as Jimi Hendrix more than anything as well as the dissonant ring mod tones many of them can get. I love my Catalinbread Ottava Magus V1 and the chaos I can conjure with it stacked with another fuzz.

The Blue Box has a slight volume drop even with the volume maxed, so the mod involves cutting one cap off the board to slightly increase volume (and some say it adds clarity too). It does definitely change the tone a bit as well.

Stoner-Riff

Mr T wrote
Stoner Riff wrote I do not care for the Octave Up thing - makes you sound like Zakk Wylde - Dr Octavia from the Mafia album.

I do however have a modded Blue Box.
I honestly can not remember what the mod is called, but it is the most popular mod among the pedal builders out there.
I bought it 2nd hand in the US (+/- 2008), and all i can remember is that it is some sort of clarity modd.
I never A/B'ed it with a stock one.
I also never use the octave down part, just the fuzz.

Same with my old Dunlop Jimi Hendrix Fuzz wah - i only use the fuzz part of the pedal, not the wah.
I tend to think of Octave up as Jimi Hendrix more than anything as well as the dissonant ring mod tones many of them can get. I love my Catalinbread Ottava Magus V1 and the chaos I can conjure with it stacked with another fuzz.

The Blue Box has a slight volume drop even with the volume maxed, so the mod involves cutting one cap off the board to slightly increase volume (and some say it adds clarity too). It does definitely change the tone a bit as well.

Ahhhhh, that could deff be it you know !
As there is no volume drop in mine.
I can easily get unity volume on my 'lil Blue Box.

This thread allready gave me GAS for even more fuzz.
I am leaving SA, on Monday, for the next six months (i do contract work) and it will take me to the US (San Fran) & later Ozz & NZ.
I hope to go to TymGuitars . . . as they build some very interresting boxes.

http://www.tymguitars.com.au/?page_id=620

ftcl

Mr T wrote
Stoner Riff wrote I do not care for the Octave Up thing - makes you sound like Zakk Wylde - Dr Octavia from the Mafia album.

I do however have a modded Blue Box.
I honestly can not remember what the mod is called, but it is the most popular mod among the pedal builders out there.
I bought it 2nd hand in the US (+/- 2008), and all i can remember is that it is some sort of clarity modd.
I never A/B'ed it with a stock one.
I also never use the octave down part, just the fuzz.

Same with my old Dunlop Jimi Hendrix Fuzz wah - i only use the fuzz part of the pedal, not the wah.
I tend to think of Octave up as Jimi Hendrix more than anything as well as the dissonant ring mod tones many of them can get. I love my Catalinbread Ottava Magus V1 and the chaos I can conjure with it stacked with another fuzz.

The Blue Box has a slight volume drop even with the volume maxed, so the mod involves cutting one cap off the board to slightly increase volume (and some say it adds clarity too). It does definitely change the tone a bit as well.

I removed the cap on mine, and imho it made very little difference volume wise... In fact, I thought it sounded a lot thinner, and less synthy. So I reversed the mod. :-\

Mr-M

Stoner Riff wrote This thread allready gave me GAS for even more fuzz.
I am leaving SA, on Monday, for the next six months (i do contract work) and it will take me to the US (San Fran) & later Ozz & NZ.
I hope to go to TymGuitars . . . as they build some very interresting boxes.
http://www.tymguitars.com.au/?page_id=620

Enjoy your trip and bring back some cool fuzz boxes! ?

ftcl wrote I removed the cap on mine, and imho it made very little difference volume wise... In fact, I thought it sounded a lot thinner, and less synthy. So I reversed the mod. :-\

Yeah, I don't like the tonal effect the mod has either. The slight volume increase can make a difference in some rigs, but for me not so much (and I see the same for you). Still a cool pedal though. I prefer it stock with a boost pedal after it.

shadow1

Serioulsy special twosome.... Had it for a few days now and I really like its sound... more MUFF style but sounds the best to my ears between my mxr 108 classic fuzz and the fuzz factory.

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