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February 21, 2009 at 7:01 am #77783StankerbellMember
Okay, so I have an NYC Big Muff, and I love the sounds it makes, but I also need something a lot fuzzier. I hear the Double Muffs are pretty fuzzy, and I’ve listened to the demos. I also hear that the Russian Big Muff is pretty fuzzy, and have listened to the demos of those, too. I need some help from you cats as to which of these pedals will make the fuzziest sounds at the highest frequencies. Imagine throwing your capo on at about the 10th fret and playing chords up there. See, I play mandolin (solidbody electric), and some pedals just don’t “cut the mustard” on those tiny little frequencies, so any advice as to the fuzziest EHX I could pump my silly little instrument through would be quite helpful. I want people to be REALLY confused when I go from the clean, jingly sounds of elecric mando to an enormously fat, fuzzy sound. I want people to wonder, “Which instrument is making that sound?!” The NYC Muff helps, and I wouldn’t get rid of it for the world, but I need more.
February 21, 2009 at 8:18 am #93758julianModeratorI’d suggest a Big Muff Tone Wicker or Bass Big Muff with a Micro POG (Micro POG will get you lower notes, hence super fat and fuzzy)
February 21, 2009 at 2:33 pm #93762Fender&EHX4everModeratorI love a discussion that tries to quantify the state of “fuzziness.” 😆
I personally find that “fuzziness” is very much a contextual characteristic. Things sound fuzzier depending on what other sounds/textures they are juxtaposed with, or the element of surprise.
…and I also believe that higher gain will not necessarily accomplish more “fuzziness.”
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February 21, 2009 at 4:22 pm #93764electro-melxModeratormmmm…..I think you mean what I would call ‘gritty’ a big muff is super fuzzy but it’s not really gritty. I think the double muff is grittier, but not as fuzzy.
February 21, 2009 at 5:00 pm #93766John JMemberWhy not run a Double Muff into the NYC? You’ll have feedback issues, I can almost guarantee it, but that will be a true fuzz monster. The new Tone Wicker might also be worth checking out, you can bypass the wicker and the tone knob and get a super fuzzy mandolin. Also, the Metal Muff – while not technically a fuzz – can pump out some biting midrange snarl and has more gain than just about anything I’ve ever played. When you’re up so high on the fretboard, I find that the line between high gain distortion and true fuzz gets pretty blurry and in my experience, the Metal Muff can get pretty fuzzy anyways. It’s definitely worth checking out.
I also have to recommend the Zvex Fuzz Factory, just because it’s so cool and it sounds really close to what you’re after. There’s no real distortion characteristic to it, the box is pure fuzz right up the fretboard, and it can deliver pretty well any non-Muff fuzztone you’re after. With the two of them on your board, there’s nothing you can’t fuzz.
February 21, 2009 at 6:55 pm #93770JordanLikesToRockMemberI have a double muff and run it into my big muff sometimes and Im not sure I’d call it a fuzz monster. I would recommend the big muff with tone wicker, with the tone off you get some gnarley fuzz.
February 28, 2009 at 4:57 am #94048StankerbellMemberI’m thinking of bastardizing my all EHX pedal board with a Fuzz Face or a Fender Blender… Any thoughts or suggestions?
February 28, 2009 at 6:09 am #90595JordanLikesToRockMemberNothin wrong with a little fuzz face. Got one on my board.
February 28, 2009 at 11:26 am #94050electro-melxModeratorI have a Danelectro French Toast in the post that I picked up very cheap, it’s supposed to sound very similar to a Foxx Tone Machine, if so that should be pretty damn fuzzy!
May 16, 2009 at 8:43 pm #96773StankerbellMemberSo, after an incredibly long search, I found the fuzz tone I wanted. A cat named Stuart Bailey is building sone little fuzz machines that are almost TOO fuzzy. He built two custom ones for me and my guitarist because we offered him a hand built guitar in exchange. The two pedals actually have our band’s name on ’em and mine (since I play electric mandolin and people mistake it for a “small guitar” at our live shows) actually says “Frown Pow’r, Small Guitar Version”. His fuzz pedals are called Sunshine, and he’ll do custom graphics, but he said since he didn’t get to make any creative decisions on the guitar we built for him, we only got to dial in our sound and he would make the pedals look like he wanted them to look. Even the LED’s were a surprise color. As soon as I can, I’ll post a picture of the pedals, and if you ‘uns want, I’ll toss up a pic of the guitar we traded for ’em.
May 16, 2009 at 8:44 pm #96774StankerbellMemberOh, yeah. Got me a double muff too. It’s AWESOME!!!
May 18, 2009 at 4:18 am #96809ChumleyParticipantNice. I was gonna recommend a DBA Fuzz Gun, but you seem to have your bases pretty well covered.
May 28, 2009 at 12:59 am #97068BlueSteelParticipanthttp://www.beavisaudio.com/projects/FuzzLab/
I think this wins as the fuzziest of the fuzz!
June 2, 2009 at 7:19 pm #97254azraelParticipantI would suggest you try modding your BMP. 4 germanium diodes in place of the 2 silicon ones in the second clipping stage make it super nasty. I love it.
June 3, 2009 at 12:31 am #97276Ned FlandersModeratorSounds like you want a high gain fuzz face, its better for higher freqs than and muff which specializes in low end.
And for the low end department i would say get a woolly mammoth, you cant get any lower than that without being muddy, its intensely low. -
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