Cheap bass fuzz

[bthiemann80]

Looking for an inexpensive fuzz pedal to recreate a sound akin to the bass on Kings of Leon's "Crawl" or something to mimick a fuzzy synth bass. Looking at a Danelectro Cool Cat CF-2 Fuzz pedal, mainly due to low budget. Anyone have any experience w/ these pedals or other suggestions?

[megadan]

My pick for a cheap bass FUZZZZZZ with attitude would be the Guyatone TZ-2.

[oggdawg]

I have the Ibanez PD7. Cheap, and does the job. I think I got mine on ebay for $25 shipped.

[ThunderV]

You can pick up a big bass muff for about $60. More expensive than $25, but you can dial in anything form warm fuzz to overdrive to all out distorted fury. I spent over $100 on several "cheap" pedals. Finally took the plunge and could not be happier.

[RS]

Originally Posted by megadan

My pick for a cheap bass FUZZZZZZ with attitude would be the Guyatone TZ-2.

Ditto

[ThunderV]

Oh yeah, If you are looking for cheap effects. I am gonna get flamed for this but check out Behringer. Most of the behringer pedals are based on their Boss counterparts, with the exception of the cheap plastic housing. My 2 sense.

[Awesomenaut]

I think you'd be better saving up for a little bit and buying a quality pedal that will last you a long time versus buying a cheap pedal that may break and you'll end up having to replace.

If you can't afford a nice, new pedal, find one you like sound-wise and look around for a used one. Pawn shops, eBay, you local mom and pop music store, hell even Guitar Center sells used pedals.

[RCCollins]

bass big muff is hard to beat

[ThunderV]

Originally Posted by RCCollins

bass big muff is hard to beat

Thank you!!!!!!

[groooooove]

i'd go for some musicelectroniX fuzz...facedrive, or whatever the new name was for it, would treat you right..

[oggdawg]

The Ibanez tone lock pedals are built pretty solidly. Plus, the push-to-hide knobs are something that should be standard on pedals. Sometimes, cheap equals bad. Sometimes, it does not.

[Deluge Of Sound]

Originally Posted by RCCollins

bass big muff is hard to beat

Agreed.

[dkhp124]

Originally Posted by RCCollins

bass big muff is hard to beat

+10bazillion

[Pitbull Growl]

Check the classifieds here. There's like 25 different fuzzes available here @ any given moment.

[bassman1185]

I've got the Cool Cat Fuzz. From what I understand, it's essentially a reverse-engineered Frantone Peachfuzz, which is a $300 fuzz pedal. It's a decent pedal, but I'm not super big on the tone. It's a bit to raspy/trebly for my taste, but it might work well for getting a synthy sound.

If you're able to drop a few more bucks, the Bass Big Muff (as already mentioned) is extremely usable and sounds great.

[mellowgerman]

check out the fuzz I have up for sale. $50 shipped for a handwired, groovin fuzz.
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showth...t=#post8499869

[Floridabwoy]

yup... there is a nice Flowerpower fuz for $50 in the classifieds. It sounds pretty good. It acutally sounds amost identical to my Big Muff.

haha.... see post above

[tomhanzo]

Well you could try a ODB-3. I dont care much for them, but they sound a lot like that to me. They are super cheap off the Bay. Most shops have them for you to try too.

[ThunderV]

i think i saw a big bass muff in the classifieds for $50 shipped.

[Kromwarp]

Originally Posted by megadan

My pick for a cheap bass FUZZZZZZ with attitude would be the Guyatone TZ-2.

+1
My sentiments exactly. That or a Russian Big Muff for $67. A little more than the Danelectro, but it'll have you pretty much set in your fuzz department without an urgent need to upgrade