Frantone Lo Tone Classic Fuzz SOUNDCLIPS

[Mark Olson]

Ok just a few quick new soundclips, this time with no impedence trickery or bass cut EQs. The Lo Tone is known as a more subdued bass fuzz. It has tons of bass. You can make it more aggressive, I have found, with certain things in front of it in bypass (buffers) or a simple bass cut EQ. But I think the best way to get a more aggressive sound is just to play more aggressively. Here's what it sounds like with the gain at noon:

http://media.putfile.com/LoTone1

And here's with the gain cranked:

http://media.putfile.com/LoTone2

And some of my fuzzed out thumping and plucking:

http://media.putfile.com/LoTone4

I mostly do all these clips for myself to reference the tones I'm getting, and I figure I may as well share what I record, but if you want me to play a certain way you can let me know and I'll do so if I can find the time. I realize my approach to the bass isn't necessarily as useful to everyone else. And since I am trying to judge the tones I'm getting here myself any comments would be appreciated, positive or negative.

Fingerstyle clips with a dark sound gain at noon:

http://media.putfile.com/LoTone5

And the gain cranked:

http://media.putfile.com/LoTone6

Creamy sustain:


http://media.putfile.com/LoTone7

[Mr_Dave]

you had some previous clips of this pedal i remember? i dig it. sounds grunty. i wanna get one and just play slap lines

[Jared Lash]

What's with all the name changing goin' on around here?

JetPackBassist becomes TheBurgerMeister
00Funk becomes M.T.A.C
and now
assboglin becomes Mark Olsen

I have to tell you, I have a hard enough time keeping people straight as it is. . .

As for the clips, do you think you could do a couple fingerstyle ones? Maybe one with the gain at noon and one with it dimed?

I'm seriously looking at this pedal and the Bassweet to hopefully fill that spot on my board for a dark, deep wall of fuzz pedal.

[Jared Lash]

One other note, while it's a good sound on the clips, I have to wonder if it and the Box of Rock aren't a little redundant for you. I'll have to go and listen to those clips again, but I thought they sounded a bit similar as bass heavy, "slight amount of dirt" pedals though obviously the Lo-Tone is a light fuzz and the BoR is an overdrive.

Nice playing BTW. Always nice to see a nod to Jimi, especially on bass.

[bongomania]

What bass was used for those clips?

[bongomania]

Originally Posted by TheBigO

I have to tell you, I have a hard enough time keeping people straight as it is. . .

...so you just call everyone "Mary"!

[Jared Lash]

Ah the rare John Waters reference. . .

Not to completely derail this thread, but it reminds me of a story from a woman I used to work with. Both she and her oldest son taught at my school.

In any event, at Easter her daughter's boyfriend came over for the first time and she was introducing the family to him. In doing so, she mixed up the names of her oldest son, Mark and middle son John, who had come out of the closet the year before. Upon being corrected, she put her hands on John's shoulders and said with no pun intended, "I guess I'm getting old, I can't even keep my own children straight." There was a brief silence and then an eruption of laughter.

[Mark Olson]

Originally Posted by TheBigO

As for the clips, do you think you could do a couple fingerstyle ones? Maybe one with the gain at noon and one with it dimed?

I'm seriously looking at this pedal and the Bassweet to hopefully fill that spot on my board for a dark, deep wall of fuzz pedal.

I'll try to do some more clips for you tomorrow. I'll see how dark, deep, and big a sound I can get.

[Mark Olson]

Originally Posted by TheBigO

One other note, while it's a good sound on the clips, I have to wonder if it and the Box of Rock aren't a little redundant for you. I'll have to go and listen to those clips again, but I thought they sounded a bit similar as bass heavy, "slight amount of dirt" pedals though obviously the Lo-Tone is a light fuzz and the BoR is an overdrive.

Nice playing BTW. Always nice to see a nod to Jimi, especially on bass.

They are! I wondered if anyone would notice. I get really similar tones from them, don't I? They are very different boxes, I guess it just goes to show how much the tone is in the hands. What I plan to do is have them on two different sounding settings. What I'd really like is two boxes of rock I guess. I just haven't gotten around to that yet.

[Mark Olson]

Originally Posted by bongomania

What bass was used for those clips?

Fender American Deluxe Jazz with passive pickups.

[bongomania]

Ah- when you say "with passive pickups" do you mean you removed the preamp from the bass? The stock pickups are passive.

[Mark Olson]

I removed everything, the pickups, the preamp, the wiring, and redid it myself simply. There's no active or passive EQ on the guitar, just your typical standard volume volume tone control configuration. Sorry to be unclear. For these clips I have both pickups and the tone all maxed.

[The BurgerMeister]

thanks for the clips! again, you got a great groove goin'.

[Mark Olson]

Ok here's the clips of fingerstyle playing with me going for a dark, beefy sound. Unfortunely I don't think these recordings capture the girth of the tone that comes out of a rig. Oh well. Here's the gain at noon:

http://media.putfile.com/LoTone5

And the gain cranked:

http://media.putfile.com/LoTone6

[rasthedoctor]

Originally Posted by TheBigO

Ah the rare John Waters reference. . .

Not to completely derail this thread, but it reminds me of a story from a woman I used to work with. Both she and her oldest son taught at my school.

In any event, at Easter her daughter's boyfriend came over for the first time and she was introducing the family to him. In doing so, she mixed up the names of her oldest son, Mark and middle son John, who had come out of the closet the year before. Upon being corrected, she put her hands on John's shoulders and said with no pun intended, "I guess I'm getting old, I can't even keep my own children straight." There was a brief silence and then an eruption of laughter.

LOL, which reminds ME of the story of my family reunion when my brother met my Aunt's girlfriend for the first time. My brother, having one of the most atrocious case of FIMS (foot in mouth syndrome) of anyone I know, asked Nance, "where did you grow up?" to which she replied, "San Francisco."

...so he said, with complete innocence, "Ah! Home of the fruits and nuts!"

Shocked silence descended, except for Kay and Nance, who started whooping with laughter as my brother turned purple with embarrassment.

Hi-Lar-I-Ous!





Oh, and the clips sound great!

[Jared Lash]

Originally Posted by Mark Olson

Ok here's the clips of fingerstyle playing with me going for a dark, beefy sound. Unfortunely I don't think these recordings capture the girth of the tone that comes out of a rig. Oh well. Here's the gain at noon:

http://media.putfile.com/LoTone5

And the gain cranked:

http://media.putfile.com/LoTone6

Very cool. Thank you for that. It definitely has that dark sound that I like. I think I may go with a Bassweet because it has a more aggressive and higher gain sound while still having that rich, beefy tone, but if that doesn't do it for me, the Lo Tone is next in line.

[Mark Olson]

Glad to be of help. They're both great pedals. Good luck getting your tone down!

[Mark Olson]

Here's a quick clip of the creamy sustain this pedal can do:


http://media.putfile.com/LoTone7

[BobaMosfett]

It seems that the tone I've been hearing in my head wich I thought I could get with a nice overdrive is actually a mild fuzz. Great clips!

Now to sell my multidrive (great, but not what I really want) and get me a Lo-Tone!

[nickbear]

great sounding clips... i have managed to get a similar sound from using a throback EQ pedal and a marshall bluesbreaker pedal.. infact this combo of pedals gives me a great heavy overdrive/ mild fuzz sound.. but i might look into the frantone lo tone as i would love to get my sound in one pedal.

thanks again for your clips