Fun Fact: Buzz From The Melvins...

Deluge Of Sound · #1 03-15-2009, 03:02 PM

uses the oft-derided ODB-3.

" I’ve been using Boss bass overdrive pedals [the ODB-3] for a long time because they’re easy to find everywhere and I think they sound better than the guitar pedals."

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyl...buzzo-lays-do/

The whole interview is actually pretty cool, for anyone who is interested in the Melvins.

beyondthe48 · #2 03-15-2009, 04:08 PM

cool interview

skulletwhip · #3 03-15-2009, 05:48 PM

Melvins Rule.....Its in the Bible somewhere.......toward the back.

whoatherechunk · #4 03-15-2009, 06:10 PM

i like the mlevins but buzz seems pretty stupid.

RCCollins · #5 03-15-2009, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by whoatherechunk

i like the mlevins but buzz seems pretty stupid.

isn't that what they're about?

whoatherechunk · #6 03-15-2009, 06:17 PM

hahah i suppose.....

yeoldefortran · #7 03-15-2009, 06:23 PM

yes, but his tone doesn't really do it for me anymore. I wish he would go back to rats and marshalls... Jared's sound on the other hand is pretty awesome. It can get buried in the live mix, but it's so good on record!

nickbear · #8 03-15-2009, 06:35 PM

i really like the melvins... seem them many times..

the last 2 albums are close to being my favourite mevlins albums...

i enjoy buzz's sound.. it goes well with jareds bass sound moreso than some of their other bassists

skulletwhip · #9 03-15-2009, 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by whoatherechunk

i like the mlevins but buzz seems pretty stupid.

care to explain?

fake-bass · #10 03-15-2009, 06:48 PM

Buzz's current live sound is awesome!

I saw them a few months ago and he was using Marshalls, Gibsons and a Travis Bean guitar i think.
any way, it was awesome.

Deluge Of Sound · #11 03-15-2009, 09:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skulletwhip

care to explain?

Yeah, I'm not following that one either.

Mudfuzz · #12 03-15-2009, 10:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by whoatherechunk

i like the mlevins but buzz seems pretty stupid.

He's from Mccleary, that is just how they talk out there

4stringmangler · #13 03-15-2009, 10:45 PM

i have been a huge fan since ozma, i saw them on the nude with boots tour, man they kicked some major arse.

dunce180 · #14 03-16-2009, 12:39 AM

I use the odb 3 on guitar aswell. Sounds great into a tube amp. You can get a nice marshall drive when going into a solid state amp aswell. I like it alot better than the ds 1

Grimoire · #15 03-16-2009, 04:13 AM

Great band, but this current incarnation does nothing for me. When they move on, and Big Business are out, I look forward to them returning to form.

GOLGOTHAN · #16 03-16-2009, 09:15 AM

melvins = awesome
big buisness = awesome
big bisness + the melvins = meh...
melvins + fantomas = f#cking Awesome!

bovine mind · #17 03-16-2009, 01:20 PM

i'm with him on the ODB3. i still haven't found a bass specific "overdrive" pedal that can get as nasty and retain hi clarity quite like it. it can sound harsh, but i dig harsh, especially when used to cut thru a band setting clogged with guitars & synths. my only complaint is i'd rather it not be another boss pedal. it'd be nice to find something a little more vintage or obscure with a similar mid-scooped high gain, punchy tone.