Fuzz Feedback Request

coldcraft · #1 02-11-2011, 11:35 AM

Hey Friends, Looking for some more feedback here. I've got a couple fuzz designs i'm working up, and I'm wondering what kind of sound and features bassists go for in their Fuzzes. Do you guys use fuzz? What do you like and don't like?

thanks in advance!

another question is, I've heard here and there than fuzz plus clean blend is killer for many bassists.

what about fuzz blended with a light Bass Overdrive?

BruceBass3901 · #2 02-11-2011, 11:45 AM

The Iron Ether Oxide is the flavour of the week in these parts

kbi the crowing · #3 02-11-2011, 11:45 AM

I'd like to see a fuzz with lots of low end that has a switch; one side has a smooth "muff-ish" full tone but flip the switch and you have a gated, gritty, but still low heavy fuzz.

warwick.hoy · #4 02-11-2011, 11:51 AM

Do you use fuzz? You crack me up (I use 3).

You'll probably get a ton of feedback,...fuzz is an addiction.

I'd like to see an active friendly fuzz face (I'm sure there are some out there but I haven't done the proper research).

I like fuzz that doesn't get lost (Muff circuit with Mid bump,...see EA Supercollider,...Fuzzrocious Grey Stache/Momster,...Blackout Effectors Musket).

bongomania · #5 02-11-2011, 02:10 PM

To find out whether we use fuzz (if you were asking seriously), check out www.bassfuzz.com run by TB mod grygrx. Yes, clean-blend is a great and appreciated feature, if it is done well. A very cool variant on that is where only the highs get fuzzed, and the lows are clean.

I'm nowhere near as fuzz-knowledgeable as some of our resident addicts, but for me I like to be able to hit two particular sounds:

1) Soft, smooth, pillowy fuzz with a big low-mid-hump so it can still be heard in a mix;
2) Filter-tuned fuzz like the Zoom Ultrafuzz or the Exar Superfuzz. If the filter could be pitch-tracking or envelope-controlled, that would be insanely awesome.

Eric! · #6 02-11-2011, 02:58 PM

clean blend shouldn't be necessary on an overdrive, IMO. if the overdrive acts like I want it, it'll be fairly transparent in tone and retain most or all of the low end.

as for fuzz, I like something that sizzles (year4545), but also a big boomy ballsy punchintheface (TAFM, Grey Stache, Gnomeratron). two fuzzes make me happy

My name is Mudd · #7 02-11-2011, 04:19 PM

My latest fuzz GAS is for a gated Muff-type that is active-friendly.

Eric! · #8 02-12-2011, 01:20 AM

Momster?

My name is Mudd · #9 02-12-2011, 09:37 AM

Definite possibility, but naturally Ryan's discontinued it now that I'm interested in one. Oh well, another reason to watch the classifieds here. Devi's US is another possibility - I like the velcro decay that one has.

wdinc01 · #10 02-12-2011, 09:41 AM

As per the TAFM, I quite like having two volume controls, one for the fuzz and one for the clean.

Other than that, just make it super heavy.

Eric! · #11 02-12-2011, 09:47 AM

I do like unique decays!
The Momster is being incorporated as a mod in the Grey Stache Plus, just a bit OT for clarification.

I like two cascading fuzzes, like I alluded to before. First, something that bites and slices, could be velcroy or full of oscillations. And then feed that into a big boomy wall of fuzzpunch. But I like still having articulation between notes. That's big. Generating a big ol' wall of sound isn't what I dig. Tone and articulation are the big things for me.