fuzz on have a cigar?

[paradigm_shift]

Anyone know which fuzz Mr claypool uses on their cover of have a cigar? sounds like its got some octave happenings in it? Off the miscellaneous debris so.

[chicago_mike]

I think at that time he was still using the ADA preamp. So it was off of that.

Or, an old systech harmonic energizer. A fuzz with a variable midrange basically.

[Fredenando]

David Gilmour original settings for this song:

HAVE A CIGAR

studio
Stratocaster, bridge pickup
- rhythm/main riff; Colorsound heavy boost with MXR Phase 90
- solo/rhythm fills; Colorsound heavy boost with MXR Phase 90

live
1975 (pre-release)
Stratocaster, bridge pickup
- rhythm and solo; Colorsound heavy boost and echo

1977 (post-release)
- rhythms; Colorsound heavy boost and delay
Note: Snowy White did all leads on this ’77 version.

Ih this site you can find all you need to know about David Gilmour gear, effects, settings and more:

Gilmourish.com

[Bob C]

That's great, but not what the OP is asking about.

[scottfeldstein]

Brilliant song. But the bass doesn't sound fuzzy, distorted or overdriven to me at all. It sounds like rubber bands, bungie cords and the sound of a tennis ball when you serve it. Very middy and solid state. I can sound just like that just by playing with a pick and maybe an EQ tweak on the MB500, no overdrive needed.

ADDED: Ok, I gave it another listen and maybe you're right. But it's not much!

[MonkeyBass]

From Bass Player Magazine:

KC: How do you record your basses?

LC: I go out of the back of my MESA/Boogie amp direct into the board. They pad the signal somehow. We've always put up a mike in front of the bass amp, but we've never used it--the direct tone sounds pretty good. Still, I'm never happy with my tone.

KC: What would you want more of?

LC: I don't know. Maybe more vavoom, or chaaaa.

KC: How did you get the wall of bass distortion on "Making Plans for Nigel" [Miscellaneous Debris]?

LC: We recorded that song as a B-side for Japan, but we hated the way it turned out. So I went into the studio with an old Syntrex Harmonic Energizer, which is the coolest pedal in the world, ran my bass track through it, and cranked it. You can distort specific frequencies with that pedal, and that's what gives the bass that strange buzzing sound.