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03-25-2008, 02:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Davenport, IA | | | Master Fuzz List
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Is there a Master List of fuzz pedals that are either bass-centric or work well with bass?
I propose we create one, so that our collections can grow inversely with our wallets. I suppose people could add information for the pedals they add to the list, as well, giving people a good way to read and discover what sort of pedal may fit the tone they're looking for! What do you guys think? Do I have to start? |
03-25-2008, 02:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Guildford / Exeter | | | Good stuff... I'll be needing a fuzz now that my BYOC Large Beaver refuses to work.
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03-25-2008, 02:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Oakland, California, USA | | This is like a more focused version of the "Distortion Megathread," designed strictly for fuzz pedals. I'm not quite sure this would be a redundant thread or not. 
Well, I might as well get the list portion started, right? 
Chunk Systems Brown Dog -
Colorsound Bass Fuzz Colorsound Tonebender - Similar to Big Muff, but less chaotic and more defined at high gain. TONE: Vintage, warm, high-gain. EHX Big Muff (Original and USA Reissue) - Classic original, known for its thick tones and high sustain. TONE: Vintage, warm, high-gain. EHX Sovtek Big Muff - Discontinued version. TONE: Vintage, harsh, high-gain. EHX Russian Big Muff - Russian version of Big Muff. TONE: Vintage, harsh, high-gain. EHX Little Big Muff - Smaller Big Muff reissue. TONE: Vintage, warm, high-gain. Maestro Brassmaster - Vintage, discontinued pedal with octave fuzz characteristics. TONE: Octave-up, vintage, high-gain, blend control. Malekko B:Assmaster - Brassmaster clone. TONE: Octave-up, vintage, high-gain, blend control. MXR Blowtorch - Fuzz pedal with strong midrange. TONE: Modern, synthy, mid-focused, moderate gain, blend control.
MXR El Grande Prescription Electronics Depth Charge - Based on Brassmaster. TONE: Octave-up, vintage, high-gain, blend control.
Tonefactor/Mojo Hand Huckleberry Univox Superfuzz - Vintager, discontinued pedal. TONE: ? Way Huge Swollen Pickle - Discontinued pedal. Based on Big Muff? TONE: ?
Zoom Ultra Fuzz Z.Vex Woolly Mammoth - Industrial-sounding compact fuzz. TONE: Modern, synthy, gated.
I'm not really sure how to handle this list.
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03-25-2008, 02:45 PM
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EXAR pedals rep for North & Central America | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: PDX, OR | | | I can see having a list in order to narrow the field down to "bass friendly" fuzzes. But it seem to me like lots of people are content to use fuzzes which lose some lows, or are prone to posting "I gots a XYZ pedal its great" even if they don't quite know what they're talking about (no offense to noobs, we were all noobs once). So that sort of begs the question of whether the list will be vetted, and if so, by whom.
Also I know the list would be most helpful to seekers if it included more info, such as a link to the maker's site or a link to a fan page about the pedal or a link to an informative TB thread about it. Also a reference such as "muff variant" or "fuzz face variant", or rare/common/vintage/current production etc. |
03-25-2008, 03:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Guildford / Exeter | | | Good point...
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03-25-2008, 03:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Manchester, U.K | | | Boo has obviously elected himself as list manager :P
Tonefactor/Mojo Hand Huckleberry
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03-25-2008, 03:46 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Rhode Island, USA | | If you nominate a fuzz, you should probably give it some sort of qualitative description, or we could come up with a defined set of adjectives, such as smooth, harsh, synthy, gated, etc. If you say that a fuzz pedal is bass-friendly, you can prove it by providing clips. For example: Devi Ever BIT : gated, harsh |
03-25-2008, 04:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Oakland, California, USA | | | I started editing the list, and I'll work on it further when I get the time.
I've got a few ideas on how to organize it.
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03-25-2008, 04:30 PM
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has too much gas | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: auckland, new zealand/malaysia | | | im sure if toasted just listed all the fuzzes he tried, we would have a huge list =p |
03-25-2008, 04:32 PM
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03-25-2008, 04:41 PM
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03-25-2008, 04:45 PM
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03-25-2008, 04:53 PM
|  | I'm a tumbler, born under punches | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern California | | | +1 on the Wiki. After the Effects Clip Database, I started thinking about how much value the Wiki could have for the effects forum. It really can and probably should replace a lot of the stickied material and a lot more.
As far as this list of fuzzes goes, I'd also use an asterisk or other notation to mark those fuzzes that play nice with active basses. |
03-25-2008, 05:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Madison, WI | | | +1 for wikis. Huzzah.
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03-25-2008, 05:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Manchester, U.K | | | I agree we put it in the Wiki. Maybe we should do it with other effects types so it would be like that discofreq's site but with pedals that have been tried and tested (and work well) with bass. |
03-25-2008, 05:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Max Roberts  I agree we put it in the Wiki. Maybe we should do it with other effects types so it would be like that discofreq's site but with pedals that have been tried and tested (and work well) with bass. | +1, these categories should be very strict with classifications, especially with fuzz, distortion, and overdrive as separate categories. |
03-25-2008, 07:39 PM
|  | Administrator Forum Administrator | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Lower Westchester, NY | | | yup, sounds like good material for the Wiki. Definitely a better place for living/breathing lists/articles than discussion threads.
If you need help setting it up, or permissions don't allow it, let me know.
Some people classify pedals as both overdrive and distortion, rather then getting in a peeing match over pedal classification probably just easier to post in both categories. |
03-25-2008, 07:54 PM
| | | | This is a very good idea chaps |
03-25-2008, 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by davidmwilson yup, sounds like good material for the Wiki. Definitely a better place for living/breathing lists/articles than discussion threads.
If you need help setting it up, or permissions don't allow it, let me know.
Some people classify pedals as both overdrive and distortion, rather then getting in a peeing match over pedal classification probably just easier to post in both categories. | Thats a solid point. We could also just put such pedals in a distortion/overdrive category. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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