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11-18-2007, 02:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia | | | MXR Blowtorch
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After hearing so many rave reviews of the MXR Blowtorch, perhaps that could be THE distortion pedal for me.
Unfortunately, it's like $300 bucks in my country. Perhaps I could make do with a BOSS bass overdrive or a Big Muff in the meantime.
Of course, if my check comes in and I end up with two amplifiers, layered, then perhaps I will only require a stompbox that can deliver really buzzy distortion, the kind you would hear on "H" by Tool. I like that.
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11-18-2007, 09:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Francisco Bay Area | | | The Blowtorch is great, I love it.
But it's reallly not a distortion pedal, more of a fuzz pedal on steroids. It can create a buzzy "Chainsaw" effect that really hits me in the shorts. I wouldn't trade it ever.
If that fits you, then get it. I do have another distortion pedal on my board, used for more "traditional" distortion .
There are numerous threads on Justin Chancellors setup here on TB, search for it. I think he uses a Proco Rat. Paul (1st Tool Bassist), not so sure. |
11-18-2007, 12:59 PM
| | Not Actually Knighted... Yet! | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio | | | if you like buzzsaws the blowtorch is great
but i dont like buzzsaws
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11-18-2007, 04:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | | I will add to the confusion. I had a Blowtorch and believe me I really, really wanted to like it. It is well made, lots of controls for tweaking and is not a noisy pedal. But I do agree it can be like a buzzsaw. It is a better sounding buzzsaw than the Boss ODB-3 but, IMO, to my ears it did not produce a thick, thick fuzz sound. Currently I am using an EH Little Big Muff. I love the sound but find the pedal adds wayy too much noise to my signal. So, sigh, I am still on the quest for my perfect fuzz. 
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11-18-2007, 04:44 PM
|  | Master of Reality | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: San Diego, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Geddyfleaharris  I will add to the confusion. I had a Blowtorch and believe me I really, really wanted to like it. It is well made, lots of controls for tweaking and is not a noisy pedal. But I do agree it can be like a buzzsaw. It is a better sounding buzzsaw than the Boss ODB-3 but, IMO, to my ears it did not produce a thick, thick fuzz sound. | Agreed. I wanted to like it for the same reasons but in the end the tone wasn't what I'd hoped for.
It finally ended up taking a dump on me after a power supply error on my part and I really haven't looked back since.
Others like it though, so your opinion may vary. |
11-18-2007, 06:50 PM
| | Not Actually Knighted... Yet! | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Geddyfleaharris I will add to the confusion. I had a Blowtorch and believe me I really, really wanted to like it. It is well made, lots of controls for tweaking and is not a noisy pedal. But I do agree it can be like a buzzsaw. It is a better sounding buzzsaw than the Boss ODB-3 but, IMO, to my ears it did not produce a thick, thick fuzz sound. Currently I am using an EH Little Big Muff. I love the sound but find the pedal adds wayy too much noise to my signal. So, sigh, I am still on the quest for my perfect fuzz. | exactly
I have a LBM too, I love it except for the mid scoop.
one of these days I will actually build my paramuff! (LBM with a one-band parametric EQ)
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