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04-21-2011, 07:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Sarasota, FL | | | Why so much Fuzz? School me
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So before I started hanging on the internet my effects use was minimal. I hang out here and the emporium and it seems fuzz is a big thing most bass players are into. Why is that? Please explain this too me.
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04-21-2011, 08:02 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: SF (North) Bay Area | | Well... fuzz is a big thing to a lot of us FX heads, cause, ah... it's sounds good to us. For me personally, I like thick, phat knarley harmonic content in my tones. I also like a little hair in the you know where on my girl.  |
04-21-2011, 08:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2010 Location: montesano, washington | | | Same reason guitarists use it, it sounds good! And it can fill out the sound alot more.
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04-21-2011, 08:07 PM
|  | closet rockstar | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Philippines | | | its a big thing cause getting a good fuzz tone is hard! ... and if you nail a good fuzz set-up, i guess apart from having a really good sound to use in the band, you also have bragging rights among gearheads lol |
04-21-2011, 08:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: SF (North) Bay Area | | | I the key has to do with harmonic content in the tone...same reason people like tubes in their amps... it's something that is innately satisfying to our brains
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04-21-2011, 08:12 PM
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Atypical, not a typical... | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Carlisle, PA | | | I love using fuzz at the peak of a song, or the highest point. Makes for a great uplift, and really melts faces!!! |
04-21-2011, 08:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Sarasota, FL | | | hmm, any good examples you can point me to. I think I did a thread like this a while back with no real understanding gained.
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04-21-2011, 08:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: SF (North) Bay Area | | | Really, I think you should just search for threads here that have clips. Then go buy a fuzz you like the sounds of and try it for a while. |
04-21-2011, 09:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Sarasota, FL | | | Yeah got one I like, and another one in the mail, I just dont see why its such a hot thing with the bass. I am trying to understand. My initial thought was "OK balls to the wall, yup it does that, sounds great, lots of fun, but not incredible useful with the bass, am I missing something?"
Also I should mention I am 50% guitar player
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04-21-2011, 09:13 PM
|  | Bartle doo? | | Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Missing Mountains | | | There isn't one particular fuzz tone that is "it" for everyone. Fuzz taste is as broad as taste in basses and playing styles. Since there is so many fuzz options, there is a lot of different tones people claim as their signature fuzz. Eventually you will find a taste of fuzz that will hook your soul and you'll be sucked into it.
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04-21-2011, 09:23 PM
|  | yiffffffTASTIC | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: California | | | because. fuzz. is. GOOD. |
04-21-2011, 09:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Sarasota, FL | | Hey plays for dog, so do I 
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04-21-2011, 09:27 PM
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Records of Existence/PyrE owner | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: wes virginny | | | to the OP: keep in mind there are ALOT of guys on here that play heavy music, or whacked out funk, or weirded out electro, or groovied soul that NEEEEEEEEEED fuzz.
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04-21-2011, 09:30 PM
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04-21-2011, 09:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Sarasota, FL | | Quote:
Originally Posted by CHILDISHGAMBINO | Awesome, thanks.
What kind of fuzz does Beasties bass player use?
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04-21-2011, 10:01 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Michigan | | | It's a vintage Superfuzz. Lots of clones out there today (not the Voodoo Lab Superfuzz, which is based on the Jordan Bosstone). It also sounds like they flanged it or he played it through that Leslie cab (I know he doesn't in the video, but there's something else going on on the bass like a Leslie). |
04-21-2011, 10:11 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Maine/Vermont | | Because. Fuzz. Is. Awesome.
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Originally Posted by behndy because. fuzz. is. GOOD. | |
04-21-2011, 10:18 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Rhode Island, USA | | | Also, Robert Sledge used fuzz on a bunch of Ben Folds Five tracks. Just the first few off the top of my head:
Jackson Cannery
One Angry Dwarf
Song for the Dumped
Battle of Who Could Care Less
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04-21-2011, 10:30 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Seoul, South Korea | | | Drive and a fuzzy face
Here's a good use of drive, which is related, and as some have already mentioned, is a way to punch beyond some of the warm drive that some people (lots is maybe more accurate) seek with tubes in their amps and compressors, or tube emulators in products like Sansamp. |
04-21-2011, 10:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Victoria, BC, Canada | | | Song for the Dumped is awesome. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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