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08-06-2010, 07:22 PM
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I've played a few and haven't found my love yet. Big Muff, Boss HM2, DS1, ODB3, Creepyface, Keeley/ProCo Rat, MXR Distortion+... I'm currently playing a Boss DS1 but I split my signal and send the unaffected side to one channel and the affected side to the other to maintain bottom. I still can't get that mix between definition and deep, ballsy fuzz that I'm looking for. IME, playing fast with bass fuzz = mud. I'm looking for a pedal that is the exception to that rule but I don't want to spend a ton of money. |
08-06-2010, 07:23 PM
| | | | Mine would be the Bass Big Muff. The Tech21 XXL Bass is a pretty good one, too, and sits right on the edge of $100
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08-06-2010, 09:09 PM
|  | Born in the '90s, please ignore | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Northfield MN | | | The Russian Big muff is killer for bass.
I made several mods to mine to emphasize low frequencies, but it's great stock.
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08-06-2010, 09:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Boulder Suburbia, Colorado | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Luckie  The Russian Big muff is killer for bass.
I made several mods to mine to emphasize low frequencies, but it's great stock. | Problem with those is there's no input jack and I don't mess around w/ batteries at all. |
08-06-2010, 09:14 PM
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EXAR pedals rep for North & Central America | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: PDX, OR | | | IMO there are NO EXCEPTIONS to the "bass played fast through fuzz = mud" rule. Don't get me wrong, I loooovvvvee fuzz. But I accept the limitations inherent to what a fuzz is and does to the signal. I have owned many fuzzes, both cheap and boutique, so price, rarity, and quality are not factors in my opinion of their muddy nature.
If you want a cheap fuzz that cuts like crazy, check out the Devi Ever Cherry Pop. Still muddy when you play fast, but it is intense and cutting anyway. |
08-06-2010, 09:15 PM
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Originally Posted by zachoff Problem with those is there's no input jack and I don't mess around w/ batteries at all. | I assume you mean DC jack? It's not hard to install one. |
08-06-2010, 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by bongomania I assume you mean DC jack? It's not hard to install one. | Yup, that's what I meant.  ha. Bummer on the no exceptions... It's be nice if there was one. I'm kinda stupid with a soldering iron and super messy. |
08-07-2010, 12:15 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Maine/Vermont | | | You might be able to get there with a more mild mannered distortion/overdrive pedal.
But clarity with a fuzz? That's a contradiction in terms, sir. |
08-07-2010, 01:15 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: America's High-Five | | | My favorite under $100: ProCo RAT 2 (NON-ruetz mod)
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08-07-2010, 01:24 AM
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Originally Posted by bongomania I assume you mean DC jack? It's not hard to install one. | Get the 9V to DC plug adapter. No soldering required. I used 'em on my Aguilar DB924 outboard preamplifier.
Fuzz under $100? None that i like. I like the mxr blowtorch and the bass bog muff though. Both are blendable right on the pedal.
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08-07-2010, 02:18 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Highland, CA (Inland Empire) | | | sometimes you can get a Way Huge Swollen Pickle for less than a bill in the classifieds. Get one, mess with the internal trimpots and you have FUZZY GOLD! |
08-07-2010, 02:47 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: self banned from talkbass.... | | | Fuzz Hugger Velcroar and Arc Flash.
Personally I find just bout any muff variant to give you mud when playing fast, maybe one with some control over the mids might help but it all depends on what you are playing and what sound you are after.
I could list a few more but I don't get the idea you would like fuzzes with sputtery or chewy attack.
I think you would do well with a pedal with a blend but I also think you might have to go a little higher then $100. |
08-07-2010, 12:12 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: San Diego, California | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bongomania If you want a cheap fuzz that cuts like crazy, check out the Devi Ever Cherry Pop. Still muddy when you play fast, but it is intense and cutting anyway. | Yeah, but those are discontinued Quote:
Originally Posted by bongomania IMO there are NO EXCEPTIONS to the "bass played fast through fuzz = mud" rule. Don't get me wrong, I loooovvvvee fuzz. But I accept the limitations inherent to what a fuzz is and does to the signal. I have owned many fuzzes, both cheap and boutique, so price, rarity, and quality are not factors in my opinion of their muddy nature. | what about gated fuzz? not always what folks use it for, but it works |
08-07-2010, 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by RCCollins what about gated fuzz? not always what folks use it for, but it works | Yeah, I was thinking this too. Only examples I can think of are over 100 buckos, though. Maybe you could get some approximation of this by just getting a muddy fuzz and putting a seperate gate before it?
I say before btw, because it seems that to put it after would not really work due to the compression inherent in fuzz. But what the frack, before might not work either. And besides, isn't experimenting with effects half the fun of them? Or, like, 98% of the fun of them? 
Also: Aaah! Eric! A different sig? HOW CAN YOU DO THIS TO ME!? Don't you want to roar anymoar? 
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08-07-2010, 01:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: San Diego, California | | Quote:
Originally Posted by St Drogo Yeah, I was thinking this too. Only examples I can think of are over 100 buckos, though. Maybe you could get some approximation of this by just getting a muddy fuzz and putting a seperate gate before it?
| neither before nor after will work, and no, i don't think you can do it for under 100 - unless maybe with a zoom ultra fuzz? |
08-07-2010, 02:04 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: NW Indiana | | | Another vote for Bass Muff. A great value.
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08-07-2010, 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by St Drogo Also: Aaah! Eric! A different sig? HOW CAN YOU DO THIS TO ME!? Don't you want to roar anymoar? | I don't know what you're talking about.. 
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08-07-2010, 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Eric! I don't know what you're talking about.. | Hmmmmm... I feel warm and fuzzy again... 
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08-07-2010, 02:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Denver, CO 'burbs | | | I have a Tech 21 XXL bass version, Boss ODB-3 and a Bass Big Muff. All do what I ask of 'em. When they didn't/couldn't I went the DIY route to build and tweak my own. I do want to try the Swollen Pickle though... |
08-07-2010, 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by RCCollins what about gated fuzz? not always what folks use it for, but it works | That's great if you play with lots of rests between notes, but if you are "playing fast" with very few/short rests, then a gated fuzz is just a long stream of continuous fuzz like any other.
Again though Devi Ever makes some great fuzzes for under $100. The VFM is gated, and with the tone-pot mod I gave it, it was a thunder machine. The Cherry Pop already has that tone pot mod. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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