All things Fuzz

Hi,

I'm not very up to date on fuzzes tho....seems like there's two dozen new ones every year, so those are just some old standbys for me. The effects forum seems to have dudes that might buy every new pedal, so it may be worth checking that area out.

The Chunk is like a Wooly Mammoth but with midrange and blendability, and not nearly as pinched sounding. You could also characterize it as a brighter Big Muff. Big lows, too.

The B:assmaster is that very brassy flavor of fuzz. with not a massive amount of lows, but a very unique and useful texture. Can get very aggressive.

The Prunes is very dynamically controlled fuzz that is unlike most anything else, and wouldn't be my choice for a straight fuzz. Cool tone, kind of funky-sounding the way the envelope opens via dynamic playing. I've used it pretty consistently over the years since it first came out - I was given one of the early prototypes by Paul Crowther when on tour in NZ. Very grateful for that, it's been a cool tool for me.

J

 

I've always been a fan of Mike Rutherford's fuzz tone on Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. Curious if any of you have had a chance to check out the the Wattson FY-6 which is a clone of the fuzz used on that record: http://wattson-fx.com/products/gfx-0100.html

Also, Juan Alderete put up some cool fuzz comparisons on his site recently:

http://pedalsandeffects.com/?s=fuzz+wars