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Best Fuzz $150-$220???

#21
If you buy any of the boutique pedals it will be easy to resell them on this very website if you happen to not dig them. 10-15 dollars for experimenting is worth it imo.

Oh and personally I dont think you'll go wrong with any of the boutique muff variants. Good pedals made by good people who talk to you like you're a person and not a number. Woo
 
#24
MilkyMcMilkMilk said:
yeah the B:Assmaster is definitely a great pedal by all accounts. Just a tad out of my price range.

I'm digging the heck out of this Catalinbread Stallion Teaser.

This bass demo video is pretty righteous. At $160 this might be the one.
Catalinbread Teaser Stallion (on bass) - YouTube
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I tried Teaser Stallion in local store once and I wasn't impressed at all, I don't think it's a pedal for bass players.
I'll give my vote to Gnomeratron VTF. Hard to find used, but it's in your price range and it's just awesome.
 
#25
i kinda hate Catalinbread stuff for bass. the Heliotrope is fun, but everything else of theirs i've tried kinda blew on bass.

when you say oscillation do you want self oscillation options? or do you want something that wigs out a little on held notes?

how crazy are we talking?

are you playing with a wall of guitars or just one or none?

do you like blends?

TAFM is my favorite (get. the. gate. MOD.) all around fuzz, the IE Oxide does an INSANE amount of sounds, Wren & Cuff Pickle Pie B can do thick or cutting tones and the blend is very useful. weirder stuff is a SS/BS Year4545, Fairfield Electronics Unpleasant Surprise, MountainKing Electronics makes some crushing and odd fuzzes.

REALLY messy and out there you could go with a Ugly Face clone or a SubDecay Noise Box.

some underrated and very versatile boxes are the Take Flight Pedals Goose (i think he's on the second one), that has a wide range of tones and can be pushed into self-oscillation and the Exar Super Fuzz. the Super Fuzz is not the prettiest of boxes, sort of like a mutant Boss style recovering from being dipped in toxic waste (in a good way), but it has a SURPRISING amount of anger in it for such a relatively inexpensive fuzz.

i know for awhile Bongomania was blowing them out for a hundy, not sure if he still is.

BLADOW.
 
#27
behndy said:
i kinda hate Catalinbread stuff for bass. the Heliotrope is fun, but everything else of theirs i've tried kinda blew on bass.

do you like blends?

TAFM is my favorite (get. the. gate. MOD.) all around fuzz, the IE Oxide does an INSANE amount of sounds, Wren & Cuff Pickle Pie B can do thick or cutting tones and the blend is very useful. weirder stuff is a SS/BS Year4545, Fairfield Electronics Unpleasant Surprise, MountainKing Electronics makes some crushing and odd fuzzes.

REALLY messy and out there you could go with a Ugly Face clone or a SubDecay Noise Box.

some underrated and very versatile boxes are the Take Flight Pedals Goose (i think he's on the second one), that has a wide range of tones and can be pushed into self-oscillation and the Exar Super Fuzz. the Super Fuzz is not the prettiest of boxes, sort of like a mutant Boss style recovering from being dipped in toxic waste (in a good way), but it has a SURPRISING amount of anger in it for such a relatively inexpensive fuzz.

i know for awhile Bongomania was blowing them out for a hundy, not sure if he still is.

BLADOW.
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I pretty much had myself sold on the Catalinbread, now you guys are making me nervous, it sounds great in that video though.

Well I had been planning on getting the Eau Claire Thunder which does a lot, but I've kind decided against it.
Death by Audio has a couple really over the top pedals I wouldn't mind having but they'd be around $300

A blend knob would be great, the Wren and Cuff Pickle Pie B is kind of intriguing because of the blend.
 
#29
The de Lisle Fuzz has worked for me as a fuzz pedal. It doesn't have a clean blend, but it preserves the low very well.

Not has high gain, but with a fuzz-like growl, the FEA Growler and Dual Band Distortion can get you a throaty fuzz-like sound.
 
#30
MilkyMcMilkMilk said:
I pretty much had myself sold on the Catalinbread, now you guys are making me nervous, it sounds great in that video though.

Well I had been planning on getting the Eau Claire Thunder which does a lot, but I've kind decided against it.
Death by Audio has a couple really over the top pedals I wouldn't mind having but they'd be around $300

A blend knob would be great, the Wren and Cuff Pickle Pie B is kind of intriguing because of the blend.
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I was always on the lookout for Death By Audio to make a bass specific pedal, because I love some of their creative guitar oriented offerings, and figured if they ever released a bass fuzz or bass noise maker, it would be pretty righteous. They haven't yet, have they?
 
#31
MMMM, face it. There are a plethora, a cornucopia, a plethora of great fuzz pedals at your disposal for $220 or less. You will go crazy trying to decide on just one, so don't. Be happy to buy as many as you wish to own. There is a fuzz club thread, search for it. Indulge in the fuzz family pictures where some guys own dozens. plural.
 
#32
One Bad Monkey said:
Another +1 for the Black Cat BOF, or the McSpunkle Gnomeratron VTF or the Mini Gnome will give you some brutal fuzzes.
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CHILDISHGAMBINO said:
Gnomeratron VTF. There's so many nice fuzzes in that price range though. I just blurted the one I own and love.
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Uh huh, yup, that'll curl your toes, shiver your ribs, and make your sphincter quiver.
 
#33
MilkyMilkerton & Backstreets - you don't want anything from Death By Audio. unless you're looking to pay $300-$400 for a soldering job worth $12. they break all the time, are stupid overpriced, don't work for poo with bass....... looking inside one is like staring into the beady eyes of MADNESS. just...... just don't.

good band though.
 
#36
behndy said:
MilkyMilkerton & Backstreets - you don't want anything from Death By Audio. unless you're looking to pay $300-$400 for a soldering job worth $12. they break all the time, are stupid overpriced, don't work for poo with bass....... looking inside one is like staring into the beady eyes of MADNESS. just...... just don't.

good band though.
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Wow, good to know, thanks for the heads up! I always thought they looked cool. Bummer to hear that. Yeah like you said, cool band though. I met one of the guys in the band before. Nice guy.
 
#37
i've heard they're super nice, have had friends that have toured/played with them, LOVE a bunch of their music. just don't get their pricing scheme. and feel kinda dirty saying it online, 'cause they ARE so cool, but yeah...... so much better out there. and cheaper.

they also have the thing that i can't stand that Dwarfcraft does (MAN he's got some good stuff) - there is SO much gain on tap it's ridiculous. like, can't turn it past one if you want to stay anywhere near unity. i think that might be more of a mindset for people that make effects geared towards guitar instead of bass though? like, a LOT of guitarists are comfortable playing with the volume knob on their guitar all night. i max it and change the volumes on the pedals. NEVER touch the little twiddly bugger.
 
#38
Definitely Dwarfcraft Eau Claire Thunder, though it's pretty overpriced for 275 bucks price. For a cheaper version there is Baby Thundaa.
I like Malekko assmaster too, but Dwarcraft seems to be more interesting, smoother but sounds more crushing in the mix. Anyway, I keep both of them in my collection (I'm telling about silicone assmaster, never owned germanium one).
Black Arts Pharaoh and Mojo Hand Colossus are also an option, cool pedals and they are only 150$
 

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