Just took the Dunwich Wizard off my board and dropped in the BSRI FZZ. Very different flavor. Both are a blast.
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Favorite Bass Fuzz right now
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I've just started exploring the Does It Doom Giza. So far so good.
As far as favorite fuzz, I like the Brown Acid.
As far as favorite fuzz, I like the Brown Acid.
I've gone through a handful of fuzzes recently and the ZVex Fuzz Factory 7 is absolutely killer. I also kept a ZVex Mastotron for a unique sound I can't quite get from anything. I also have a ZVex Machine I got in 2008 and a Boss FZ-2 I got well before that. Those are the ones I use. They all fit on the big board. I like having them all for different reasons. If I could just have one it'd be the Fuzz Factory 7 followed by the FZ-2. FF7 just has a ton of settings.
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It's definitely it's own thing. I haven't played a Fuzz War personally, but I can't imagine it being better for my needs than the Bass War.
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Mastotron + OC2 is like a perfect synth sound imo. Such a cool fuzz.
I was lucky enough to grab one too. What do you think? Sounds like the switch on the left is a tone bypass and the middle takes out one of the clipping stages? The octave up didn’t seem that useful as it thins out the signal a bit. I just leave the left switch flipped up.
I've played some Muffs, clones, and sims over the years, but I have no need or desire these days to try other ones when the Stache covers what I need perfectly.
It's on my board, but because I'm playing with a modular synth plr and looping guitarist so having that kind of lazer like sound is useful on top (while a loop is doing the bass line). I have finally found what I think is the most useful arrangement of the controls for a stable thick sound. (the controls are wack as is sometimes the case with sputtery fuzzes). If I was in a rock band I would use something else. (my normal fuzz is a EH Ripped Speaker or Mastrotron or Brown Acid) The other two I bought from the same hoard are the ADHD and the Frost Giant Soma, and they are both good too. The Soma actually sounds great after an envelope, if I was doing something like Melvins I would use the Soma.
