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Fuzz addict club! If you don't like it fuzz off!
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For someone who only uses a them a couple of times per show, I sure do own a lot of dirt and fuzz pedals.
And I have a Source Audio OFD on its way.
And I have a Source Audio OFD on its way.
For someone who only uses a them a couple of times per show, I sure do own a lot of dirt and fuzz pedals.
Man I want that b:assmaster! So awesome.
Ugh, am I just GASing for fuzz now? I think I am. The Mastotron is still amazerfull..
It was my only fuzz for years. Takes up a lot of room but cuts through the mix like a rusty chain saw. I used to have it hooked up to an expression pedal so I could slowly dial up the fuzz through a song. Maybe I should revisit that.
Pink sparkly silicon fuzz pedal still makes me happy.
The BYOC Leeds superfuzz has 2 germanium diodes (1N34As) 1 Silicon diode (1N4001) and 6 transistors.
What kind of Dunlop is that? the Dunlop Volume X apparently can be used as both a volume pedal and an expression pedal.
It is a Volume X and I got it thinking that I might use it to control the B:Assmaster down the road. But in any event I've got to get a bigger board if I want to fit the B:Assmaster back on it with the Dunlop.
I'll get to numbers soon dudes. I've been slacking. They are coming.
Also my board will be back up to snuff tomorrow. Can't wait to share with the class. Feel free to post your boards too! I like to ogle.
will DO!
I still want to try an Iron Pig. Sweet board man.
will DO!
I recently had to cop the bass tone for the Clash, Should I Stay or Should I Go. Awesome bass fuzz in that recording.
So you have reached that point in your life where you have decided your done learning new things? Let me tell you son, the satisfaction of plugging in your first build and having it work, it's like your king of the world.
Not at all, I just need to save up money for the soldering iron and then buy the cables I can shag up to learn how to solder with. Then once I'm comfortable with the cables I'll make a pedal.
For someone who only uses a them a couple of times per show, I sure do own a lot of dirt and fuzz pedals.
And I have a Source Audio OFD on its way.
Oh, also, I think you'll miss your other dirt pedals after the ofd gets to you. Maybe you'll be different. But for me, I really dig/dug the OFD, but after a while I found I liked my individual dirts better. It's hard for me to explain. But it felt to me that I couldn't get the clarity I wanted out of the OFD. It's weird. It was like it almost got there but not quite. But I think a lot of that has to do with my band.
But man, can the OFD do some cool stuff. It has some great tools too. I'd of liked to have held onto it. But damn that GAS!
I just can't get down with digital dirt pedals. They all sound too fake. They are too refined. Too even across the board. I would take analog dirt pedals over a digital multi effect all day long. They sound more natural to me. More like you're taming an angry animal. You know what you're gonna get but it still may surprise you once in a while.
I guess the only exception in sound quality would be the axe fx. They do sound amazing but I can't get down with that either. Now get off my lawn!!
Maybe it's the nostalgia. Maybe I am an old soul. I don't know. Just how I feel about it. That being said, I am not necessarily knocking the digital stuff. I have heard some pretty convincing sounds on recordings. It's just not my personal preference is all.
I guess the only exception in sound quality would be the axe fx. They do sound amazing but I can't get down with that either. Now get off my lawn!!
Maybe it's the nostalgia. Maybe I am an old soul. I don't know. Just how I feel about it. That being said, I am not necessarily knocking the digital stuff. I have heard some pretty convincing sounds on recordings. It's just not my personal preference is all.
I just can't get down with digital dirt pedals. They all sound too fake. They are too refined. Too even across the board. I would take analog dirt pedals over a digital multi effect all day long. They sound more natural to me. More like you're taming an angry animal. You know what you're gonna get but it still may surprise you once in a while.
I guess the only exception in sound quality would be the axe fx. They do sound amazing but I can't get down with that either. Now get off my lawn!!
Maybe it's the nostalgia. Maybe I am an old soul. I don't know. Just how I feel about it. That being said, I am not necessarily knocking the digital stuff. I have heard some pretty convincing sounds on recordings. It's just not my personal preference is all.
I think the biggest reason I wanted the OFD was so I could hear what various types of Fuzz -- the trunk and thick branches of the fuzz family tree -- sounded like back-to-back. I don't really have a conception of Muff vs ToneBender vs Fuzz Face etc. and can't own one of each. I thought it might help me identify what types of fuzz pedals I like most. I might end up flipping it in a few weeks as a result.
It will almost certainly help you there IMO. It has some pretty good fuzz tones. You spend some time with it, I think youll get what youre after.
