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FUZZ PEDAL HELP PLEASE

catfishplatter

catfishplatter

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May 2, 2011
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#1
Hello, so here is the deal. I play a fender jazz with active EMG p/j combo pick-ups. I am looking for a good fuzz, that will work and sound good with the active pick-ups, I have read how several fuzz pedals do not work well with active pick-ups, so I am looking for info that can help me find one that does. Or possably a overdrive....please recommend.
 
#4
The Zvex Mastotron works very well with active pickups

What kind of sound are you trying to get? Any particular songs that you are trying to emulate the tone off?

There are so many fuzz pedals out there, and on this forum, there are several fuzz addicts who can help
 
#6
The Mastotron is more of a 'synthy' aggresive fuzz.

Sounds like a Big Muff of some sorts might fit the bill. The Black Russian Big Muffs are nice and warm sounding and pop up on eBay and in the classifieds quite often.

There are loads of clones out there. I have the EHX Bass Big Muff and thought it was pretty good until I got a Fuzzrocious Grey Stache +

Hope that helps a bit :)
 
#7
I have all active basses and if the effect has to much gain with it I just turn down the drive knob or gain knob since my pre-amp is 18v already. Just add the gain to taste and it shouldn't be a problem. With that said my Polish Hate sounds awesome with it as does the Red Lama clone I just built. The modded Bad Monkey was also excellent as well as my Fuzzrocious Momster.
 
#8
catfishplatter said:
@ Brucebass3901, I play alot of 90's stuff. so the fuzz I am looking for is weezerish to alice chains to rage against.. not real aggresive more warm and low but deffenitly heard. Does that help?
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For Weezer, the fuzz Matt used on Pinkerton was a Big Muff. For Alice in Chains, neither Inez nor Starr ever really used fuzz, just drive from their amps. For Rage, he used a Marshall Guv'nor, as well as another pedal that I don't think has been identified yet.
 
#10
catfishplatter said:
big chief keep going you have some info. I play a 90's tribute so think of some others from that era. what are your thoughts on other fuzzes from that time?
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Sure, what bands did you want to know about? The 90s were my formative years, so I definitely digested as much as I could then.

Another one that was used a lot in the 90s was the Proco Rat and Turbo Rat. Novoselic from Nirvana used one on a few songs, Justin from Tool used the Turbo quite a bit.
 
#11
so im looking for the best all around pedal or two!
please forgive the spelling!!
here is our song list


311:
 Down
Alice In Chains:
 Would
 Man In The Box
Beastie Boys:
 Sabotage
Blind Melon:
 No Rain
Bush:
 Machine Head
 Come Down
Cake:
 The distance
Candle Box:
 You
 Far behind
Collective Soul:
 Shine
Counting Crows:
 Mr Jones
Cracker:
 Low
Days Of The New:
 Touch, Peel & Stand
Dinosaur jr
 Feel the pain
Eels:
 Novocain For The Soul
Ever Clear:
 Santa Monica
Faith No More:
 Epic
The Flys:
 Got You Where I Want you
Foo Fighters:
 Monkey Wrench
 Everlong
Gin Blossoms:
 Hey Jealousy
Green Day:
 Basket Case
 she
Hum:
 Stars
Incubus:
 Pardon Me
Janes addiction
 Been caught stealing
Jesus Jones
 Right Here, Right Now
Lemonheads:
 Mrs. RobinsonLive:
Live
 I Alone

Living color
 Cult of personality

Local H:
 Bound For The Floor
Matchbox 20:
 Long day
Meat Puppets:
 Backwater
Monster Magnet:
 Space Lord
Nine Inch Nails:
 Head Like A Hole
Nirvana:
 Smells Like Teen Spirit
 In Bloom
The Offspring:
 Self Esteem
Urge overkill
 Sister havana
Pearl Jam:
 Alive
 Even Flow
Presidents Of The United States:
 Peaches
 Lump
Radio Head:
 Creep
Rage Against The Machine:
 Know Your Enemy
 Killing In The Name Of

Rancid
 Time bomb
Red Hot Chili Peppers:
 Otherside
 Suck my kiss
Temple of the dog
 Hunger strike
Screaming Trees
 I nearly lost you
Silver Chair:
 Tomorrow
Smashing Pumpkins:
 Cherub Rock
 Bullet With Butterfly Wings
Soul Asylum:
 Somebody To Shove
Sound Garden:
 Outshined
 Black Hole Sun
Space Hog:
 In The Meantime
Spin Doctors:
 Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong
 Two Princess
Sponge:
 Plowed
Stone Temple Pilots:
 Sex Type Thing
 Vaseline


Sublime:
 Wrong Way
Temple Of The Dog:
 Going Hungry
The Toadies:
 Possum Kingdom
Wall Flowers:
 One Headlight
Weezer:
 Undone- The Sweater Song
 Buddy Holly
Who:
 Babba oreily
Allanis morestte
 You oughta know
The Breeders:
 Cannon Ball
K’s Choice:
 I’m Not An Addict
 
#12
The great majority of those songs aren't using any effects (other than some dirt from a tube amp). Here are a couple that are:

Sabotage - old vintage Univox SuperFuzz

Head Like a Hole - actually a synth, I've used the Behringer BSY-600 to cover it in the past

Both POTUSA songs - neither of them are strictly playing bass, actually both played on a guitar through guitar amps. Any sort of overdrive pedal would do.

Know Your Enemy - he kicks on a heavier drive at the end, either the Marshall Guvnor, or some other unknown overdrive pedal.

In the Meantime - I don't think he uses any effects on it at all, but I personally like to click on a subtle chorus during the verse to make the higher notes shimmer a bit. Really fun song to play on the bass.
 

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