I'm looking for a really fuzzy pedal to perform with my band for live shows. I'm thinking of more of a Black Sabbath style sound. MUST have true-bypass
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Fuzz pedal
- Thread starter Zacsthefuzziest
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- Jul 1, 2008
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What's your setup and price range? Do you want fuzz specifically and can people suggest other dirt? (trying to keep this on the rails before everyone starts the "I know it's not a fuzz, but I just got a _____ pedal" stories)
If you're looking for fuzz, take a look at this guys pedals. I've never bought one, but I plan to once I'm out of college. He's always the first one to offer excellent advice, and from what I've seen he's great with customer service. Oh, and his pedals are awesome too.
Zacsthefuzziest said:
Are you trying to sound like Geezer Butler or do you want a really fuzzy pedal? (They are not the same)
I've actually been looking into your pedals for quite some time now, and I must say I love your fuzz. My prize range is somewhere between $100-250
I'm getting a MXR bass fuzz deluxe at the beginning of next week, I'll let you know my thoughts on it. (I hate waiting on shipping!)
Well, I don't know where to begin about the MXR BFD. I'll start with some of the manufacture's words.
This pedal has a bold fuzz tone without degrading punch and clarity. (Absolutely agree with this. My original tone is all there.)
This pedal makes you sound like your running two amps. (With the separate volume controls, totally right.)
Tone knob only controls your wet signal. (FANTASTIC!)
The MXR BFD is a pedal I don't regret picking up. I couldn't get a single bad tone to come out of this puppy, no matter how I twisted the knobs. The two volume controls lets you get personal with the wet and dry signals to allow for tasteful goodness. When I got to play around with this guy for a couple hours, (still new to me, just got it today) I really dig the two volume controls. My original tone is still there, and still sounds great. As musicians, we work so hard to get our own tone, and I didn't want a pedal to muff it up.
If you back off the fuzz, you get a slight fuzz and sounds great, or, crank it for some awesome fuzz. The pedal does a great job, and would highly recommend this pedal to anyone, it's versatile and down right settled my GAS. With money hard to come by these days, this pedal is a great option for people who are on a budget. I extensively looked at many pedals, and was considering boutique pedals, but this pedal is everything I want, need, and more!
This pedal has a bold fuzz tone without degrading punch and clarity. (Absolutely agree with this. My original tone is all there.)
This pedal makes you sound like your running two amps. (With the separate volume controls, totally right.)
Tone knob only controls your wet signal. (FANTASTIC!)
The MXR BFD is a pedal I don't regret picking up. I couldn't get a single bad tone to come out of this puppy, no matter how I twisted the knobs. The two volume controls lets you get personal with the wet and dry signals to allow for tasteful goodness. When I got to play around with this guy for a couple hours, (still new to me, just got it today) I really dig the two volume controls. My original tone is still there, and still sounds great. As musicians, we work so hard to get our own tone, and I didn't want a pedal to muff it up.
If you back off the fuzz, you get a slight fuzz and sounds great, or, crank it for some awesome fuzz. The pedal does a great job, and would highly recommend this pedal to anyone, it's versatile and down right settled my GAS. With money hard to come by these days, this pedal is a great option for people who are on a budget. I extensively looked at many pedals, and was considering boutique pedals, but this pedal is everything I want, need, and more!
I specifically bought the B:assmaster for it's old-school sound. The Germanium version (which I don't have) is probably a bit more old-school sounding then the fuzz that use.
The clip below (as of today) has a touch of it in addition to an enevelope filter. It's also at the first part of a video I made to look at envelope filter sounds (although it's only very mildly used): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=563bUG4DZeU&feature=plcp - skip ahead to 0:30. The sound quality is bad, unfortunately, and it's only over one one note for only about 10 seconds. Maybe that'll help.
Another option is an overdrive pedal. The following is a demo of a band (it's missing lead guitars and the 'drums' are only a loop) that I left a while ago. I borrowed a tube OD pedal for it from the guitarist. He had a ton of them since he's an effects geek. I can't remember which one specifically I used, but it was a tube OD. It's been my experience (which isn't the best) that the tube part of it really gets that old-school sound.
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I don't know if either of those are close to what you're looking for, but maybe that would help.
There's a bunch of decent demos on Youtube that could probably help you, too.
Swell B-TOD bass overdrive - I like this one, as it has a good old-school sound.
The clip below (as of today) has a touch of it in addition to an enevelope filter. It's also at the first part of a video I made to look at envelope filter sounds (although it's only very mildly used): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=563bUG4DZeU&feature=plcp - skip ahead to 0:30. The sound quality is bad, unfortunately, and it's only over one one note for only about 10 seconds. Maybe that'll help.
Another option is an overdrive pedal. The following is a demo of a band (it's missing lead guitars and the 'drums' are only a loop) that I left a while ago. I borrowed a tube OD pedal for it from the guitarist. He had a ton of them since he's an effects geek. I can't remember which one specifically I used, but it was a tube OD. It's been my experience (which isn't the best) that the tube part of it really gets that old-school sound.
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I don't know if either of those are close to what you're looking for, but maybe that would help.
There's a bunch of decent demos on Youtube that could probably help you, too.
Swell B-TOD bass overdrive - I like this one, as it has a good old-school sound.
