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Fuzz that's warm, heavy, with definition and thump?
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The Source Audio Aftershock will do exactly what you want once you design your tone with the Neuro app. You could spend a lot of time and money and frustration searching for the perfect pedal or you could circuit bend your dream drives with the extensive tools of the Neuro app . Chances are there will be an engine for a good starting place or even a Neuro Preset in the extensive worldwide user library that will get you close.
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The Source Audio Aftershock will do exactly what you want once you design your tone with the Neuro app. You could spend a lot of time and money and frustration searching for the perfect pedal or you could circuit bend your dream drives with the extensive tools of the Neuro app . Chances are there will be an engine for a good starting place or even a Neuro Preset in the extensive worldwide user library that will get you close.
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Keeley Fuzz Bender is what you are looking for. It's an absolute beast with +-50db active EQ and bias control.
Fuzz Bender - Robert Keeley
Fuzz Bender - Robert Keeley
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EHX Big Muff Sovtek deluxe! It’s got blend, low or high parameteric mids on a foot switch, tone wicker, gate and an expression pedal jack
I have an old Acoustic 360/361. The built-in fuzz on that amp is heavy and defined and so usable. I don’t know if anyone ever put it in a pedal, but man I love it.
I'll throw a couple suggestions out there, though I don't have any pedal recommendations. One is you could roll your own big muff, they aren't a particularly difficult circuit, or if someone you know can build have them build it, but tweak the values of the tone control. Essentially it is a low-pass/high-pass control if I remember correctly, but it also scoops the mids quite a bit, which can lose you some definition. Tweaking the values of the caps and resistors can flatten that scoop or even boost it. Another option would be a pedal like the Moosapotamus Paralooper, which acts as a little mixer, allowing you to blend your effects signal with any effects pedals in the loop, and has the additional option of providing a bass boost to help the lows really come through. I know you mentioned having pedals with clean blends, but this would allow you to blend in the clean lows on ANY pedal you want to use, which may serve you better than having the built in blend.
My third suggestion: Univox Super Fuzz. Those pedals and their numerous derivatives SLAM hard, I far prefer them to any Muff I've ever tried, which, to me, much like you mentioned, sound muffled and lose definition. Especially a Super Fuzz with a clean blended low would, I think, be pretty hard to beat.
My third suggestion: Univox Super Fuzz. Those pedals and their numerous derivatives SLAM hard, I far prefer them to any Muff I've ever tried, which, to me, much like you mentioned, sound muffled and lose definition. Especially a Super Fuzz with a clean blended low would, I think, be pretty hard to beat.
Agreed. It a pretty hot pedal. Kept at the low settings it has PLENTY of warm, gooey, thumping fuzz that bites like a shark.
I was stoked to see the EQD Hoof on your list. I borrowed one from a guitarist and it sounded soooo good with my active Spector!
Recently I picked up a Cloven Hoof since they were starting to show up as discontinued on the EQD site, but it doesn't have that warm and subtle fuzz i really liked most about the plain ol Hoof.
Team Awesome Fuzz Machine is another readily available one I really like, that can go from mild to wild, plus has a blend.
Did you find what you were looking for in the one you got?
Recently I picked up a Cloven Hoof since they were starting to show up as discontinued on the EQD site, but it doesn't have that warm and subtle fuzz i really liked most about the plain ol Hoof.
Team Awesome Fuzz Machine is another readily available one I really like, that can go from mild to wild, plus has a blend.
Did you find what you were looking for in the one you got?
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Yeah I thought the Hoof sounded more like what I'm after rather than the cloven Hoof.
I ordered a MXR Brown Acid yesterday so will give that a trial run, if it doesn't do it for me I've got quite a long shopping list.
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Smallsound/Bigsound Team Awesome! Fuzz Machine.
Fuzz, Gain and Blend pots.
Mid boost switch.
Reverse polarity switch.
2nd footswitch for a Gated Fuzz.
Brilliant.
Fuzz, Gain and Blend pots.
Mid boost switch.
Reverse polarity switch.
2nd footswitch for a Gated Fuzz.
Brilliant.
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yeah, but right now i'm in the process of moving to a different state so it'll be a while before i'm back to building pedals & restoring and building basses
I found my muff bliss with a Stomp Under Foot Civil War, which I think is a green russian clone. In the store I tried it out head-to-head against a Hoof and I preferred the Civil War. And it is much better than the swollen pickle, much better definition.
While not a muff clone, you can’t go wrong with a TAFM, if you have the pedal board real estate for one. The secret is the clean blend is not all that clean, so you won’t get that “two different basses playing in unison” thing, it produces a well-integrated sound.
While not a muff clone, you can’t go wrong with a TAFM, if you have the pedal board real estate for one. The secret is the clean blend is not all that clean, so you won’t get that “two different basses playing in unison” thing, it produces a well-integrated sound.
Good luck with the move John. I did my migration / relocation just before lockdown 1 here in the UK. We are still getting the place straight. It'd be nice for me to get back to building some more basses soon too.
This. I've been loving mine and it's still cheaper than most clones.
