Fuzz to sound like tuba? LOL

Chris Squire still uses it (I think it's the same one). Here's a link to his rig rundown.

 

You know there were guys back in the sixties that said you could never ever make an informed decision about the sound of a pedal by listening to a YouTube video a phonograph record!

 

I'll have to download me one of them .

 

That's a nasty sounding fuzz tone on the fuzz tone section of the video.

 

Nice! I love that the pedals we use to now to make a hell of a noise were originally being sold as being almost something your Nan would like.

 

I really love the first clip on electric bass - the sousaphone effect!

 

OK, be honest. How many of you have already been to eBAy to look for this puppy?

(I did)
Several for $400-500, but here's one for $5.50, so far

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gibson-Maes...171?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item20f2664d2b

I have restrained myself so far, but can't guarantee that will continue. I haven't bought a new pedal for a month and I am getting the urge.

 

I used to work with a classical wind instrumentalist. He was an older fellow, and was really into early classical / renaissance music. He would always ask about electronics, and brought up the Fuzz Tone, specifically. He had been in a club sometime in the 60s, and heard a guitarist with this weird sound. He asked him about it, and the guy showed him a Fuzz Tone pedal. My coworker was apparently quite impressed with the thing, as he was bringing it up over thirty years later. He asked if it was a common thing, and if there was anything like it today. Like I said, he didn't delve much into popular music, so he was a rather naive about distortion / OD, particularly as a favorable effect (he was also sort of an audiophile, and obsessed with accuracy in reproduction).

What is my point? Oh, yeah; people in the club were really impressed at all of the far-out sounds the guitarist was getting. He did comment that he was a little disappointed in the lack of dynamic range, though.

 

A big part of the tuba sound is the slow attack. Put an envelope with slow attack on most any gentle fuzz and you can get something similar.

 

The Maestro company must have been quite attached to the notion that fuzz could imitate a brass instrument, since they came out with the Bass Brassmaster later on.

 

There are tons of clones and derivatives. North Effects in the UK makes one.

 

No one recommend a clone reissue of the pedal yet??

 

I ended up building my own. I also added a pre-gain control which, IMO, it made it a bit more versatile.