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Germanium warmth?

#22
chiphaleonbass said:
The Benson Germanium fuzz actually makes for a really nice bass germanium overdrive/boost because of the impedance knob. You can clean up how fuzzy and wooly it gets, and some of my favorite sounds I've gotten out of it are just boost sounds.
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I was wondering about the fuzz on bass. I asked Chris Benson about it. He said he hadn't personally tried it, but that he heard good things. Any loss of low end?
 
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JazzyJacuzzi said:
I was wondering about the fuzz on bass. I asked Chris Benson about it. He said he hadn't personally tried it, but that he heard good things. Any loss of low end?
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No it covers the full frequency range. Chris told me it'd totally work on bass but wasn't his bag.. haha glad to know he's consistent. I love mine, every guitarist I have try it loves it, all in all great pedal, I probably don't use it as much as I should. Frankly love the Benson Preamp as well; while not Germanium it is what I'd consider to be a warm sounding boost/overdrive/distortion (if you crank the gain that far) and it too is a full frequency drive.
 
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Matt Dean said:
The Parabellum is based on a tube driven parallel multi germanium circuit… it’s become a nearly always on pedal for one of my bands.

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Same.
I also have an ElectroFoods Germ Warfare which is no slouch, and works well with my fretless basses.
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I have this little TB-2W by Boss (matched germanium transistors) along with an Analogman Peppermint (unfortunately no the Dark version) on a board I use for both guitar and bass. The board also has the Lundahl transformer equipped Origin Effects Cali76 TX-L and the new Genzler 4 On The Floor OD. I feel very fortunate to own pedals like the Boss and the OE. The Boss was a very limited production run (3200 world wide) for them and the OE compressor is no longer made and getting expensive to buy in the used market (not as expensive as the one Fuzzbass has).


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Spupilup said:
I have this little TB-2W by Boss (matched germanium transistors) along with an Analogman Peppermint (unfortunately no the Dark version) on a board I use for both guitar and bass. The board also has the Lundahl transformer equipped Origin Effects Cali76 TX-L and the new Genzler 4 On The Floor OD. I feel very fortunate to own pedals like the Boss and the OE. The Boss was a very limited production run (3200 world wide) for them and the OE compressor is no longer made and getting expensive to buy in the used market (not as expensive as the one Fuzzbass has).


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Prince of Tone? Amateur ;)
 
#33
Killing Floor said:
I hate (-ish) saying it but when I get mine I might see what Reverb brings. Protein is so close and so good it’s hard to not consider that since they are about a grand now. That’s just goofy.
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I have a good friend who has one and for the price, new, they’re worth the wait. I may pick up a second PoT to stack, in the meanwhile. I paid $350 for the Boss and the minute the salesman put it in my hand the value doubled. He said I should flip it but I really don’t buy gear to sell off later. I do like gear that appreciates over time, though.
 
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Killing Floor said:
I hate (-ish) saying it but when I get mine I might see what Reverb brings. Protein is so close and so good it’s hard to not consider that since they are about a grand now. That’s just goofy.
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Spupilup said:
I have a good friend who has one and for the price, new, they’re worth the wait. I may pick up a second PoT to stack, in the meanwhile. I paid $350 for the Boss and the minute the salesman put it in my hand the value doubled. He said I should flip it but I really don’t buy gear to sell off later. I do like gear that appreciates over time, though.
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I had one, but never really liked it, TBH. Kept it for a year before selling it for $800 on Reverb. The Klon KTR was amazing, though.

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Spupilup said:
I have a good friend who has one and for the price, new, they’re worth the wait. I may pick up a second PoT to stack, in the meanwhile. I paid $350 for the Boss and the minute the salesman put it in my hand the value doubled. He said I should flip it but I really don’t buy gear to sell off later. I do like gear that appreciates over time, though.
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Great pedal. I have used them I just don’t physically own it yet. And the new prices of Analog Man pedals are fine. But the insanity is because people don’t know want to wait. And it’s gotten up to about 4 years for a KoT now.
 
#38
The Dunlop mini germanium Fuzz Face has a temperature- and voltage-stabilising circuit so its tone doesn't change with temperature. You could still open it up and adjust its bias voltage, though.
If you'd just like to dip your toe, you could try Boss FZ-5 too. It also models a Gibson FZ-1 (they chose a heavily gated model - not sure why) and Octavia, both of which can be fun for soundscapes. The downside - being a digitally modelled pedal it doesn't clean up with your volume knob (as an upside it plays well after buffers).
 

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