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Im having the hardest time picking what fuzz I want

Holy War

Holy War

Sep 18, 2008
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#1
Been ALL over the internet listening to clips and researching and been to many stores demoing etc etc etc, and I still cant decide what I want. Heres what Ive narrowed down to:

EHX Bass Big Muff
Earthbound Supercollider
ZVex Mastotron
Way Huge Swollen Pickle
Small Sound Big Sound Team_Awesome Fuzz Machine
Wounded Paw Attack Goat
Wounded Paw Battering Ram
Audio Monk Fuzzbeard
Audio Monk Fuzz Potion

I want a fuzz that sounds really warm, retains low end, and sits in a mix well.

What do you guys think I should get?
 
#2
Ive been fiddling with the Wayhuge Swollen Pickle now for a couple months, by myself and in a band....< That sentance just seems wrong, anyway, I think it cuts through a three piece band well and the lows, personally I think they could knock your house over. I guess you can say WAYhuge, in your face!!!
 
#4
Holy War said:
Been ALL over the internet listening to clips and researching and been to many stores demoing etc etc etc, and I still cant decide what I want. Heres what Ive narrowed down to:

EHX Bass Big Muff
Earthbound Supercollider
ZVex Mastotron
Way Huge Swollen Pickle
Small Sound Big Sound Team_Awesome Fuzz Machine
Wounded Paw Attack Goat
Wounded Paw Battering Ram
Audio Monk Fuzzbeard
Audio Monk Fuzz Potion

I want a fuzz that sounds really warm, retains low end, and sits in a mix well.

What do you guys think I should get?
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its not on your list but, IMO "the" fuzz for a warm low-end happy sound is the chunk systems brown dog. its also real versatile, it can sizzle and get crazy, but on mild settings its exactly what you describe.
 
#9
jam.majors said:
I had a Bass Muff and liked it, and I love my Mastotron. They have very different sounds, though. I think there are a lot more sounds to be discovered in a mastotron, but I did enjoy the very particular fuzz of the muff.
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I think you said it well here. I have a bass muff and I love it, but I think of it as a 1 trick pony. It does one specific thing, and does it very well, but I wouldn't call it versatile.
 
#13
Valerus said:
describe warm fuzz for me.
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For me its the Muff sound with more mids and growl. (Biggest example being Anesthesia)
The really scooped sound with a lot of boom and sizzle sounds like bass synth to me.(Biggest example being Time is Running Out.) The Woolly Mammoth and the B:assmaster seem to be more along those lines.

Sound is in the ear of the beholder, but my preference is for the warmer fuzz.

EDIT: What something sounds like on record or on the internet can be very different than in person. Someone said they thought the B:assmaster was warm, but the internet clips I've heard makes it sound scooped and synthy. I guess you never know until you try it (which is an expensive habit to get into.)
 
#15
I think if you want muff with mid control the Musket, Earthbound Supercollider or the Way Huge Swollen Pickle are the way to go.

Personally I will not recommend the BBM for anything other then light fuzz uses. I find it is good for lo-fi fur sounds but as for full on muffage I found it a big letdown. I know others will disagree and that is fine but out of the three muffs I have right now[I'm getting a forth muffiant soon] it just doesn't cut it.
 

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