Need a Ballsy/Doomy Fuzz

[glasser_cannon]

I've been using the ProCo Rat II for the past year as a fuzz pedal, but it sounds very tiny to me. Looking for something that can replicate the bass fuzz of Sleep, Weedeater, August Burns Red, basically the heaviest sound possible without complete break up. Any suggestions?

 

[eyeballkid]

Musket. Bluebeard. Supercollider. Sublime.

 

[bassmusic17]

Megalith, Baby Thundaa/ECT. Probably every fuzz from Black Arts Toneworks. Earthbound Audio Beast. The Great Destroyer.

 

[SlugShellBass]

A bad ass fuzz pedal would be the Blowerbox by Idiotbox. That pedal is shaging heavy and ball to the wall in your face.

 

[MGR]

I'll second the Blower box and raise him a Cool Buzz Bass Fuzz, as long as you're not playing superfast passages. For slow stuff, the Cool Buzz beats the Blower Box by a bit.

 

[untilshewokeme]

Supercollider = Doom

Megalith = Total Destruction of the Human Race

 

[ole Jason]

Blower Box
Bluebeard
Swollen Pickle
Blackarts Pharaoh
Boss FZ-2
Boss HM-2

As much as I like to geek out on them, I'd avoid all of the obscure boutique stuff. Early doom bands didn't typically use expensive as crap oddball pedals.

edit: funny that cursing is no longer allowed here

 

[dannybuoy]

I would look no further than the Smallsound/Bigsound Team Awesome Fuzz Machine (medium gain clip) and Wren & Cuff Tall Font Russian.

 

[mpdd]

i use a rat tail or a dark driving from fuzzrocious

 

[Dave W]

Blackout Musket

Something muff based would probably be a great choice. The Musket happens to be my favorite. Other options would be a SUF Civil War, W&C Tall Font Russian, Swollen Pickle, EHX Black Russian, and a few others that are escaping me right now.

 

[bassboysam]

Bluebeard
Musket
Blunderbuss
Supercollider
TFR (found it to be a dark sounding fuzz, so if you want some top end bit i don't recommend it)
OxFuzz Bass for a more vintage/lower gain doom sound.

 

[Somnambulance]

Mountainking Megalith. There is no other option.

 

[TOOL460002]

ZVex Machine. It is evil but extremely useable. I mean it is seriously one of my favorites. Got one with a paint defect, so I didn't have to pay the full price, which really is a bit much for a one trick pony, but it is worth a look if you can demo one somewhere (found a tiny local shop that stocks ZVex, so you might get lucky and find the same sort of place).

 

[DrewM85]

Death by Audio Apocalypse

 

[gregmon79]

It's hard to go wrong with a muff fuzz for doomy stuff IMO. I was just playing with Vick audio Black Russian again and man, I keep forgetting how awesome, and doomy it can get. The pharaoh supreme is pretty darn good for that sort of thing too. Major bump and a lot fuzz options in one pedal.

 

[bassmusic17]

Death by Audio Apocalypse

Dammit don't bring this pedal up again!!

Monolord. Nuff said.

 

[Somnambulance]

Megalith.

 

[XXL]

Can't go wrong with the Pharoah Supreme for ballsy fuzz

 

[JimmyM]

I've been using the ProCo Rat II for the past year as a fuzz pedal, but it sounds very tiny to me. Looking for something that can replicate the bass fuzz of Sleep, Weedeater, August Burns Red, basically the heaviest sound possible without complete break up. Any suggestions?

Rat II's don't have a lot of bass, and they really require a clean blend to work on bass without sounding tiny. But I recently picked up an MXR Bass Distortion, which is a Rat optimized for bass, and it kills whether you blend it or not. It's a less deluxe version of the Fuzzrocious Rat Tail. The Rat Tail has a couple extra cool features you might like, but the MXR is smaller and butt simple to use and has what I consider the most useful feature of the Rat Tail...switchable silicon or LED diodes. LED mode really fattens up the sound of a Rat.

 

[Matt Dean]

I've got a Woodchipper, Duality, TFR (had), and a MXR Distortion and the Woodchipper rules them all in terms of doom fuzz.