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Using a fuzz pedal live

#30
Holy War said:
by that logic, whats the point of even having a fuzz? Serious question.

I mean guys like Tas from Electric Wizard, who tunes down to B, has to compete with two guitars, uses a fuzz, and still gets through. Whats the secret?
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Having guitarists who are willing to turn down and or/ EQ around you in order to let your magic shine through. EW are brilliant at finding the perfect balance between each other. Discussing what spectrum each member of the band will occupy is the most important effect in my experience.
 
#31
Thunderscreech said:
:D

Also, if you want something dirty, look at the Sparkle Drive. I know it's not a fuzz, but you seem to be playing an amp with lots of distortion already built it. The Spartkle Drive has a clean blend, and sounds pretty awesome from what I hear. Snakeman 1066 uses it on his rig, but he's running 2 channels (clean and dirty). He posted clips of his sound in a band setting in a thread, but I can't find it.

I should probably mention that the Sparkle Drive is an OD pedal based off of the Tubescreamer.
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yep

The EHX BBM has three settings and is capable of quite a few tone variations

I run my signal into a Vodoo Lab Sparkle Drive (which is based on the TS)....the into a Devi Ever Drak Boost...and then into the EHX BBM...and finally into a Sansamp RBI...thats my Dirty Rig (i find that running an OD into the fuzz really makes it cook and also makes it less muddy)

The clean Rig is basically bass to Sansamp RPM to Head....

I blend the two heads/cabs depending on the song....

I play lots of Stoner/Doom stuff and trust me everybody knows i'm on stage the sound is very bass heavy and i have no trouble cutting through

I am however only in competition with 1 guitard running a 120 watt tube head.

but yes blending a clean signal with your fuzz and setting your EQ to highlight your mids and upper mids helps

uber rough recordings can be found here:

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pay close attention to
Do What Must Be Done
and Holy War for the BBM in all its glory
 
#34
Am a Muff fan, but as previously stated - original circuit has a mid scoop. Modded mine to have a switchable flat or mid-boost tone circuit and changed a few of the caps that filter the lows. This was long before the BBM came out - haven't tried one but if it builds on the Muff - I likey. Makes a good back and forth with a guitar solo too.
David
 
#36
Holy War said:
I swear guys, this is my last fuzz question. :hiding:

Anyways, as most of you know Im looking for some new fuzz stomp boxes. Ive been using my amps overdrive to obtain distortion and grind, but want to start using some fuzzs.

Anyways, to my question/concern. Ive been told by a lot of people that using a 100% wet fuzz tone has a fairly strong tendancy to get lost in a heavy mix (which I am playing in) due to a lack of lows and low mids. I was also told, to help combat this, that mixing in my dry clean signal will greatly help my bass tone to cut through. Specifically, someone mentioned to my the boss LS-2 to help achieve this. Is there any truth to this at all?

The fuzzes Im looking at purchasing at the moment are the Supercollider and Bass Big Muff (and blue beard if i can get my hands on one).

Anyways, any advise or experience on that matter would be appreciated :bassist:
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So far my experience is to find a way to blend a clean tone in with your fuzz tone so you don't lose all your definition. I haven't used the Boss LS-2 or the Xotic blend pedal (I don't remember the name, but I know it's expensive) but I've heard good things about them.
I found a cheap way to do this, even though it hurts my power a little. I have a compression unit that has stereo outs, so I run one line to my Black Russian Muff and the other to my Tone Hammer. My Mesa Boogie 400 has two inputs (probably one for active and one for passive since there is a noticable volume difference) each with it's own volume knob, which allows me to blend the signal. It's ugly, but it works.

The only fuzz I'm aware of that has a true blend control on it is the Wren and Cuff Pickle Pie for bass, which I think does sound awesome, but is a little out of my price range at the moment. Why all fuzz units don't have a true wet/clean blend control I have NO idea. It would seem like a no brainer to me.
 
#37
Koeda said:
Am a Muff fan, but as previously stated - original circuit has a mid scoop. Modded mine to have a switchable flat or mid-boost tone circuit and changed a few of the caps that filter the lows. This was long before the BBM came out - haven't tried one but if it builds on the Muff - I likey. Makes a good back and forth with a guitar solo too.
David
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So you basically use a Supercollider? :D
 
#39
On the Bluebeard.

I didn't like it at all. I play faster, crust-punk-esque, stuff and it just dropped me out of the mix. I sold it, bought a BBM, and couldn't be happier.

The bluebeard sounds good if you do doomier, slower music, but the faster plucking/picking stuff it just sounded blah to me.

In any case it sounds AWESOME on guitar no matter what heavy style you play...
 
#40
Both bands I saw last night both used Fuzz

The Crocodiles used an old Maestro Fuzz Tone into a Memory Man and it sounded great.

The Horror's used went into a Zvex Fuzz Factory I believe.
Their fuzz tone was great, I think he was also using a MXR Micro Amp
 

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