What do you use ur fuzz pedal for?

[BrandonBass]

It seems to be one of the more popular effects in this forum. Just wondering what do you guys use fuzz for?

For me, its just for playing 'time is running out' and 'hysteria' with my band and....noodling at home.

 

[Diddii]

I use it the most for a powerful chorus in a song, sometimes for a dirty riffs (my band plays music close to Audioslave/soundgarden)

I can't say, sometimes it just feels right to have step on it when you need that extra growl and the song needs more rock'n'roll

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

I use it for....get this....fuzz.

 

[Floyd Eye]

I use it the most for a powerful chorus in a song, sometimes for a dirty riffs (my band plays music close to Audioslave/soundgarden)

I can't say, sometimes it just feels right to have step on it when you need that extra growl and the song needs more rock'n'roll

What is the point of having say a fuzz pedal AND an OD, such as an EBS MultiDrive? Aren't they both so similar as to make it redundant? I suppose if you leave the MultiDrive on all the time for tone and then hit the fuzz for extra dirt.

 

[NortyFiner]

What do I use my fuzz pedal for?

One word answer: Motorhead.

 

[crapusername]

a paperweight - not hugely keen on fuzz

 

[yaboiimizz]

I use it the most for a powerful chorus in a song, sometimes for a dirty riffs (my band plays music close to Audioslave/soundgarden)

I can't say, sometimes it just feels right to have step on it when you need that extra growl and the song needs more rock'n'roll

Exactly what i use mine for, my band plays stuff like Audioslave also.

I use in most choruses to just really bring it up, and to backup the guitarist while he does hes solo's. Also sometimes i mess around at home with it and write a riff the i'll take it to band prac and we'll have us a nice fuzzy bass riff

 

[rosstanium]

I use fuzz to simultaneously arouse myself and bring other people to their knees.

 

[Diddii]

What is the point of having say a fuzz pedal AND an OD, such as an EBS MultiDrive? Aren't they both so similar as to make it redundant? I suppose if you leave the MultiDrive on all the time for tone and then hit the fuzz for extra dirt.

i have my MXR bass Di+ on most of the time when we are playing rock and use the fuzz for extra dirt. They're are very diffrent,
i use MXR for light distortion and also as a preamp

 

[robass]

I use mine in combination with a volume pedal - you can get a cool 'cello-ish' sound by fading in w/the volume pedal, especially if you play fretless

 

[mpdd]

use my bass modded geiger counter when i play with a drummer and no guitarist to get a kind of thick overdriven synth bass jamc type sound

 

[zachoff]

I use a disto, not a fuzz but I use it on a lot of our songs where I need to fill space. Usually during guitar solos and and when the guitarist is playing single note riffs and I'm holding down the rhythm. Some songs I use it all the way through though. Just depends. I've found that I don't like to use it if we're tuned any lower than D. Gets too muddy for my tastes.

 

[Jared Lash]

Like any pedal it's all about context. When I've been in cover bands I've rarely had a fuzz on my board. And a lot of original stuff I've done has no real room for a fuzz either.

I use fuzz for a variety of things.

For that super furry and/or brassy vintage tone.

Like this:


The absolute biggest use for me though is using a gated fuzz with an envelope filter or foot swept low pass filter for synthy sounds, often with an octaver. Ive used some version of that combo in most things I've done.

I will say that the one thing I've never really done is use fuzz along with distorted guitars. When I've done heavier music or just generally when the guitar(s) have a heavier tone I tend to play much more cleanly or use just a bit of overdrive.

There are plenty of people who use fuzz effectively in heavier music and more dense mixes but for me, if I'm using a more modern fuzz tone, I'm doing it when either the bass is the lead instrument and/or the mix gives me plenty of space to be heard. Probably my favorite use is to kick it on in the midst of a song featuring acoustic guitar to really change the feel.

 

[vegas532]

I use the aforementioned "cello" thing, of course, a guitaristic approach to things with fuzz and Whammy, and I love a B:Assmaster with MXR BEF for synth tones. I'd upload a clip I did, but I have no idea how to do it...I tried 3 times.

 

[nad]

Fuzz 4 Lyfe

 

[tigerbass]

I use fuzz for making anything that I want to sound absolutely heavy and killer with sweet singing sustain and harmonics sound absolutely heavy and killer with sweet singing sustain and harmonics.
I also LOVE playing ALL my effects with fuzz. It just makes my modulation pedals come to life.

 

[dannybuoy]

a paperweight - not hugely keen on fuzz

Yet you are a member of the Cliff Burton Fan Club!

I use 2 layers of dirt, a clean sound most of the time, use overdrive as a dirty boost when I need to be louder and more aggressive, then fire that into a blended muff when it needs to get real heavy.

 

[paganjack]

I use fuzz for the moments in songs that need a huge wall of noise.

Or Drone/Doom...which is pretty much the aforementioned.

 

[kevteop]

I use fuzz for a pre-chorus where I do a lot of heavy vibrato and harmonics and general noisiness, I use it to add some colour in a verse where there's only me and the drummer behind the vocals, I use it in parallel with my octaver and into a filter during a guitar solo, and I use it with a pitch shifter to do a sort-of siren noise in one tune too.

I have actually stopped using fuzz quite so much since we recorded some newer tunes lately and I decided I preferred clean bass in some places!

 

[iamdenialNJ]

I use it to make my mf101 come to life and for those wall of sound type noises.