Hmmmm... don't know whether I should keep it....

[Orvillain]

I bought a Foxy Tone Box by Warm Audio, a recreation of the original Foxx Fuzz from the 70's.

It sounds really cool for leads and ebow but I'm really not sure what I would use it for other than that. I guess I'm just not much of a fuzz guy. The thing is massive, almost as big as my MercuryX pedal, and I kinda resent giving up the pedal space for it.

Hrrrmmmph.

 

[SillyOctpuss]

It's a fuzz circuit I've never used but octave fuzz is next on my list of fuzz to explore. I've pretty much mined fuzz faces, tone benders and big muff variants now.

 

[the-trooper]

Fuzz

Do

massive

Not

pedal

Keep!

 

[HomespunEffects]

Do



Not



Keep!

Call the press because I actually agree with @the-trooper

 

[metropolis_4]

Sometimes you need a pedal for that one cool sound for a few solos, sometimes you don’t

I used to keep a few pedals around that were “special effects” sounds that I might use on a song or two, but not the sort of thing I would use on every song.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Doesn't seem like an Orv pedal choice. Even if that sound is a cool, unique one.

 

[Orvillain]

It is cool, but it is going back tbh.

I just ordered the VP4. I think for the odd fuzz, compressor, gate, EQ, etc... it'll do just the job. But most of the time it will be something like drive/mod/delay/reverb

 

[the-trooper]

Call the press because I actually agree with @the-trooper

As you should. I'm always right 80% of times.

 

[FuzzyAce]

As you should. I'm always right 80% of times.

80% of 40% of the time.

 

[FuzzyAce]

It is cool, but it is going back tbh.

I just ordered the VP4. I think for the odd fuzz, compressor, gate, EQ, etc... it'll do just the job. But most of the time it will be something like drive/mod/delay/reverb

Great choice.

 

[AutomationBias]

I had an original Foxx Tone Machine in the 90s. The two things I remember were that it sounded huge and ate batteries like crazy. I also had the Fuzz/Wah, which was pretty cool (but kind of awkward to operate). The wah enclosure was like a Maestro Boomerang but had a footswitch on the far side of the pedal, after the treadle. I love fuzz pedals but didn't agonize about keeping either, so I think you've probably made the right decision to send it back.

 

[EOengineer]

Just playing devils advocate. A ridiculous fuzz pedal can be a very useful recording tool. Layer it under your chorus guitars for a wall of sound. Double sections of lead lines for impact. Put a snare through it and bury it in the mix.