The Fuzz Thread

[DrewJD82]

I clearly remember losing Skeletor's purple ram's head staff to the kitchen sink in a similar manner, not sure what I was trying to achieve.

I remember in 2nd grade I threw one of the OG Michelangelo figures at the wall of my school during recess, not in an angry way but in a “It’s a ninja turtle so it’s going to do ninja turtle shit’ way that only a dumbass 2nd grader would think and smashed it into multiple pieces.

I miss the imagination aspect that came along with action figures, ya might not remember what you were doing now in the sink, but it was probably badfuckingass when you were doing it!

 

[Dave Lewis]

I’m having a play around with these two this morning.

 

[dronerstone]

I’m having a play around with these two this morning.
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What's your verdict?

 

[Dave Lewis]

What's your verdict?

I don’t have one yet.
I want to have a look inside the 2.

 

[Dave Lewis]

Got one of these incoming.

Saw the Snack range on the GigRig live stream today.

 

[Chocol8]

It has a magic pot? What does that do?

 

[Dave Lewis]

It has a magic pot? What does that do?

Pick a card any card

 

[keef]

Basic Audio clone of the Regulus 8 fuzz. Wicked fuzz with gate and Velcro....fing RIPS. The band Os Mutantes are a Brazilian psychedelic band from Brazil (late 60's until today). The guitarist's brother built him this circuit. He liked the 8th iteration the best.

 

[keef]

What's your verdict?

@Dave Lewis Are the mids more prevelant ? Rather than cut ?

 

[Dave Lewis]

Inside these two.

 

[Chocol8]

I like the artwork on the back of the board. Nice touch by JHS.

 

[Sascha Franck]

Ok, went to see Ariel Posen yesterday. Incredible band, incredible player, incredible control over his tone. And really great tunes with what IMO qualifies as "satisfying harmonic events".
Anyhow, his main sound shaper very obviously is a King Tone Minifuzz.

Yes, I know it's Ariel Posen, so "tone is in the fingers" might apply more than ever (it's really incredible how he makes notes played with fingers sound like they were played with a bottleneck - yes, I know, the latter is an always on for him, but I swear you don't ever clearly really know when he's using the bottleneck or his fingers. Most impressive.

Now, as I really want a decent fuzz, I thought I could be looking for the thing. But at around €420, that thing is just a very big *ouch*.
So, here's the obvious question: Any clones or very similar fuzzes around, at prizes affordable to normal human beings? And if so, would any of these possibly even happen to work well in a buffered environment (I doubt they would work as well, but at least somewhat)?

Fwiw, here's his entire board (killer overall sound, just didn't like the reverbs much), he was running it through a Two Rock Traditional Clean:

Anyway, any takers on a Minifuzz alternative?

 

[Grumms]

I'm torn between DBA Apocalypse and Walrus Eons. Which would you chose ?

 

[Chocol8]

is a King Tone Minifuzz.

I think those are highly modified and tweakable fuzzface circuits. There is so much variation in tone between fuzz faces, I would probably not try to find a cheap one that sounds the same and look for a used one of the same version (si not ge) instead. If not, you can try other fuzz faces with silicon diodes and see if you find anything close, but that might cost more in the long run.

 

[keef]

Ok, went to see Ariel Posen yesterday. Incredible band, incredible player, incredible control over his tone. And really great tunes with what IMO qualifies as "satisfying harmonic events".
Anyhow, his main sound shaper very obviously is a King Tone Minifuzz.

Yes, I know it's Ariel Posen, so "tone is in the fingers" might apply more than ever (it's really incredible how he makes notes played with fingers sound like they were played with a bottleneck - yes, I know, the latter is an always on for him, but I swear you don't ever clearly really know when he's using the bottleneck or his fingers. Most impressive.

Now, as I really want a decent fuzz, I thought I could be looking for the thing. But at around €420, that thing is just a very big *ouch*.
So, here's the obvious question: Any clones or very similar fuzzes around, at prizes affordable to normal human beings? And if so, would any of these possibly even happen to work well in a buffered environment (I doubt they would work as well, but at least somewhat)?

Fwiw, here's his entire board (killer overall sound, just didn't like the reverbs much), he was running it through a Two Rock Traditional Clean:

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Anyway, any takers on a Minifuzz alternative?

Look at JDM he's a builder out of Germany and builds great fuzzes.

 

[SillyOctpuss]

Ok, went to see Ariel Posen yesterday. Incredible band, incredible player, incredible control over his tone. And really great tunes with what IMO qualifies as "satisfying harmonic events".
Anyhow, his main sound shaper very obviously is a King Tone Minifuzz.

Yes, I know it's Ariel Posen, so "tone is in the fingers" might apply more than ever (it's really incredible how he makes notes played with fingers sound like they were played with a bottleneck - yes, I know, the latter is an always on for him, but I swear you don't ever clearly really know when he's using the bottleneck or his fingers. Most impressive.

Now, as I really want a decent fuzz, I thought I could be looking for the thing. But at around €420, that thing is just a very big *ouch*.
So, here's the obvious question: Any clones or very similar fuzzes around, at prizes affordable to normal human beings? And if so, would any of these possibly even happen to work well in a buffered environment (I doubt they would work as well, but at least somewhat)?

Fwiw, here's his entire board (killer overall sound, just didn't like the reverbs much), he was running it through a Two Rock Traditional Clean:

View attachment 59404

Anyway, any takers on a Minifuzz alternative?

You're biggest problem is still going to be with buffers. Are you still planning to run a fuzz in the loop or in front of your modeller?

 

[Sascha Franck]

Are you still planning to run a fuzz in the loop or in front of your modeller?

Well, I'd be fine running it as the first thing in the chain at home, but for live usage, it had to be in a loop (not gonna sacrifice switching comfort). Would try to slap one of these "unbuffer" circuits in front - possibly not just as great but it might result in "serviceable" sound.

 

[FuzzyAce]

Well, I'd be fine running it as the first thing in the chain at home, but for live usage, it had to be in a loop (not gonna sacrifice switching comfort). Would try to slap one of these "unbuffer" circuits in front - possibly not just as great but it might result in "serviceable" sound.

Can you get a Carcosa fuzz pretty easy in Germany? It covers a lot of territory.

 

[SillyOctpuss]

Well, I'd be fine running it as the first thing in the chain at home, but for live usage, it had to be in a loop (not gonna sacrifice switching comfort). Would try to slap one of these "unbuffer" circuits in front - possibly not just as great but it might result in "serviceable" sound.

When I'm feeling better in a day or two I'll record some clips of an 'unbuffer' style circuit for you. IMO a FF type fuzz probably isn't the best fit for your application. While you can put a FF anywhere in the chain using something like that there are compromises that make them a deal breaker for me.

 

[Sascha Franck]

Can you get a Carcosa fuzz pretty easy in Germany? It covers a lot of territory.

Sure. Already on my "this should be among the first to try" list.
I was just completely blown away by Posen's tone yesterday (and what a player, really, should've recorded the last 2 minutes of the last tune - that was just an incredible blast of him and the band. Preferred to rather just enjoy, though...), that was quite the benchmark for me.