The other guitarist in my old band used this with his JCM2000. His favorite setting was to crank the loudness (volume) and keep the crunch very low. Sounded KILLER.
Far and away the best demo I’ve listened to for this this pedal. You demonstrated the wide range of tone and distortion much better than anyone else. Yes, it sounds like you can make it sound like hammered crap, but it also seems like there’s a LOT of flexibility to find cool sounds.
I'm not a huge fuzz guy, just because I don't play a lot of music that leans to that tone. I love overdrive pedals. I was in California, they had a swollen pickle on sale, good deal so I grabbed it. I LOVE it. It made me rethink fuzz in general and want to experiment more with it, but I I just love it. Really versatile, loud, powerful very cool.
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@Christian Xander i really appreciate your reply. I got to the site through google and I'm trying it out now. I see it takes quite some time so I will get back to you later with my results.
I’m glad you highlighted how much the internal trimpots change the tone. I picked up one used and was about to sell it before I started tinkering with the trimpots. I finally found the sound in my head.
Dane Maughan Any specific album you’re tone chasing? People always talk about the FZ-2 and I wanted some info on some of the newer sounds, share it with us if you’d like friend!
With the Behringer SF300 you'll get Electric Wizard sound for 25 bucks! It's a clone of the Boss FZ-2 (which was already a clone of the Super Fuzz), you get the sound of Dopethrone and early albums with the "Fuzz 2" setting, for the last album he used the "boost" position on the FZ-2, you have the exact same knobs on the SF300!
I Agree! The Swollen Pickle is such a Great fuzz. I use it as my main fuzz, and it goes from fuzz face to outrageous filthy tones. For a Great price too.🤘
It's nice that they give you extra controls....but internal pots are a PITA.....I don't want to have to take the pedal apart every time I want to do some experimenting.....but...again......nice that they at least give you the option.
I use three fuzzes. Moen Fuzz Moo for Black Russian sounds. The Havalina, tone at 9am, for Fuzz Face sounds and Swollen Pickle for super-destructo...what was that pop...my amp is on fire sounds. Put the filter at 2 pm, my 535Q wah in front, when rocked forward the filters cancel each other out. Spectacular for solos.
My rig is a Randal 150g3+ head and 4x12 cab with this Bad Mamajama and a DD7 chilling in the loop with my Ormsby SX7 guitar and holly crap it sound to unrelentingly good.
After being turned off by the Big Muff, this is the pedal that allowed me to "get" fuzz - I was that guy in the early 90s that didn't use fuzz. It's easy to tune so that your guitar doesn't disappear in a live situation, but still have a tone that is good to my tinnitus-ridden ears.
I think this pedal could be a great pedal, if Dunlop would work on making it less harsh and grainy. With the trim cranked to get it less grainy, it's still a bit grainy. If they started from there and then you could start adjusting the pedal, that is where I think the pedal would start to sound great. So their least grainy setting should be the most grainy setting to my ears. Otherwise it has amazing tweekability. I have read so many reviews online that basically complain about this aspect of the pedal and I think it is justified. Really great review and amazing harmonic minor licks at the end.
The clipping trimpot and scoop arent min max, the scoop changes the frequency range of the scoop and the clipping is led or transistor. You can blend the clipping but the scoop is either or. Next time you have it open leave it plugged in and as you turn the clip trimpot you can see the two LEDs next to it light up. Had mine for a few years and although I've sold a bunch of my stash I can't seem to part with it. I like to run in into a slightly overdriven fender amp with a tube screamer in front of it to tighten up the low end. Fuzz is life 🤘😎🤘
I noticed that you labeled the clipping and scoop trimmers as cranked and in regard to the clip trimmer, it just goes between a smooth to less smooth sound, whatever they mean by that, because I really couldn't tell much difference. The internal scoop trimmer seemed to thin out the sound slightly at both extremes, but not between 9 and 3 o clock. It was muddy within that range to me.
Hey Leon. What are you using to get your Utter Filth sound right around 8:25. When you use the swollen pickle as an added effect (stacking it) Prior to engaging the swollen pickle you have a gnarly tone going. Just curious what your using for that sound thanks
It's a good choice, keeping in mind the buffer is going to thin out some of the oversaturation.Anything 808 will let you re eq, bring up the mids, - germanium treble boosters are always good with Muffy circuits.The internal pots are useful, espec if you want to keep it open and less compressed, - The SP is often forgotten these days, but it covers a lot of ground and does several distinct things.
nice demo that shows the range of fuzz this pedal can do. i have one and agree with your assessment re: versatility. i either own or have built just about every fuzz distortion circuit ever made and have multiple muffs and fuzz face pedals to compare it to and i can get the pickle to sound very similar to all except the fuzz face. the fuzz face is unique in it's simplicity and dynamics, but for muff tones the pickle can get you close to all the popular versions and anything in-between and extreme settings that are unique. yes, Tripps got it right with the pickle.
@@MrLivebynight agree Paul. it has more to do with attack and compression. also most FF (depending on components and matching values) will clean up some when backing off guitar volume knob. the muff style circuit doesn't really do it. still the pickle is an awesome and versatile muff style fuzz.
@@guitphil I know that, but my point was that it is actually the WAY that a Fuzz Face works is WHY a muff-style circuit can't clean up as well. It is the way the FF input works - unbuffered, such a low impedance that the pickups and cable and guitar pots become a part of the circuit. No muff-style fuzz can do that, because they are inherently different, and no amount of EQ can change that!
Man. What a Fuzz. I've never been into them. Back when I was a kid they were about all you coukd get or a treble booster. You just had to crank up whatever amp you had until your head exploded..😂
Man I love this demo. Can this fuzz act in the same way a lot of overdrive do? Mainly I want to keep it on the gain channel on my amo just add fuzz to some parts but not want ting to play hop scotch too much.
Idk. I like it when other people use it, but I ended up selling mine. Used it on a marshal, an AC30, and a Blackstar Ht40 and every amp it was just too much for meh. Like getting smacked in the face every time you turn it on, and not in a good way.
will this also get you something close to Smashing Pumpkins' Cherub Rock guitar tone? The Op Amp Big Muff seems to do that easily, but can't seem to do other things such as the Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction" fuzz style, which Swollen Pickle seems to be able to pull off (saw it on another vid).
They look a lot better built than they actually are. Dunlop's cut costs by using shitty plastic pots on the "Way Huge" range. I didn't know about the trimmers inside. I'll have to have a look at the overdrive from them that I have.
Leon, have you tried the Havalina? They were blowing these suckers out for around $60 US last year so I figured what the hell? EXCELLENT fuzz. Very defined, quirky (in a good way), and perfect for people looking for that Tone Bender vibe. Quite a bargain!
these pedals are great, but not for everything. my friend and i like to run this through a ton of reverb and get some washed out, trippy garage rock stuff going on. a lot of people think these are based on big muffs, but i believe it's a tonebender circuit with the tone stack of a muff. it's pretty great, but not for everyone
@@LeonTodd this sounded fantastic, especially when you paired it with the dirty pedal / sound. The pork loin pedal is amazing. If you play any blues, you will never let go of the pork loin.
i'm one those guys that think Fuzz is utter garbage.....that being said, I bought a Swollen Pickle Mark III so I had a Fuzz on hand in case I change my mind.
I think it’s important everyone who sees this knows it’s only for lead players with amazing solos and nimble fingers. Definitely not good for ppl who play power chords… stick with the Metal Zone and Jackson Guitars. Be Competitive with other musicians.. show everyone how great you are by playing runs you memorize! 😔 I’m being facetious until this last part. I’m disabled and only have 2 good fingers on my left hand. My pickle makes anything I plug into it sound big and important. The pickle is a great rhythm pedal.
it's not garbage. stoner/doom stuff or ambient stoner I call it because some are instrumental bands. it's now my favorite type of music. like Stone Rebel for example. amazing stuff.also clouds taste satanic, Buffalo fuzz, King Weed, King Buffalo, Fren, Khan, Liquify. these are the best. if you want more metal go for Joe Stump's stuff he is killer.
Sounds better with those mids dialed back in. A lot of fuzzes disappear without mids, which is one reason I prefer them with a light crunch in the background, kinda’ like you do with an OD pedal. I have the Bogner Oxford (stupidly versatile pedal) and a Fulltone Octafuzz and they’re both soooooooo much fun.
Leon Todd I initially bought the Octafuzz about three years ago intending to only use it for the “steel drum” Band of Gypsys “Who Knows” sound... and it did does that really well when you turn the gain down. When I actually used the gain, I realized “Hey, this is actually a really nice sounding fuzz.” 🤣
I was all like 'screw this thing, I just want an op amp muff', which I do have, but I'm rethinking that now. I mean this thing has some serious versatility and tweakable as all Hell. Op amp muffs are great, but let's face it: Ehx quality isn't brilliant and I'd like something with better quality.
Man!!! Ragdoll’s 2013 show at Rocklahoma was amazing. Not that all their shows that I’ve seen aren’t but that year for some reason was wow! Like Godzilla stomping on Japan amazing.
I remember i couldn't find the power supply for my delay, ran a mile out to someone's camper because they said they had one and it was an amp footswitch. Ran back, straight onto stage and nearly passed out from the heat. Epic fun at that gig though! That was a really fun tour.
Nuno...its more like a souped up big muff in my personal opinion...you can get pretty much any type fuzz sound you want...i use mine with some overdrive to get my filthy,doomy stoner wall of sound fuzz that I'd been searching for years...highly recommend the SP for sure!..hope this helps with your question bud.
Oh yeah...if you're looking for more of a versatile distortion for punk music(like the ramones/misfits)... I recommend SNK pedals VHD distortion/preamp...its based off the dirty channel of the Ampeg VH-140C...Itll get you all the punk/metal and even fuzzy goodness you could ask for. www.snkpedals.com/product/vhd-distortion-preamp-black
Doesn't swell my pickle. But VERY well produced review. You can see all the settings for every clip, and they are all back to back without any yapping in between. What's with INTERNAL pots? That is so lame.
All hail the pickle
The other guitarist in my old band used this with his JCM2000. His favorite setting was to crank the loudness (volume) and keep the crunch very low. Sounded KILLER.
What about the sustain?
Far and away the best demo I’ve listened to for this this pedal. You demonstrated the wide range of tone and distortion much better than anyone else. Yes, it sounds like you can make it sound like hammered crap, but it also seems like there’s a LOT of flexibility to find cool sounds.
I'm not a huge fuzz guy, just because I don't play a lot of music that leans to that tone. I love overdrive pedals. I was in California, they had a swollen pickle on sale, good deal so I grabbed it. I LOVE it. It made me rethink fuzz in general and want to experiment more with it, but I I just love it. Really versatile, loud, powerful very cool.
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@Christian Xander i really appreciate your reply. I got to the site through google and I'm trying it out now.
I see it takes quite some time so I will get back to you later with my results.
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I’m glad you highlighted how much the internal trimpots change the tone. I picked up one used and was about to sell it before I started tinkering with the trimpots. I finally found the sound in my head.
Love the tone on this thing.
Literally perfect. Way better than a big muff IMO.
I love this pedal! i have had it for a few years and I have been Tone hunting for the Electric Wizard sound. This pedal definitely gets close!
Dane Maughan Any specific album you’re tone chasing? People always talk about the FZ-2 and I wanted some info on some of the newer sounds, share it with us if you’d like friend!
With the Behringer SF300 you'll get Electric Wizard sound for 25 bucks! It's a clone of the Boss FZ-2 (which was already a clone of the Super Fuzz), you get the sound of Dopethrone and early albums with the "Fuzz 2" setting, for the last album he used the "boost" position on the FZ-2, you have the exact same knobs on the SF300!
I Agree! The Swollen Pickle is such a Great fuzz. I use it as my main fuzz, and it goes from fuzz face to outrageous filthy tones. For a Great price too.🤘
He looks like he's about to give you a side quest in skyrim!
😂
6:31 when you pulled out the baritone i got very excited, and I was not disapointed!
Sounds like a great fuzz to me. Versatile in the fuzz realm. It can probably get that Neil Young almost spitting tone from ‘Hey Hey My My’.
...um. OK, how many other guitar pedals have had HIDDEN KNOBS INSIDE THEM this whole time???
Lots! There's several analog delays with trimpots to calibrate the chips for example.
Lot of drives and fuzzes have internal controls. The blue fuzz face mini, EQD Erupter, Analogman KoT...
Just came here to say Horizon Devices Nano Attack
Ep boosted, Friedman dirty Shirley drive, polytune3 are just a few that I’ve seen. I check whenever I get pedals
It's nice that they give you extra controls....but internal pots are a PITA.....I don't want to have to take the pedal apart every time I want to do some experimenting.....but...again......nice that they at least give you the option.
very cool. I've been watching a ton of videos for different fuzz pedals. I can't wait to try them!
I use three fuzzes. Moen Fuzz Moo for Black Russian sounds. The Havalina, tone at 9am, for Fuzz Face sounds and Swollen Pickle for super-destructo...what was that pop...my amp is on fire sounds. Put the filter at 2 pm, my 535Q wah in front, when rocked forward the filters cancel each other out. Spectacular for solos.
Awesome pedal, great demo!
Glad you think so!
I have one myself & I love it ! It's has a great range of sounds
My rig is a Randal 150g3+ head and 4x12 cab with this Bad Mamajama and a DD7 chilling in the loop with my Ormsby SX7 guitar and holly crap it sound to unrelentingly good.
After being turned off by the Big Muff, this is the pedal that allowed me to "get" fuzz - I was that guy in the early 90s that didn't use fuzz. It's easy to tune so that your guitar doesn't disappear in a live situation, but still have a tone that is good to my tinnitus-ridden ears.
Me too!!!
I think this pedal could be a great pedal, if Dunlop would work on making it less harsh and grainy. With the trim cranked to get it less grainy, it's still a bit grainy. If they started from there and then you could start adjusting the pedal, that is where I think the pedal would start to sound great. So their least grainy setting should be the most grainy setting to my ears. Otherwise it has amazing tweekability. I have read so many reviews online that basically complain about this aspect of the pedal and I think it is justified. Really great review and amazing harmonic minor licks at the end.
The only fuzz pedal I’ve used that doesn’t “disappear” in a mix or used live
I used to love using it on my board live for that reason
The clipping trimpot and scoop arent min max, the scoop changes the frequency range of the scoop and the clipping is led or transistor. You can blend the clipping but the scoop is either or. Next time you have it open leave it plugged in and as you turn the clip trimpot you can see the two LEDs next to it light up. Had mine for a few years and although I've sold a bunch of my stash I can't seem to part with it. I like to run in into a slightly overdriven fender amp with a tube screamer in front of it to tighten up the low end. Fuzz is life 🤘😎🤘
Great to know, that is super cool!
Not a traditional fuzz, and it is very versatile. However, I like it much more on bass guitar than 6 string guitar.
I noticed that you labeled the clipping and scoop trimmers as cranked and in regard to the clip trimmer, it just goes between a smooth to less smooth sound, whatever they mean by that, because I really couldn't tell much difference. The internal scoop trimmer seemed to thin out the sound slightly at both extremes, but not between 9 and 3 o clock. It was muddy within that range to me.
That "utter filth" tone was the best!
It's great, one thing to note that this fuzz doesn't like being before wah, like most fuzzes would be. (At least to me)
Killer playing! 😎 Great demo!
sounds great in a mix. adds a fairly unique character to the blend.
Yeah it's very much a secret weapon for guitar/bass/synths. So fat!
i have the fat sandwich pedal distortion pedal, would be interesting to see what your opinion on it is! keep up the good work 👍👊
The tone around 4:50 would be what I'm after if at all. I like the idea of fuzz as a gritty, throaty boost with some sustain and hair on it.
I like big swollen pickles in my mouth
The bigger and juicier the better.
Really enjoyed the vid, thankyou for sharing your settings!!
Sounds kind of like a Super Fuzz. I've got to get one of these.
My fav fuzz pedal. So versatile and huge sounding. Works well with bass guitar too...
Great on analogue synth as well to get that super filthy bass thing happening. Amazing pedal.
Fuzz pedal always brings out the Black Sabbath in your playing...???..."sweet leaf" kinda sound
100%
Hey Leon. What are you using to get your Utter Filth sound right around 8:25. When you use the swollen pickle as an added effect (stacking it) Prior to engaging the swollen pickle you have a gnarly tone going. Just curious what your using for that sound thanks
lol... my left dial also has chip out of it. btw ive had mine for like 7 years or so and they are great.
Lol is that just what happens to these pedals? Mine has a chip out of the left dial too.
Mine has the same chip missing!
I like this pedal, but it changes the clean sound when plugged in and turned off. Doesn’t bother me, but the sound does get a bit darker.
Dean McCandlish it’s true bypass, so that’s your cables, mate!
@@MrLivebynight I realized that the cause of this was how long my cables were. It just takes a long way for the signals to travel
What do you use to Drive this pedal harder? I'm guessing a Boss Blues Driver may sound good.
Yes, that will help indeed. A good example is Frank Iero of My Chemical Romance.
Wampler plexi drive blue channel, set low gain and high volume into a pickle. Only way to roll.
It's a good choice, keeping in mind the buffer is going to thin out some of the oversaturation.Anything 808 will let you re eq, bring up the mids, - germanium treble boosters are always good with Muffy circuits.The internal pots are useful, espec if you want to keep it open and less compressed, - The SP is often forgotten these days, but it covers a lot of ground and does several distinct things.
SD-1 plus SP sounds like a buzzsaw in the best kind of way
@@PhatPhrank So true
Hello Leon, that was what I needed. I wanted to stack a couple of pedals and infuse a bit of fuzz with them. Thank you for your help. Yuma,Arizona USA
I got a Big Muff before looking into this pedal and I now regret my purchase lmao
For some reason the yellow letters plus the sound reminds me immediately of Jimmy Hendrix
nice demo that shows the range of fuzz this pedal can do. i have one and agree with your assessment re: versatility. i either own or have built just about every fuzz distortion circuit ever made and have multiple muffs and fuzz face pedals to compare it to and i can get the pickle to sound very similar to all except the fuzz face. the fuzz face is unique in it's simplicity and dynamics, but for muff tones the pickle can get you close to all the popular versions and anything in-between and extreme settings that are unique. yes, Tripps got it right with the pickle.
I wonder if the Pickle into an EQ could get more of those FF style mids?
Leon Todd nah, it isn’t the frequency response that’s the issue, but the dynamics, and that has to do with how the FF actually works.
@@MrLivebynight agree Paul. it has more to do with attack and compression. also most FF (depending on components and matching values) will clean up some when backing off guitar volume knob. the muff style circuit doesn't really do it. still the pickle is an awesome and versatile muff style fuzz.
@@guitphil I know that, but my point was that it is actually the WAY that a Fuzz Face works is WHY a muff-style circuit can't clean up as well. It is the way the FF input works - unbuffered, such a low impedance that the pickups and cable and guitar pots become a part of the circuit. No muff-style fuzz can do that, because they are inherently different, and no amount of EQ can change that!
Great & punchy @ overdub 8:39 💪🏻💪🏻👍🏻🎸
I figured cutting the 30 seconds of droning low string while I tried and failed to turn the pedal on 3 times was best left out :D
Leon Todd successful👍🏻 great done, Leon👋🏻
Man. What a Fuzz. I've never been into them. Back when I was a kid they were about all you coukd get or a treble booster. You just had to crank up whatever amp you had until your head exploded..😂
That's Absolutely Great! Well done and thanks for sharing brother!
Be Well Leon!
I hear some potential QOTSA tones in there.
The dudes in Knocked Lose use these in modern insane metal to GREAT effect. I can't seem to get much out of it
Killer band!
Sweet playing, review and production.
Thank you kindly!
Man I love this demo. Can this fuzz act in the same way a lot of overdrive do? Mainly I want to keep it on the gain channel on my amo just add fuzz to some parts but not want ting to play hop scotch too much.
Used heavily by the super group END, Will Putney.
Idk. I like it when other people use it, but I ended up selling mine. Used it on a marshal, an AC30, and a Blackstar Ht40 and every amp it was just too much for meh. Like getting smacked in the face every time you turn it on, and not in a good way.
I like a big muff more. It’s very hard to dial out the excessive low end of the pickle. Also always sounds too professional and controlled for me.
will this also get you something close to Smashing Pumpkins' Cherub Rock guitar tone? The Op Amp Big Muff seems to do that easily, but can't seem to do other things such as the Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction" fuzz style, which Swollen Pickle seems to be able to pull off (saw it on another vid).
do the lumps of blu tack help with the tone?
They make it stickier for sure
I had one of these, and I just could NOT get into it. I'm thinking i just don't like fuzz, in general.
Depends on what you play, I personally like that heavy fat blues tone that Hendrix and other people use.
If you dig doom/stoner/drone/sludge-metal fuzz is your favourite effect
They look a lot better built than they actually are. Dunlop's cut costs by using shitty plastic pots on the "Way Huge" range. I didn't know about the trimmers inside. I'll have to have a look at the overdrive from them that I have.
Leon, have you tried the Havalina? They were blowing these suckers out for around $60 US last year so I figured what the hell? EXCELLENT fuzz. Very defined, quirky (in a good way), and perfect for people looking for that Tone Bender vibe. Quite a bargain!
No but i'm currently on eBay...
Try to get rid of fuzz... you'll feel a lot cleaner.
It works better with single coils.
these pedals are great, but not for everything. my friend and i like to run this through a ton of reverb and get some washed out, trippy garage rock stuff going on. a lot of people think these are based on big muffs, but i believe it's a tonebender circuit with the tone stack of a muff. it's pretty great, but not for everyone
What verb do you use?
@@LeonTodd he has an older Keeley Sojourner pedal. it has a super shoegazey reverb on it, so we just mess around with that
@@Dvqwerty Have you tried the digitech hot rod with the morph on max? Great warm fuzzy shoegaze distortion with still clarity.
I tried to like the pedal but it didn’t work for me. I’m sure it was great for others.
lol Bro, my loudness nob looks the exact same.
Great demo man!
Nice! Can you do a video on stacking fuzz pedals? Swollen Pickle into a Big Muff?😁
Swollen pickle is a big muff circuit
Nice range of tones! Can it do the "Satisfaction" fuzz tone also?
I would recomend the way huge havalina for that :)
Ya you have to adjust the voice pot in the pedal to get that lond of fuzz out of a pickle. But yes! It can go full keith richards
Thats awesome. Have you tried the fat sandwich? Another beast of a pedal
No but I really want to. Pork loin too.
@@LeonTodd this sounded fantastic, especially when you paired it with the dirty pedal / sound.
The pork loin pedal is amazing. If you play any blues, you will never let go of the pork loin.
6:36 my jaw dropped
i'm one those guys that think Fuzz is utter garbage.....that being said, I bought a Swollen Pickle Mark III so I had a Fuzz on hand in case I change my mind.
I think it’s important everyone who sees this knows it’s only for lead players with amazing solos and nimble fingers.
Definitely not good for ppl who play power chords… stick with the Metal Zone and Jackson Guitars.
Be Competitive with other musicians.. show everyone how great you are by playing runs you memorize!
😔
I’m being facetious until this last part.
I’m disabled and only have 2 good fingers on my left hand. My pickle makes anything I plug into it sound big and important.
The pickle is a great rhythm pedal.
I have this pedal. What Fx 3 fuzz do you think is closest to this sound. Thx Leon
Things can only be great or garbage ?
What about good or pretty good ?
Im going to grab my guitar now.
hahaha right??
it's not garbage. stoner/doom stuff or ambient stoner I call it because some are instrumental bands. it's now my favorite type of music. like Stone Rebel for example. amazing stuff.also clouds taste satanic, Buffalo fuzz, King Weed, King Buffalo, Fren, Khan, Liquify. these are the best. if you want more metal go for Joe Stump's stuff he is killer.
Sounds like a fuzz face to me
A Strat, a Phase 90, cryBaby, Swollen Pickle, jcm 900 and an 80's rock station to jam with. There are far worse ways to spend a day off.
Love every filthy dirty sound these make! Super versatile!! Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz 🤟🏽♠️🤟🏽
How do you get rid of the feedback when recording? The hiss on the pedal seems pretty loud.
Noise gate
Sounds better with those mids dialed back in. A lot of fuzzes disappear without mids, which is one reason I prefer them with a light crunch in the background, kinda’ like you do with an OD pedal.
I have the Bogner Oxford (stupidly versatile pedal) and a Fulltone Octafuzz and they’re both soooooooo much fun.
Wanted an octafuzz for a while... Hrmmmm ebay here I come...
Leon Todd
I initially bought the Octafuzz about three years ago intending to only use it for the “steel drum” Band of Gypsys “Who Knows” sound... and it did does that really well when you turn the gain down.
When I actually used the gain, I realized “Hey, this is actually a really nice sounding fuzz.” 🤣
I was all like 'screw this thing, I just want an op amp muff', which I do have, but I'm rethinking that now. I mean this thing has some serious versatility and tweakable as all Hell. Op amp muffs are great, but let's face it: Ehx quality isn't brilliant and I'd like something with better quality.
This thing has been bomb proof
Man!!! Ragdoll’s 2013 show at Rocklahoma was amazing. Not that all their shows that I’ve seen aren’t but that year for some reason was wow! Like Godzilla stomping on Japan amazing.
I remember i couldn't find the power supply for my delay, ran a mile out to someone's camper because they said they had one and it was an amp footswitch. Ran back, straight onto stage and nearly passed out from the heat. Epic fun at that gig though! That was a really fun tour.
Leon Todd as if the regular pre show stress isn’t enough. That sucks!
Hi. Is this pedal similar to a big muff or the fuzz face ? It is good for misfits and ramones songs ?? Thanks
Nuno...its more like a souped up big muff in my personal opinion...you can get pretty much any type fuzz sound you want...i use mine with some overdrive to get my filthy,doomy stoner wall of sound fuzz that I'd been searching for years...highly recommend the SP for sure!..hope this helps with your question bud.
Oh yeah...if you're looking for more of a versatile distortion for punk music(like the ramones/misfits)... I recommend SNK pedals VHD distortion/preamp...its based off the dirty channel of the Ampeg VH-140C...Itll get you all the punk/metal and even fuzzy goodness you could ask for. www.snkpedals.com/product/vhd-distortion-preamp-black
knocked loose uses it. draw your own conclusions
Doesn't swell my pickle. But VERY well produced review. You can see all the settings for every clip, and they are all back to back without any yapping in between. What's with INTERNAL pots? That is so lame.
i like how the footswitch feels....says the man puauhahahahhaa hey idiot how do you feel when you press a doorbell?
Swollen Pickle is my porn name!? 🎶🎸
I Wanted to love it,,,PGS Andy, made it sound Great. I couldn't. Shame.
I personally think it's garbage. Sold it and bought an EHX Green Russian Big Muff reissue. Much better fuzz.
Not that crazy about it. Prefer the vintage EH Big Muff. 😞
Mmmmm ... filthy. That's a great fuzz.
Fuzz in general is utter garbage,
But as far as garbage goes, this is great garbage.