What’s awesome is that with every purchase of a sun face Mike includes a bag so you can store the cash you need to save to buy a sun bender, peppermint, or Astro tone. Thanks Mike, my NKT red dot/RCA hybrid is one of my most prized possessions.
Just proves the Sun Face is the best fuzz pedal ever made. What I love about the Sun Face is that it sort of straddles the line between overdrive and fuzz. Every other fuzz I've ever heard is so over the top that I don't understand how people can stand them, but the Sun Face is controllable. I particularly love the NOS NKT 275 with a carbon zinc battery.
Wow! This turned out absolutely phenomenal! I had such a great time helping you guys film this episode and hearing you play! The way you were both able to emphasize the shear power of those square waves going through that amp setup with your playing, could only be described as glorious... Looking forward to seeing you guys again at NAMM in a few weeks! Cheers! -AP
Just found my BC 108 at the bottom of my teenage bedroom closet at my parents house over the holidays! Apparently, it's #10? At least that's the number written with a marker inside. I found it with only one screw holding the backplate. Been digging through storage for months to finally find it!
...and the Heavens opened... and the gift was bequeathed... and the masses rejoiced ...delirious and grateful ...but awash in the knowledge that they had done nothing to be worthy of such generosity... (Thanks, guys!)
FFS why the Fuzz is so hard to choose the right Fuzz pedal to the degree of no two pedals are the same. Now with the bias trim inside everything is going well.... More fuzzy-wuzzy. thanks guys! I'm just so glad my big muff pedal keeps it simple for me and my wah works infront of it. Which could be another 'pedal show' The best wah- fuzz match up experience .... Testing a combination of the two please let it be!
I love my big muff. modded by a famous amp builder locally. but i recently got a 63 jtm45 clone and it honestly sounds awful with it. with my fenders its SOO kick ass. so now i need a fuzz face type. and the sunface seems it. but man the price. might just diy one for 50 bucks lol FF circuit is so simple
I wish you guys were on 7 days a week, who needs the rubbish on telly when you can be enthralled by that pedal show, superlative video boys and this comes from a guy who has never liked fuzz pedals....A+++
Thank you guys for taking us on the most enlightening fuzz journey anyone could hope to go on. Truly incredible. Keep doing it we love you guys and this show
Just picked up one of these, NKT red dot. I'd been watching this video, went to the Analogman site and started digging through all the options, reading about it all, then I happened to go into a guitar store that I hadn't been to in a while to pick up a cable. They had a new one in stock, told me they order a few at a time direct from Analogman and sell them about as fast as they get them. It has the sunface bias dial and also the power off toggle on the fuzz control, exactly the options I was looking at. No LED though. Anyway, seemed too serendipitous, had to give it a test and walked out with it half an hour later. Thing that strikes me about these is that as high end pedals go, it's not super pricey for how freakin' magnificent it sounds. Totally worth it for such a great sound. Plus, I won't lie, it's just such a cool thing to have on your board. : )
Adding resistance at the input with the internal clean trimpot, reveals a magical balance between the fuzz and the dynamics of the guitar and amp. Twas great to hear the glorious string chime underneath the fuzz. Thanks guys for revealing this feature and benefit of mikes sun face. cheers.
This video was the last thing I needed to see before I bought one of these! This was an /excellent/ demonstration of the possibilities of Mike's rendition of the Fuzzface! Not only did you get the classic tones across, but you aptly demonstrated how these things are instruments in and of themselves. Excellence!
Now I know why this took so long to come out, Simon has his work cut out trying to make you guys seem cogent and coherent whilst you were drooling. Admirable job Simon.
I just received a Sun Face in the mail this afternoon. I am very impressed so far. I don't particularly like fuzz pedals, but after viewing the above video for the second time I became interested because they sounded so much better than ones I had played. Well the one I received is an LG (low gain germanium) and in addition to sounding excellent, it is amazingly quiet. Fuzz pedals I've played previously were always buzzy, hissy, very noisy affairs. Not the Sun Face. It's ultra quiet. It cleans up so well when you back off the guitar volume and then delivers a cutting, tight fuzz when you raise it up. I'm happy. Been playing it with Fuzz at about 3 or 4 o'clock and level at 11 or 12. It has the SUNDIAL, so I've been playing around with that as well, which seems to basically adjust the voltage. I haven't opened it to mess with the trimmer. I'm assuming turning the trimmer clockwise will give me less overall fuzz, but it's sounding very good the way it's set up right now.
Nice one Paul - enjoy that fuzz. It’s all about the guitar volume control and working those sweet spots. Once you’re really familiar with it, have a mess with the trimmer too. Cheers!
Only 30 minutes in, and it’s still one of the best TPS episodes I’ve ever seen. Very well done guys and Analogman. You’ve shed some light onto some great tone I didn’t know about. love you!
The funny thing hearing all of these back to back is this...it’s a matter of small percentages. Say the “best fuzz” on that board is a 100 to my ears. The “worst fuzz” on that board is still a 98. It’s those little intangible differences here and there that add the extra little “whoa” factor. Gaining that last 2 points is amazing though. It’s a matter of doubling, tripling and even quadrupling the price depending on the piece of gear you’re dealing with. The question then becomes. What price are you willing to pay in order to get what you REALLY want. For some guys, that’s a stock ts-9 going into a cranked blues jr...which is great! That’s a classic sound. For some guys, it’s the rarest, purest fuzz going into an amp that eats fuzz for breakfast. It’s just a matter of “priorities”. The standout issue being price. Just remember though...it’s all in what the market will bear. If someone is selling an nkt for $500 or an early analog man prototype for over $1000, it is what it is. People will either pay for it or they won’t and the price will always reflect that. It’s not mike’s fault. He’s only building some of the best fuzzes in the country and saying “this is what I want for my time and effort”. Fair enough dude...if the world were a “fair place”, you’d be a multimillionaire, imo.
And this is why I own 1-3 of nearly every Analogman pedal he makes (and some that are no longer available). Analogman (Mike) makes some really great stuff!!!
Great video guys! Always associate silicon fuzz with David Gilmour. Epic solos on Time, Money and Echoes and his Live at Pompeii tones were just mega. As I'm typing this I just noticed Mike's t-shirt made famous by Gilmour. I myself was at the first night of Gilmour's Pompeii performances last year and I know I'll never see anything else to top it!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow good for you. That's pretty amazing. What I'd give to catch him live. I did catch Roger's Wall in 2010, which was amazing, but come on.. I need to hear David Gilmour live!!
A Sun Bender 1.5 landed in my lap yesterday.. I couldn't say no.. I bought it on sight without testing it.. once I was able to plug it in I was absolutely blown away.. it exceeded any expectations I had for it.. it's not ever leaving my board
Why I like old British curly leads..... Never heard a SunFace that I didn’t like. Mine has an off/on switch on one of the knobs - for people who like the pedal with batteries on a board... Great Stuff! Pete.
Piedscooter1 yah I guess what I meant to say was I had an amp simular to that in 1976 it was the Acoustic brand ...100 watt combo with e.q. I spoke with the now Acoustic company and they said that was with an earlier management team in the 70's and he had no knowledge of what the model number was....I was only 16 at the time and bought that amp and a new Americans Fender Stratocaster ....it was a serious purchased for a 16 year old, and took 2 years to pay off my first ever loan. Any info on that amp would be cool...I only had 1picture of the two together...but could not read the model no. I believe it was a twin combo w/ e.q. 100 watt...
Acoustic 360's and 371's were bass amps with enough low end power to rip off the bell-bottom trousers of the operator, and to blow most objects that were not tied down in front off the stage. Jaco Pastorius used one. John Paul Jones of Led Zepplin used TWO in a live setting.
Interesting how the 'trimmer' adding resistance at the input, yields a different effect than simply turning down the guitar volume pot...kind of like the effects of gain staging where you add it at different places in the chain yields different effects...theres no substitute for experimentation, even when you understand what a circuit should or shouldn't do...you never cease to be surprised in one way or another!
I ordered an Analog Man Sun Face after watching this episode about two years ago... and it has been off my board because I didn't know how to use it. That just changed about two hours ago when I ran it into my cranked Tumnus Deluxe with reverb, delay, and some harmonic trem and now I'm buzzing like a bee. 🐝 I can now say I finally "get it" thanks to you two and I can wear my TPS fuzz T-shirt and not be a poser! It was mega-epic!!!
I started watching this one ages ago and stopped because I was ignorant to fuzz. I got to experience an NKT 275 white dot on the weekend in a studio, turned up...Now I get it! I was expecting a fuzzy wash out, but got pure, 60's tone in all its glory. I hope the red dot will do the same for me as the white did. This video was just what I needed right now - cheers guys!
This is the first video I’m going to watch at 12:00:01 New Years Day 2021. I’m going to start a new year the right way and forget 2020. Love, peace and VOLUME to all.
Buying a Silver modded Maxon OD9 from Mike was what got me into great pedal clones. I own his Astrotone as well as an older 2 knob compRossor. Fantastic stuff!
The 1st pedal on the left of the screen sounds pretty spectacular , not fussed on the other three, spectacular show guys and this show just keeps getting better and better.
My KOT is my #1pedal. Aside from the amazing & stellar tones of Mike's li'l beauty, the main thing for me is the way the volume and gain knobs work. slow & steady, evenly increase of the cosmic whatever, adds more of what you want. No fits and starts. No abrupt bumps in the night, only smooth sailing 'til I run all in. The runner ups is a fairly long list, and the list of 'bought and solds' is even longer. Topper? Analogman. Thanks Mike.
Oh my days. Amazing tones on all of these but the NKT red dot is The One. I woke up his morning with the question ‘I wonder what a Pro Junior would be like with fuzz?’ In my head too, bizarrely.
Great video, guys! I've been using a Joe Bonamassa germanium fuzzface mini, but those sound amazing. The dynamic range alone makes these things worth their weight in gold.
Not a heavy OD guy, and not a big fuzz fan. But I just got my Sun Face 2SB, fully loaded. Top jack, big box, battery only. Played with it over the weekend. Love it! It's a keeper
Fantastic review. I'm a bass player and recently started noodling on a guitar again. I saw some good videos with the analogman pedal to help get better "clean" tones too which I'm interested in. Just bought a BC109 and will give it a try. I wouldn't have known about that trim pot if I didn't see your review! Well done indeed!!
That Pedal Show that's super cool! I feel like his pedals don't get much attention anymore since he's been creating pedals from the beginning of pedals existing but I mean, the guy created the octave fuzz! He worked with Jimi! (Plus his Axis fuzz is the best pedal I've ever used.)
notbadfilms I also had an Axis Fuzz and it sustained for days. Great tone. I was young and dumb and I sold it but I wish I everyday I never did 😣 one day I’ll buy it back. But I think Roger Mayer is the god of pedal builders for the work and innovation he did with Hendrix, my favorite guitarist. Those tones were monumental achievements in modern music and had an immeasurable influence on generations of guitar players.
27:00 That difference you hear between buffer on/off after a fuzz (which can be very annoying with brighter amps) is the difference in capacitance between a short patch cable and a longer cable to the amp: that forms a low pass filter together with the fuzz volume pot! Try adding a switchable 470 pF (more or less) cap to ground at the fuzz out, to keep your trusted guitar-fuzz-amp tone when you have a buffered pedal after the fuzz!
Rock on! Love Analog Man. I have owned a sun lion for about a year now and it is the greatest noise maker pedal I have ever used. Great chops too bu the way! Great content!!
Bc183 is incredible. My Eric Johnson. Ff is literally one of the best pedals I’ve ever played Once you have it dialed in it’s so incredible. I bet the sunface 183 is similar.
guys, this segment was fantastic! the range of tones from those fuzz face variants was amazing. thank you (and analog mike) for such an enlightening video.
I can't find a fuzz that I'd like, whenever I hear them I still go :E but I always come back to this video and my face is melting with a joyous smile with those germanium sun faces. I don't want to accept that some day I need to put a lot of money to get one and it might be too late when I decide to pull the trigger. The nkt 275 really is something. This is how fuzzes should be made. This must also be at least 3rd comment throughout the years on these vids. And only now I realized it was released on my birthday.
I never realized how much I need one of these! They don't make the NKT275 anymore, but the people at Analog Man recommend the BART if I want that sound.
I want them all. I’ve had mine a while now and it is the ruler in my rig, the point where I’ll probably have to get a g2 just to run it. Very clever Daniel.
Love Fuzzfaces, so inspiring to play. Silicon, germanium, doesn’t matter. Fuzzface is still a Fuzzface and it’s all awesome. Of all the awesome videos, one of my favorites for sure. Got into them cuz I love Jimi, and Stevie, but love them cuz they are such an awesome pedal.
Amazing show guys really knocked this one out of the park.. I have to pause the episode to run over n break out some fuzz box. It’s always entertaining n fun to watch but sometimes the episode leaves me feeling really inspired. And that’s awesome
Thats how I’ve set my sun face up some time now! Fuzz full and then find the sweetspot with the clean-trimmer! Recipe for superb fuzz-tone! ;) Thanks for the great episode!!
I´m never buying a germanium fuzz face again. I´ve had Analogman germanium fuzz faces and others, and man what a hassle they are. They never sound the way they´re supposed to in my rig and in my house. Something always ruins them. Silicon fuzz faces, however, are my favorite pedals of all time! Couldn´t live without them. Thanks for finally putting this up!
bigJohnnybabyboy I've Had A Dallas Arbiter Sil 109 for years. It cleans up smoothly and sounds just the way I want. So many people dog on Sil but when it's quality components they sound great. Also can put it anywhere in my chain and it's fine.
Germanium is very sensitive to temperature. In my experience if the pedal lives in a room that is below 70 degrees, it's going to sound like crap. And if it's above 75 degrees it's going to sound like crap.
Inconsistent performance is why germanium was abandoned as soon as possible. However, that which is more consistent and/or more efficient is not necessary better suited to one's tonal and dynamic requirements (e.g. solid-state amps versus tube amps).
I absolutely love this show! Information AND entertainment all rolled into one. Mick and Dan are my happy time. It’s great to see people so enthusiastic about stuff. Thank you so much for all the time and effort all you guys put into these videos, it’s really appreciated
You guys are the best and worst at the same time!! Best for my love of music and playing guitar, worst for my pocketbook and anything getting done around the house!!
I opened my MJM London fuzz to find a adjustment pot. I trimmed it back a bit and it sounds less “ fuzzy “ and more amp like. Great advice, I think I will keep the fuzz on my board.
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Fuzz is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy!
Amen
+Frank DeNigris haha! That’s the next tshirt ;)
"And on the 8th day God plugged in his telecaster into a fuzz and saw that it was good."
Lol
What’s awesome is that with every purchase of a sun face Mike includes a bag so you can store the cash you need to save to buy a sun bender, peppermint, or Astro tone. Thanks Mike, my NKT red dot/RCA hybrid is one of my most prized possessions.
Hey, that's what I have! What gain level do you have? Mine's low gain and I'm so curious what a med/high gain version would be like..
Just proves the Sun Face is the best fuzz pedal ever made. What I love about the Sun Face is that it sort of straddles the line between overdrive and fuzz. Every other fuzz I've ever heard is so over the top that I don't understand how people can stand them, but the Sun Face is controllable. I particularly love the NOS NKT 275 with a carbon zinc battery.
Mike Piera is a national treasure. True Genius
Fuzz is the greatest thing ever created by man. Right there next to flush-able baby wipes.
Frank Zappa Oh man... That truly made me laugh. Thanks, friend.
*You forgot cheese. Without cheese, life is empty.*
Hard to argue with that.
🤣🤣🤣
Color photography is better analogy
"You can have your knob wherever you like" - Dan 2017
Wow! This turned out absolutely phenomenal! I had such a great time helping you guys film this episode and hearing you play! The way you were both able to emphasize the shear power of those square waves going through that amp setup with your playing, could only be described as glorious... Looking forward to seeing you guys again at NAMM in a few weeks!
Cheers!
-AP
Got a fuzz from Analog Mike and it is incredibly dynamic and cleans up amazing with the volume knob. This video is spot on.
Just found my BC 108 at the bottom of my teenage bedroom closet at my parents house over the holidays! Apparently, it's #10? At least that's the number written with a marker inside. I found it with only one screw holding the backplate. Been digging through storage for months to finally find it!
...and the Heavens opened... and the gift was bequeathed... and the masses rejoiced ...delirious and grateful ...but awash in the knowledge that they had done nothing to be worthy of such generosity... (Thanks, guys!)
Holy Ever-Loving Shit!!!!!! There's a Pete Cornish board leaning behind Dan!!!!! Man, Mike's shop truly is the happiest place on the planet.
FFS why the Fuzz is so hard to choose the right Fuzz pedal to the degree of no two pedals are the same. Now with the bias trim inside everything is going well.... More fuzzy-wuzzy. thanks guys!
I'm just so glad my big muff pedal keeps it simple for me and my wah works infront of it.
Which could be another 'pedal show' The best wah- fuzz match up experience .... Testing a combination of the two please let it be!
I love my big muff. modded by a famous amp builder locally. but i recently got a 63 jtm45 clone and it honestly sounds awful with it. with my fenders its SOO kick ass. so now i need a fuzz face type. and the sunface seems it. but man the price. might just diy one for 50 bucks lol FF circuit is so simple
I wish you guys were on 7 days a week, who needs the rubbish on telly when you can be enthralled by that pedal show, superlative video boys and this comes from a guy who has never liked fuzz pedals....A+++
Thank you sir!
Thank you guys for taking us on the most enlightening fuzz journey anyone could hope to go on. Truly incredible. Keep doing it we love you guys and this show
Just picked up one of these, NKT red dot. I'd been watching this video, went to the Analogman site and started digging through all the options, reading about it all, then I happened to go into a guitar store that I hadn't been to in a while to pick up a cable. They had a new one in stock, told me they order a few at a time direct from Analogman and sell them about as fast as they get them. It has the sunface bias dial and also the power off toggle on the fuzz control, exactly the options I was looking at. No LED though. Anyway, seemed too serendipitous, had to give it a test and walked out with it half an hour later. Thing that strikes me about these is that as high end pedals go, it's not super pricey for how freakin' magnificent it sounds. Totally worth it for such a great sound. Plus, I won't lie, it's just such a cool thing to have on your board. : )
Adding resistance at the input with the internal clean trimpot, reveals a magical balance between the fuzz and the dynamics of the guitar and amp.
Twas great to hear the glorious string chime underneath the fuzz. Thanks guys for revealing this feature and benefit of mikes sun face. cheers.
Yes, this is a very important thing to know about and make use of.
Great show. It was really clarifying. Love when you guys get overwhelmed. It's so genuine. TPS is my favorite show on youtube! Thanks!!!
+Bruno Silva ah, cheers Bruno ;)
15:38 Paul Davids shared recently on his channel how to play the lick!
This video was the last thing I needed to see before I bought one of these! This was an /excellent/ demonstration of the possibilities of Mike's rendition of the Fuzzface! Not only did you get the classic tones across, but you aptly demonstrated how these things are instruments in and of themselves. Excellence!
Now I know why this took so long to come out, Simon has his work cut out trying to make you guys seem cogent and coherent whilst you were drooling. Admirable job Simon.
Ah, if Simon had done it it would have been out sooner! I had to do this one hence the wait. Oops. :0)
That's funny that you (Mick) said you liked the NKT circuit the best because that's exactly what I was thinking. It's eargasmic
I've been so excited for this episode! My NKT Red Dot arrived last week and I have been LOVING it!
+Phil Heesen III it’s soooo good
I just received a Sun Face in the mail this afternoon. I am very impressed so far. I don't particularly like fuzz pedals, but after viewing the above video for the second time I became interested because they sounded so much better than ones I had played. Well the one I received is an LG (low gain germanium) and in addition to sounding excellent, it is amazingly quiet. Fuzz pedals I've played previously were always buzzy, hissy, very noisy affairs. Not the Sun Face. It's ultra quiet. It cleans up so well when you back off the guitar volume and then delivers a cutting, tight fuzz when you raise it up. I'm happy. Been playing it with Fuzz at about 3 or 4 o'clock and level at 11 or 12. It has the SUNDIAL, so I've been playing around with that as well, which seems to basically adjust the voltage. I haven't opened it to mess with the trimmer. I'm assuming turning the trimmer clockwise will give me less overall fuzz, but it's sounding very good the way it's set up right now.
Nice one Paul - enjoy that fuzz. It’s all about the guitar volume control and working those sweet spots. Once you’re really familiar with it, have a mess with the trimmer too. Cheers!
Having your amp set up right is one of the keys to using a fuzz box.
@@shawnglass108 = edge of break-up
Only 30 minutes in, and it’s still one of the best TPS episodes I’ve ever seen. Very well done guys and Analogman. You’ve shed some light onto some great tone I didn’t know about. love you!
Thanks for not cutting out all the real world stuff in this comparison 👍🏻👍🏻
The funny thing hearing all of these back to back is this...it’s a matter of small percentages. Say the “best fuzz” on that board is a 100 to my ears. The “worst fuzz” on that board is still a 98. It’s those little intangible differences here and there that add the extra little “whoa” factor. Gaining that last 2 points is amazing though. It’s a matter of doubling, tripling and even quadrupling the price depending on the piece of gear you’re dealing with. The question then becomes. What price are you willing to pay in order to get what you REALLY want. For some guys, that’s a stock ts-9 going into a cranked blues jr...which is great! That’s a classic sound. For some guys, it’s the rarest, purest fuzz going into an amp that eats fuzz for breakfast. It’s just a matter of “priorities”. The standout issue being price. Just remember though...it’s all in what the market will bear. If someone is selling an nkt for $500 or an early analog man prototype for over $1000, it is what it is. People will either pay for it or they won’t and the price will always reflect that. It’s not mike’s fault. He’s only building some of the best fuzzes in the country and saying “this is what I want for my time and effort”. Fair enough dude...if the world were a “fair place”, you’d be a multimillionaire, imo.
And this is why I own 1-3 of nearly every Analogman pedal he makes (and some that are no longer available). Analogman (Mike) makes some really great stuff!!!
Great video guys! Always associate silicon fuzz with David Gilmour. Epic solos on Time, Money and Echoes and his Live at Pompeii tones were just mega. As I'm typing this I just noticed Mike's t-shirt made famous by Gilmour. I myself was at the first night of Gilmour's Pompeii performances last year and I know I'll never see anything else to top it!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow good for you. That's pretty amazing. What I'd give to catch him live. I did catch Roger's Wall in 2010, which was amazing, but come on.. I need to hear David Gilmour live!!
Ah man... so good....
A Sun Bender 1.5 landed in my lap yesterday.. I couldn't say no.. I bought it on sight without testing it.. once I was able to plug it in I was absolutely blown away.. it exceeded any expectations I had for it.. it's not ever leaving my board
Awesome episode! I have a friend who refers to his fuzz using "Geranium". Haven't got the heart to tell him he's talking about flowers............
Love my NKT275 and ARDX20❤️🎸 Thanks Analogman!
Why I like old British curly leads..... Never heard a SunFace that I didn’t like. Mine has an off/on switch on one of the knobs - for people who like the pedal with batteries on a board... Great Stuff! Pete.
That Acoustic amp in the background is just gorgeous
I thought the same thing. Made me all Jaco Past-curious!
I had one in 1976 with graphic eq
The amp in the video is an Acoustic 360. One with a graphic EQ would be an Acoustic 371, I think ?????????
Piedscooter1 yah I guess what I meant to say was I had an amp simular to that in 1976 it was the Acoustic brand ...100 watt combo with e.q. I spoke with the now Acoustic company and they said that was with an earlier management team in the 70's and he had no knowledge of what the model number was....I was only 16 at the time and bought that amp and a new Americans Fender Stratocaster ....it was a serious purchased for a 16 year old, and took 2 years to pay off my first ever loan. Any info on that amp would be cool...I only had 1picture of the two together...but could not read the model no. I believe it was a twin combo w/ e.q. 100 watt...
Acoustic 360's and 371's were bass amps with enough low end power to rip off the bell-bottom trousers of the operator, and to blow most objects that were not tied down in front off the stage. Jaco Pastorius used one. John Paul Jones of Led Zepplin used TWO in a live setting.
All 3 of you guys had the total “kids in the candy jar”vibe for this video, so in to it!
Makes for a good view, very informative, great show
Mick, Dan, do you remember being THIS wxcited about anything else?!? Amazing. Thank you!
The smile that Mick gives to (Mike I assume) at about 26:42 warms the heart
Interesting how the 'trimmer' adding resistance at the input, yields a different effect than simply turning down the guitar volume pot...kind of like the effects of gain staging where you add it at different places in the chain yields different effects...theres no substitute for experimentation, even when you understand what a circuit should or shouldn't do...you never cease to be surprised in one way or another!
I ordered an Analog Man Sun Face after watching this episode about two years ago... and it has been off my board because I didn't know how to use it. That just changed about two hours ago when I ran it into my cranked Tumnus Deluxe with reverb, delay, and some harmonic trem and now I'm buzzing like a bee. 🐝 I can now say I finally "get it" thanks to you two and I can wear my TPS fuzz T-shirt and not be a poser! It was mega-epic!!!
Dr. Mike and you guys are amazing. The impact was palpable. What a blast!
This video is responsible for me purchasing a Red Dot. Love it with the Strat!
These guys are the kings of the silent, open-mouth gestures.
I started watching this one ages ago and stopped because I was ignorant to fuzz. I got to experience an NKT 275 white dot on the weekend in a studio, turned up...Now I get it! I was expecting a fuzzy wash out, but got pure, 60's tone in all its glory. I hope the red dot will do the same for me as the white did. This video was just what I needed right now - cheers guys!
This is the first video I’m going to watch at 12:00:01 New Years Day 2021. I’m going to start a new year the right way and forget 2020. Love, peace and VOLUME to all.
Buying a Silver modded Maxon OD9 from Mike was what got me into great pedal clones. I own his Astrotone as well as an older 2 knob compRossor. Fantastic stuff!
The 1st pedal on the left of the screen sounds pretty spectacular , not fussed on the other three, spectacular show guys and this show just keeps getting better and better.
Just found a new sound in my sunface, and idk if I'll be able to sleep tonight. This is a good fucking pedal.
Both the Silicon and Germanium Sun Face sound amazing!
I've just added a Sun Face to my KoT order! Thanks guys!
My KOT is my #1pedal. Aside from the amazing & stellar tones of Mike's li'l beauty, the main thing for me is the way the volume and gain knobs work. slow & steady, evenly increase of the cosmic whatever, adds more of what you want. No fits and starts. No abrupt bumps in the night, only smooth sailing 'til I run all in. The runner ups is a fairly long list, and the list of 'bought and solds' is even longer. Topper? Analogman. Thanks Mike.
Always been more of a traditional distortion/OD guy, but these fuzz's have got me wanting a fuzz pedal now - Analog Man's of course!
You guys are making me spend so much cash....
Turning up the input pad is a game changer!! Such a great tip.
Awesome public service broadcasting!! Love the germanium 275 :-)
Oh my days. Amazing tones on all of these but the NKT red dot is The One. I woke up his morning with the question ‘I wonder what a Pro Junior would be like with fuzz?’ In my head too, bizarrely.
Great video, guys! I've been using a Joe Bonamassa germanium fuzzface mini, but those sound amazing. The dynamic range alone makes these things worth their weight in gold.
Visiting from the future (2023). Wow. How much fun are you guys in for…keep up the great work. Keep it Fuzzy (Markus is watching..)
Possibly the most important TH-cam video that's ever been made.
Not a heavy OD guy, and not a big fuzz fan. But I just got my Sun Face 2SB, fully loaded. Top jack, big box, battery only. Played with it over the weekend. Love it! It's a keeper
Fantastic review. I'm a bass player and recently started noodling on a guitar again. I saw some good videos with the analogman pedal to help get better "clean" tones too which I'm interested in. Just bought a BC109 and will give it a try. I wouldn't have known about that trim pot if I didn't see your review! Well done indeed!!
So finicky but SO great if you can dial them in…especially the germanium! Fun show!!
Mick's opening Jam - Wow ! so good .
I know this is an older video, but I appreciate it so much. There are so many options on the sunfaces and I wasn't sure how they all compared.
Mike Piera is a BADASS! I have one of his old NKT-275 White dot Sunfaces. I still use it regularly! Thomas Adams 11:11®️
I would love to see you do an interview with Roger Mayer and have you talk effects with him too. These Analogman videos were excellent!
+notbadfilms Dan here, I interviewed Roger about 12 years ago, fascinating fellow
That Pedal Show that's super cool! I feel like his pedals don't get much attention anymore since he's been creating pedals from the beginning of pedals existing but I mean, the guy created the octave fuzz! He worked with Jimi! (Plus his Axis fuzz is the best pedal I've ever used.)
You guys need to get your hands on the Roger Mayer Visage fuzz and do a show on all the possible internal combinations.
I would love to see this too!
notbadfilms
I also had an Axis Fuzz and it sustained for days. Great tone. I was young and dumb and I sold it but I wish I everyday I never did 😣 one day I’ll buy it back. But I think Roger Mayer is the god of pedal builders for the work and innovation he did with Hendrix, my favorite guitarist. Those tones were monumental achievements in modern music and had an immeasurable influence on generations of guitar players.
11:12 You need a new T-Shirt: 50 shades of gain :-)
I was shouting that to my wife while editing the video at that part. Assuming somebody hasn’t already beaten us to it, it shall happen!
Were you shouting at her while crumpling her panties in your hand lol :p
27:00 That difference you hear between buffer on/off after a fuzz (which can be very annoying with brighter amps) is the difference in capacitance between a short patch cable and a longer cable to the amp: that forms a low pass filter together with the fuzz volume pot! Try adding a switchable 470 pF (more or less) cap to ground at the fuzz out, to keep your trusted guitar-fuzz-amp tone when you have a buffered pedal after the fuzz!
What every other show misses, that you guys get, is that each tiny component in a chain is like Chemistry! 🔬
Brilliant info and explanation. Still have no idea which to choose! Excellent show as always guys.
You gotta have at least one Si, and then one Ge, and then you can start collecting them all 😁
Rock on! Love Analog Man. I have owned a sun lion for about a year now and it is the greatest noise maker pedal I have ever used. Great chops too bu the way! Great content!!
Yes! Part 2 of Analogman!! Guys, those opening solos were brilliant!
Bc183 is incredible. My Eric Johnson. Ff is literally one of the best pedals I’ve ever played Once you have it dialed in it’s so incredible. I bet the sunface 183 is similar.
That second sun face in the intro was massive!
Well its changed my view of fuzz boxes!
Yes! 183 is coming my way. Thanks guys!
Never mind guys, I got my answer at the end of the video! Thanks for the video! Analog Mike is awesome!
Can I get an amen for big-ass headstock strats?
Amen!
Amen
I am a Heretic. Smaller "C" profile Strat necks and small headstocks for me.
A meh (i'm with Matt)
Nema! The Paw has spoken and I concur!
guys, this segment was fantastic! the range of tones from those fuzz face variants was amazing. thank you (and analog mike) for such an enlightening video.
I can't find a fuzz that I'd like, whenever I hear them I still go :E but I always come back to this video and my face is melting with a joyous smile with those germanium sun faces. I don't want to accept that some day I need to put a lot of money to get one and it might be too late when I decide to pull the trigger. The nkt 275 really is something. This is how fuzzes should be made. This must also be at least 3rd comment throughout the years on these vids. And only now I realized it was released on my birthday.
It is to late now for the nkt lol
I honestly am not a huge fuzz pedal fan... BUT I've been tasked with making a few of them for customers. I'm getting the mojo for it.
One of the best TH-cam videos I’ve watched! Tough choice. I’m going 2k.
I never realized how much I need one of these! They don't make the NKT275 anymore, but the people at Analog Man recommend the BART if I want that sound.
Red-dot NKT one 'just' edged it for me - had the clarity.
I'm still crying man, they ran out of red dots 😢
The thing with Mike is they all sound dripping good. I'll take all 4 please!
Best show you have done.
I want them all. I’ve had mine a while now and it is the ruler in my rig, the point where I’ll probably have to get a g2 just to run it. Very clever Daniel.
"Giving it the love it needs to bring forth the rock" ... Dan giving us the quotes we need to put on another t-shirt 🤘
Love Fuzzfaces, so inspiring to play. Silicon, germanium, doesn’t matter. Fuzzface is still a Fuzzface and it’s all awesome. Of all the awesome videos, one of my favorites for sure. Got into them cuz I love Jimi, and Stevie, but love them cuz they are such an awesome pedal.
Amazing show guys really knocked this one out of the park.. I have to pause the episode to run over n break out some fuzz box. It’s always entertaining n fun to watch but sometimes the episode leaves me feeling really inspired. And that’s awesome
+Adam Hauk ah man, that’s awesome, job done for us :)
Great in-depth clip. Lovely to see Dan's mind melting through joy. Analog Mike is a genius of course, beautiful sounding fuzzes
Just watched this video again as I'm thinking of purchasing one of these later in the year. It didn't help: I still want them all.
Same. I'm considering a ge Standard (2N) or a si (BC109 - the Pompeii clockface if possible).
Thats how I’ve set my sun face up some time now! Fuzz full and then find the sweetspot with the clean-trimmer! Recipe for superb fuzz-tone! ;) Thanks for the great episode!!
I´m never buying a germanium fuzz face again. I´ve had Analogman germanium fuzz faces and others, and man what a hassle they are. They never sound the way they´re supposed to in my rig and in my house. Something always ruins them. Silicon fuzz faces, however, are my favorite pedals of all time! Couldn´t live without them. Thanks for finally putting this up!
bigJohnnybabyboy I've Had A Dallas Arbiter Sil 109 for years. It cleans up smoothly and sounds just the way I want. So many people dog on Sil but when it's quality components they sound great. Also can put it anywhere in my chain and it's fine.
Germanium is very sensitive to temperature. In my experience if the pedal lives in a room that is below 70 degrees, it's going to sound like crap. And if it's above 75 degrees it's going to sound like crap.
I love em as long as they see an unbuffered signal, no probs. I like a bit of good ol germanium fuzz sag.
Inconsistent performance is why germanium was abandoned as soon as possible. However, that which is more consistent and/or more efficient is not necessary better suited to one's tonal and dynamic requirements (e.g. solid-state amps versus tube amps).
Been waiting for this episode !!! Thanks guys so much for going to see Analog Mike. Had my germanium 2SB since March and it is my favorite pedal.
I absolutely love this show! Information AND entertainment all rolled into one. Mick and Dan are my happy time. It’s great to see people so enthusiastic about stuff. Thank you so much for all the time and effort all you guys put into these videos, it’s really appreciated
You guys are the best and worst at the same time!! Best for my love of music and playing guitar, worst for my pocketbook and anything getting done around the house!!
the best fuzz video
gold. this is pure gold. perfect tones.
All sound wonderful but that first Germanium is just delicious. First rate video!
Y’all need to go back in 2022!!! Analogman rules!!!
I opened my MJM London fuzz to find a adjustment pot. I trimmed it back a bit and it sounds less “ fuzzy “ and more amp like. Great advice, I think I will keep the fuzz on my board.