That Pedal Show - Classic Fuzz Tones: Where To Begin?
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In this episode Daniel and Mick run through the main families of vintage-inspired fuzz pedals, albeit re-imagined through modern brands’ offerings. The (Gary Hurst/Sola Sound) Tone Bender, (Dallas-Arbiter) Fuzz Face and (Electro-Harmonix) Big Muff are the cornerstones of classic fuzz, so we take a whistle-stop tour through their basic characteristics, via some more modern pedals.
Please consider this as the beginning of a journey, because there are so many variants within these classics, let alone the myriad other vintage and modern fuzzes. But we have to start somewhere, so let's start here…
Pedals In This Episode…
• Jim Dunlop JBF3 Joe Bonamassa Signature Fuzz Face Distortion
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• Analog Man Sun Face BC183
www.analogman.com/
• Pro Analog MkII Fuzz
www.proanalogdevices.com/
• Fulltone Octafuzz
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USA: imp.i114863.net/jb2aM
Australia: bit.ly/3nJ1alp
• Thorpy FX Fallout Cloud
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Australia: bit.ly/3qmoTt6
USA: bit.ly/38niPtL
• Kingsley Page
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• Strymon TimeLine
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USA: imp.i114863.net/5rLBb
Australia: bit.ly/2pSEFKm
As ever, all switching and routing is handled by TheGigRig G2 - watch Dan’s video at bit.ly/2dSt4Ev
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Interesting bits and go-to sections…
• Brief history of fuzz and the Maestro Fuzz-Tone: 3:10
• Today’s pedals introduction: 6:35
• Two amps today…: 8:40
• All pedals with Dan’s Les Paul: 9:42
• All pedals with Mick’s Strat: 13:08
• Sun Face and the Strat guitar volume pot: 15:20 (Les Paul at 19:21)
• Bonamassa Fuzz Face and the guitar volume pot: 18:14
• Thoughts on Strats/single coils and Les Pauls/humbuckers and fuzz: 20:25
• Dan’s ’61 Les Paul (SG) Junior and the Sun Face: 22:05…
• …and compared with the other fuzzes: 22:40
• Octafuzz into Fuzz Face into Delay: 23:50
• Fuzz Face and Sun Face before Octafuzz: 26:15 (Strat then SG)
Amps in this episode
• Two-Rock Studio Pro 35 through custom Zilla 1x12 with Celestion G12-75 Creamback
• Victory V44 The Sheriff though Victory V212VH 2x12 cab
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Guitars in this episode
• Fender American Vintage ’62 Stratocaster - watch Mick’s video at bit.ly/2cQv3yT
• Gibson Custom 1958 Les Paul Standard - watch Dan’s video at bit.ly/2dbwbvS
• 1961 Gibson Les Paul (SG) Junior
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I hated fuzz for the 1st 20 years of playing, but in the last couple of years I really grown to like them. Weird!
CaptAnderton What is your current fuzz of choice, Cap?
Nothing weird about it Capt. its called "aging"!!! Some are fortunate enought to add "gracefully" after that :D
Not me though
Webgkil
CaptAnderton wow the captain. my favorite is the acapulco gold fuzz.
CaptAnderton That's your ears going bad with age.
Paused the video at 5:05 to listen to "Satisfaction" and I HEARD THE CLICK. Awesome!
Yes!! Just did exactly the same!
It's around 00:35 in the song, you can hear it 😊
You can never unhear it.
THAT is a FUN FACT INDEED!
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Great vid as always guys. As to Mick's question, "Who would use a fuzz for their clean sound?," to my ears Jimi Hendrix used it all the time. I chased some of his clean rhythm sounds for years and never got it until I rolled the guitar volume off on a Fuzz Face.
guitarmoderne First thing I thought when he said it, too. Brings that extra magic sparkle playing Little Wing/Wind Cries Mary etc.
J Mascis has a pretty fuzzy clean tone too
Den the Whale He says that he just keeps an overdrive on all the time.
I've always used a fuzz face into a trebble booster for my clean sound just rolling off the volume on a fender. Can't play without them. love it sooo much!
One of the best intros ever. I can't stress how big my smile was while listening. Two very big thumbs up!
The mind blown look on your faces when you started stacking the Octavia was AWESOME! Thanks guys. Large fan. Love the show!
Nice touch with the red poppy- Lest We Forget.
Thanks for that guys.
+petejt Absolutely Pete. Never forget.
That Pedal Show I suggest , for the next run of fuzzes, the WTF from JRAD.. My first and only fuzz in 35y... Really impressive ;) thanks for the excellent shows
As always, great show, gents. I just ordered the Thorpy Veteran Ltd Fuzz (Rangemaster + Fuzz Face) - due in February - it's a great time for fuzz!
YES! I've been waiting for this video ever since I discovered you guys. Thank you so much - you guys are best.
I'd super love a show on the more modern crazy self-oscillating fuzzes and/or other noise maker type pedals, I feel like you two would have a great time with that! Thanks for all the amazing content! :)
Love that one of you tweaks the knobs so we can see them while the other plays and we can hear the changes - an excellent move!
FUZZ YEAH! Been waiting for this for a long time guys. Awesome as always, cheers :)
The content in this video is great. Really good examples with different pickups. To my ear the strat wins by a nose because the cleans are good thru the fuzz with the volume down and then as you turn it up it just becomes this gloriously thick tone that sounds just right. The SG with the dogear P-90 thru the Sunface with volume up on the guitar is like a fuzz tidal wave with a little bit of feedback. That is pure rock n' roll right there chaps! When you guys react to the tone with huge smiles and a bit of laughter you know the tone is killer in the room. Fabuloso!!
Hello Daniel and Mick, thank you for all of your videos they certainly help a lot to understand and improve our sound God bless you.
Another great episode! Thanks to you both I bought a tubescreamer mini to use with my blues junior and it's absolutely fantastic!
Just yesterday, I bought a Germanium Fuzz Face Mini to put on my board for the second time. I've learned much about using the volume pot, impedance matching, and using overdrive in conjunction since my first rodeo with a fuzz face.
Great video, as always. Lovely Jr. you got there, Dan!
Definitely top 3 pre-show riffing! Nice job Mick... that volume fade to push that fuzz over the top was beautiful!
+Tony Peterson Thanks Tony, very kind of you to say. Such an inspiring sound!
Tony Peterson must be the new headstock flower..! I agree, great intro!!
It's the UK vets charity fundraiser flower for armistice day, it represents the poppies that grew on Flanders fields.
Do you guys never use way huge? Havilina and swollen pickle deserve love
Yeah the intro was great!
Fantastic opening Mick, nice, & a great video. TPS definitely makes Fridays !!
I love you guys, I have learned so much from your shows. Much appreciated !
perfect timing guys! i was just checking out some fuzz circuits a few hours ago for my next build :-)
I have always loved FUZZ pedals. I have built several, I have 3 Fuzz Faces, a the Fulltone Octafuzz, Lovepedal Karl, Euthymia ICBM, JHS Muffuletta, and numerous others, but my FAVORITE is the Lovepedal BoneTender... It is wonderfully musical and usable, and not subject to temperature issues.
love you guys, you give very important information about everthing you would want to know as someone that sound is important for him...best in youtube for sure
My favorite and current fuzz of choice is the Solidgold Rosie. I strongly recommend it for anyone looking for a MKII-style fuzz. It can go anywhere in the chain and works with wahs and compressors. It has a basscut switch that adds a lot of flexibility. With basscut on, drive rolled back, and volume cranked it's wonderful to push an amp.
I just picked up a p90 SG and into a Big Muff wicker into a (billm modded) blues junior sounds incredible! It's always great to see p90s used in demos. They still seem like a massively underrated pickup. Top video
I discovered I wasn't really a fuzz guy UNTIL I used the smaller box version of the Fulltone Octafuzz( own OCD and Deluxe Wah by them) and after trying ALOT of them it won me over! Smoothest one for me!
Making this video put smiles on both of your faces. That’s how my fuzz pedal makes me feel too. Happy sounds. Mine is a original Fulltone 69 pedal and it’s a keeper people have offered me stupid amounts of money for it, because it’s in excellent condition but I can’t seem to part with it.
That intro tone was mint. the bendy bit after the clean playing is the tone I'm currently after.
Absurdity which fuzz was he using?
@@benfrancoeur1913 He was using the Sunface at that point
Great video! The most outrageous in a good sense, modern fuzz I ever played was certainly the 'take flight pedal - the goose' . It sounds like a Geiger counter and it's worth a try!
love the show! glad you are featuring items widely available. some episodes feature pedals no longer available or so esoteric that they are difficult to obtain.
You guys do a kick ass job! Straight to the point and you both play tastefully, none of that sarcastic parodying lame humour stuff lol thank you!
+Mike Machado Music cheers Mike :)
That Sheriff 44 though. Maaaaan. Was anyone else listening to this with headphones and nearly DIED when the Octafuzz was kicked on?
Holy shit! Absolutely KILLER tones. I have to run and try this for myself. I've never ran a fuzz into a fuzz before. But I do have the Fulltone Octafuzz pedal and a Zvex Fuzz Factory. Promises to be a fuzz party! Thanks for another great episode!
Fuzz was the very first pedal I ever heard. Went out and bought a fuzz face mini and been in love since
Damn, Mick. That was some ferocious playing in the opening. I love that vibrato.
+Chord TheSeeker he's a bit good
People saying "I used to hate fuzz but........." I couldn't imagine having ever disliked fuzz.
I loooooved this episode. My fav type of pedals. Thanks guys.
Amazing playing, too. I think you played awesome in this episode. I really do.
I've been learning so much and having a great time, watching this channel, for more than a year and, i just wanted to really thank you.👍😉
Also, a few suggestions, for a second, future episode about fuzz: 1) Dr FREAKENSTEIN FUZZ DRFF-3 (and Igor)
2) Sputnik Germanium fuzz.
Those things sound really, really interesting. Especially, the first one.
Keep it up, guys.
Great show as ever. This has me wanting an Octafuzz (I already have the Fulltone 69, 70 and Soul-bender so that covers my other bases). Think the most interesting new fuzz I've heard is the Catalinbread Katzenkonig.
I love that your strat is sporting a poppy on Remembrance day 11-11. 👍
As always great video guys.
Great video!
I had a Fuzzbox in the mid sixties (unfortunately lost along the journey) that looked at from the side had triangular wooden side plates wrapped in tin - the footswitch was also made of wood (and it didn’t latch, natch). Two controls Volume and Sustain and overall painted royal blue. Strangest thing (with hindsight) that I’ve ever seen...
I have a Sunface (with Sunface knob) handed to me by Mike himself, suits me very well (and you can turn the thing off via one of the knobs in case like me you are forgetful).
Thank you, Pete.
My dude Mick! Killing those Hendrix riffs and tones. Love it!
That was a great tone crafting demonstration Mick! Thanks for getting creative and showing us how things work beyond turning everything to 10!
+john tone Cheers John! Sometimes it's a bit of a journey to get to where we're going... but that's the fun of it. :0)
Another Fuzz episode! What a great Friday morning, thank you so much for doing this! I use a Devi-Ever Hyperion as my fuzz, sort of a Big Muff on steroids. Crank the volume, leave control around 9-10 o'clock, and let it rip into a semi-driven amp, and man is it screaming.
I love my fuzzez, and fuzz in generell. It was really fun o see the really old and real vintage fuzzez. Can't wait to see the comparison of todays fuzzez. I personally would love to see mad professor red fire fuzz, Zvex wolly mumote, and Swollen pickle by way huge!
Watching this one for the 3rd time. Havent gone back in a while. Love the lighting set up!
when Dan hit the Thorpy at roughly 13:00 in, those first 2 chords were PURE DOOM PERSONIFIED!! (that's a GOOD thing!)
Mic, the bend you did at 27:20 was the coolest guitar sound I have ever heard
+Kelly Bouchillon Thank you Kelly! Listen to Michael Landau, Andy Timmons and Albert King. All infinitely cooler
Love that you have the Poppy on your guitar Mick!
That opening jam was spectacular, Mick! Wow.
Fuzz sounds so tricky to get all the tones! I recently heard Chappers and Captain using Electro-Harmonix Octavix and it sounded like a blast! Weirdly controlled distortion even with humbuckers but still able to get that over the top fuzz. The 9->24V switch did a big job too. I hope it can fit into your silly fuzzes video :) I'm always waiting for the new episode, you got me hooked!
You guys ALWAYS make me so nervous, moving your priceless vintage guitars around so close together
Rewatching this for the idk how many times :D You gotta love it when you see a sweet spot note hit and dan go YEAH!
Loved your work at GuitCon with Mary too, what a performance.
+Ian Wrigley thanks Ian :)
This is too cool. At 18:50 Mick went totally Dire Straights Sultans. Great sound man!!!!
You should definitely do a video showing us both of your pedal collections, would love to see them :D
Great video! The most far out fuzz I have ever seen is the Fuzz Probe. You can play it like a theremin. It is loads of fun to play!
-Cheers!
Awesome Episode! Now I know I want a fuzz face. Watching this hung over on a saturday Morning is one of the best things you could possibly do
+Lena “adie90” Schö yes, will do :)
MICK! That tone right at the start is the tone I've been looking for all my life. That was god damn epic. The hammer ons / pull offs and that massive bend. Pure tone.
Was that in the Victory of the Two Rock?
+Aristotilus It was both running together. Thank you!
Righteous noise. Analogman can thank you guys, too. I'm getting myself a Sunface. It sounds like an amazing pedal and the perfect fuzz.
Was using a Fuzz Face pedal (Throbak Fuzz Haze) with a Les Paul last night at a jam for an upcoming show (Tragically Hip cover show Canada) and I have to say it was an amazing sound! It goes amazing with the Octafuzz and I have even managed to combine fuzz face and muff tones (JHS muffuletta). Love the Fuzz!
When there are no guests it is so much better :)
I would love an episode on Treble Boosters! Great Job as always gents!!!
Fast forward two years and Mick said he had no idea what to do with the Tru-Fi Zoso Fuzz. Which I had to buy after hearing. 🎸✊🏻
You must do a video on Octafuzz/Octavia pedals now! If you do. PLease compare the octafuzz pedal to a fuzz with an octave pedal. It would be interesting to see
If you mean something like the EQD tentacle or a green ringer by octave pedal then yes. The octavia tone can't be achieved with something like a POG or whammy.
Nice work with the Remembrance Day poppy, Mick.
Chaps, I have both a bc183l and an nkt275 fuzz face from 1968. You're welcome to borrow them for a show if you ever so desire
i gotta say it. man u guys have the freshest kicks and tone to die 4 man. thru good speakers listening to u guys makes me make that scrunch face when u hear that tone that hits ur soul
+Tone Fingerz ah, that’s awesome, thanks Fingerz :)
Jees Looeez, when the fuzz face kicks in with the LP, outstanding!
Bought after 15 years, my Fulltone Octafuzz v1 still alive n fu... Kickin.
It dont die...
holy fuzz..... nice intro Mick!
Dan an experienced and knowledgeable fuzz face 😼
Just the minute I find myself wondering which fuzzes to consider, you two gents bring us this...
How cool is that!
And in true TPS fashion, we get a thorough run-trough.
Just can't wait to further installments in this series!
As always, thanks a LOT!
P.S. How about a similar overview of reverb pedals, including MANY, MANY pedal demos…
That Maestro Fuzz came from, oddly enough, a Country Music star who heard an old friend of mine (RIP) from church, who was an “A”-list engineer trying to repair a “broken circuit” in the recording console. The “star” was a guitarist and wanted “that sound” on his next album. Acting as though he was not surprised, my friend, Mr Glenn Snoddy (NOT “Snotty”!), immediately set about building a circuit in a pedal-friendly size for the upcoming recording.
If I recall correctly, it was not used by the Country star, but the 1960s saw instant room for the device in Rock - without taking a razor to the amp speakers, a la “Rumble” (SO expensive!!!) - and the Maestro was quickly “purchased and packaged” and History was made!
I met Mr Snoddy at church having just graduated university and beginning a singer-songwriter career in the early’80s - a certified Pop/Rock snob - the folks at church saying “you should get to know Glenn…he is ‘somebody’ big in the music business - An engineer in one of the studios here.“ That went right over my head because I thought, “oh, he would know Tons about rock music - Right !“ Yes. I was ignorant. Because of that attitude, he is more of an “acquaintance” I once had who probably could have helped me - and I know he would have. He was that kind of man; that is why I tell the story the way it was: Glenn Snoddy , a mild mannered gentleman from the South, who was humble to a fault, invented one of the most raucous pieces of kit in rock music history! There, Mr Snoddy. Would love to have heard more of your stories.
great stuff guys. I really liked this episode \m/ haha!
Great show! Man that octafuzz sounds awesome.
Spaceman Effects, from Portland, Oregon USA has some great fuzzes.
I would love it if you guys would do a video about pickups. I have no idea what you guys would do with it, but I'm sure it would be awesome. I am just finishing up designing and building my first guitar, and that process made it obvious to me both how little I understand about what drives the sonic differences between different pickups (both between different classes, and between different pickups within any given class) and how they work together (in series and in parallel).
Tonebender mk.2's always grab my attention - must add one to my arsenal one day ;-)
My favorite fuzz pedal? Starlight by Crazy Tube Circuit!!! Absolutely amazing fuzz pedal for soloing... Love it.
I recently bought the if 6 was 9 by solidgoldfx. It's a silicon fuzz and they clean up amazing, it's unreal!
I was not convinced that I wanted a fuzz pedal but you chaps have gone and done it. You both play well but Mick, you were cooking.
I would like to see the clusterfuzz by function f(x) in a future fuzz video. Thanks for another great episode!
I would love to hear a Octave down into fuzz too, because so often fuzz is played with a doubled bass line, like with Hendrix so often. So psychedelia.
great timing I've just gotten into Fuzz with the BoG Fuzz Face mini, what a cracking pedal that is. and I use it clean. works great with the strat and the fender super sonic.
You guys have turned me back on to fuzz tones.
I'd turned my back on them literally decades ago.
A couple of my drive boxes have a fuzzy edge them but I actually went out and bought one.
Fire Cream from Tomsline. I think I lucked in with this one as it has plenty of fuzz but not over-harsh, creamy if you will.
I read that it has Muff like characteristics... ooh errr Mr Martin !!!
gents...this was a great comparison. the riffage at the end was killer. i'll be stealing some of those as soon as i log off here. well done!
Great tones out there! Love to hear more Basic Audio Solar Myth fuzz tone's from Dan & Tele ;)
Another superb video, chaps. Two observations: 1) The Thorpy consistently blows the others out of the water; 2) The Strat consistently sounds better through fuzz than the Les Paul.
I was just able to put my hands on a big germanium fuzz face its going to be really interesting to try it out🤘
That Fallout Cloud is perfection!!!
hey Dan and Mick!
My suggestion for the Far-out-Fuzz episode would be the Catalinbread Antichthon, it's a self-oscillating fuzz capable of doing whale and dolphin sounds, and responds in infinite ways to your guitar's knobs. It's as far out as it gets! I love mine.
Hello, i love your show, and look forward for every episode. I have learned so much, thanks!
I would love for you to try the Mesa TONE-BURST, witch i find SO great!! I think it's overseen, and would like to hear how you feel about it. I use it with gain under 12:00 on my strat, on my frender bluse jr.
65 Amps Colour Face is my favorite of the ones I own. It's germanium and has a mod switch for humbuckers. I have a couple Analogman and the Morgan silicon which I enjoy quite a bit as well.
Late to the party again ... sigh ... YET another very useful TPS show! I can almost always find the answer to my questions somewhere (even the obscure stuff) in a TPS video or two; plus Dan's musical exuberance NEVER gets old :D (Isn't that reason most of us plugged a guitar into an pedal and into an amp in the first place?)
Its so fun to look at you guys playing, truely having fun yourselves!
+Jan Hundling cheers Jan, that's why it's called playing guitar, not working guitar, it's got to be fun :)
Haha very true. Thanks for the great content!
I'm glad you guys stayed with fuzz you know now what type of amp set up should be used
What a beatifull 61 sg Dan and amazing playing! You know your sh*t bro! Simply amazing
+stipeur ah, cheers bro ;)
Love to see the union tube & transistor pedals compared. EQD makes some interesting variations as well. The park fuzz in particular
Great video as usual guys. Don't know why it should be, but I've recently realised that whilst I like my Fuzz Face through a slightly cooking amp (even when cleaning up with the volume), I much prefer my Muff with a clean amp. Kind of seems weird when the Muff doesn't clean up, but it's just a bit too buzzy & overpowering with additional gain from the amp.
Also, I'd just like to say I'm very impressed with your t-shirt quality, top notch!
Earthquaker Devices don't get enough love! Try the Terminal Fuzz, based on the Companion/Shin-ei circuit but with extra versatility and LOADS of volume on tap. Will take your head off!
Another great show. Thanks chaps.
I love my Terminal Fuzz... With a slap back delay before ... sounds
I didn't bond with the Terminal Fuzz, SOLD
my whole board is starting to become EQD. So good!
terminal- i can't imagine a really musical use for it for me, but each to their own. I have the park, the acapulco and the speaker canker from eqd. The speaker Cranmer is perfect for slightly breakup, keeps the tone, sensitive. for fuzz the acapulco is amazing. park/colby is good but the sustain splatters as it fades so it's not always usable for me.
Bellows is my favourite.
will you ever do a video on modern fuzzes? I recently picked up a "fuzzhugger sonic bloom" and love it. will be doing a video review asap!
SG wins best bit of kit award on today's show.
Awesome guitar
Les Paul.
Could be the best episode of TPS, ever!!
I never understood the passion for fuzzes. 35 years ago, when I started to play the guitar, someone named Erik demonstrated his EHX Big Muff and I thought it sounded like a swarm of wasps in a jelly jar. I hated it. I bought an overdrive pedal and since then I was fully into overdrives. Just since a year or so I fell in love with the sound of a good distortion pedal. The dirtier the better. After watching the shoegaze episode of your show I still didn't understand the attraction of that whole fuzz rage. That was yesterday. I literally mean yesterday. Now I just finished watching this episode of That (wonderful) Pedal Show and I'm shocked. I LOVED every pedal on the board. And I'm specifically drawn towards the haunting nastiness of the Octafuzz (I don't even know what that means, sorry). I guess this means I need to build a bigger board to welcome that blue monster. I just wish the people at Fulltone would have used a smaller enclosure for this pedal. Anyway, thanks again for opening my eyes (and ears) and for introducing me to new sonic territories in which to wander around for another 35 years of playing guitar. Damn, what if Erik wouldn't have combined his Big Muff with a cheap ass Maya SG into a Peavey Bandit? :-)
O, well appearently Fulltone actually DO produce these things in smaller enclosures. Good idea! :-D
Nice video! Just got myself a Joe Bonamassa Fuzz Face mini.
What I would love to see in the future video is any Fuzz from - Death by Audio -